Human rights awards to honor Native people of Cape and Vineyard

By uplifting the Wampanoag nation and tribal youth, Jeanne Morrison said this year’s Human Rights Awards Breakfast will “honor the heritage, culture, wisdom and guidance of Native people.”

“If anybody fights for human rights, it’s indigenous people,” said Morrison, a member of the Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory Commission. “From heritage and culture to our Constitution, to street names that run through Barnstable County — it’s all due to the cultural and environmental legacy of Wampanoag people.”

Coinciding with worldwide human rights celebrations, the commission’s annual awards breakfast will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday onZoom teleconferencing. . The theme is “Honoring the Wampanoag Nation — Keepers of the Earth.”