The Chickataubut Memorial is a bold and long-overdue tribute to one of the region’s most important Indigenous leaders: Sachem Chickataubut, the historic leader of the Massachusett people. Commissioned in partnership with the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag, the sculpture stands as both public monument and cultural reckoning—a permanent acknowledgment of Indigenous presence, resilience, and sovereignty on the land now known as Quincy, the heart of Chickataubut’s ancestral territory.

The memorial was shaped by extensive oral histories, archival research, and interviews conducted in collaboration with members of the Massachusett Tribe. Additional research was conducted by both Ackerman and Wofford, focusing on the regalia and setting elements vital to the statue's design. Additionally, the Quincy Historical Society, and the Thomas Crane Public library archives were helpful in better informing the sculpture's narrative. What emerged was a singular message from the Tribe, a vital public declaration: “We are still here.”

Towering atop the granite base, Wofford’s bronze sculpture features a 12-foot-tall Chickataubut holding his young son, Wampatuck, who would later become Sachem of the Massachusett. In his raised hand, Chickataubut presents a wampum belt—a sacred symbol of diplomacy, sovereignty, heritage, and unbroken lineage serving as a powerful visual anchor. The figures rise from a massive Mountain Green granite wave, whose kinetic form evokes the Atlantic coastline, ancestral memory, and the motion of unfolding generational knowledge.