Tribe holding elections for council seats

A Massachusetts tribe is holding elections for its main governing body.

Six seats on the 11member Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council are up for election Sunday.

Nine candidates are on the ballot, including three incumbent council members: Yvonne Avant, Edwina Johnson-Graham and Carleton Hendricks Jr.

The other candidates are Joanne Frye, Rita Pocknett Gonsalves, Denise Johnson-Hathaway, Marie Stone, Aaron Tobey Jr. and Brian Weeden.

Polls will be open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the tribe’s government center in Mashpee.

Council members serve four-year terms, with elections held every two years.