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tribes, but there has never been physical evidence before the discovery of this site. The tribe's method of grinding the kernels into a powder was not conducive to preservation. In the first week of excavation, 78 kernels of corn were found at this site, the first time that cultivation of maize could
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Indians retaliated for the massacre in a widespread spring offensive beginning in February 1676 in which they destroyed all Colonial settlements on the western side of Narragansett Bay. The settlement of Providence Plantations was burned on March 27, 1676, destroying Roger Williams's house, among
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of him, we extended him the hand of friendship, and permitted his blood to be mingled with ours, are we to be called negroes? And to be told that we may be made negro citizens? We claim that while one drop of Indian blood remains in our veins, we are entitled to the rights and privileges guaranteed
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to "take up citizenship" in the United States, which would have required them to give up their treaty privileges and Indian nation status. The
Narragansetts had a vision of themselves as "a nation rather than a race", and they insisted on their rights to Indian national status and its privileges by
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on the second weekend of August on their reservation in
Charlestown, Rhode Island. It is a gathering of thanksgiving and honor to the Narragansett people and is the oldest recorded powwow in North America, dating back to 1675's colonial documentation of the gathering (the powwow had been held long
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discovered the remains of an Indian village on a site northeast of Point Judith Pond, adjacent to the land where the Salt Pond
Shopping Center was subsequently built. The archaeological site has since been purchased by the State of Rhode Island, and is known as the Salt Pond Archaeological Site or
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In a separate federal civil rights lawsuit, the tribe charged the police with the use of excessive force during the 2003 raid on the smoke shop. One
Narragansett man suffered a broken leg in the confrontation. The case was being retried in the summer of 2008. Competing police experts testified on
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The state and tribe have disagreed on certain rights on the reservation. On July 14, 2003, Rhode Island state police raided a tribe-run smoke shop on the Charlestown reservation, the culmination of a dispute over the tribe's failure to pay state taxes on its sale of cigarettes. In 2005, the U.S.
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Between 1616 and 1619, infectious diseases killed thousands of Algonquians in coastal areas south of Rhode Island. The Narragansetts were the most powerful tribe in the southern area of the region when the English colonists arrived in 1620, and they had not been affected by the epidemics. Chief
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The current population numbers about 4,000 and the tribe has closed the rolls. They have dropped some people from the rolls and denied new applications for membership. Scholars and activists see this as a national trend among tribes, prompted by a variety of factors, including internal family
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laws that limited the rights of blacks despite their citizenship under constitutional amendments. They also resisted suggestions that multiracial members of the tribe could not qualify as full members of the tribe. The Narragansetts had a tradition of bringing other people into their tribe by
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decision of the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the prior decision, stating that the raid did not violate the tribe's sovereign immunity because of the 1978 Joint Memorandum of Agreement settling the land issues, in which the tribe agreed that state law would be observed on its land.
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in Rhode Island. The surviving Narragansetts merged with local tribes, particularly the Eastern Niantics. During colonial and later times, tribe members intermarried with colonists and Africans. Their spouses and children were taken into the tribe, enabling them to keep a tribal and cultural
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In 1991, the Narragansetts purchased 31 acres (130,000 m) in Charlestown for development of elderly housing. In 1998, they requested that the Department of the Interior take the property into trust on behalf of the tribe, to remove it from state and local control. The case went to the
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The Narragansetts have undertaken efforts to review tribal rolls and reassess applications for membership, like numerous other tribes in the 21st century. They currently require tribal members to show direct descent from one or more of the 324 members listed on the 1880-84 Roll, which was
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Troops from Connecticut composed of colonists and their Mohegan allies swept into Rhode Island and killed substantial numbers of the now-weakened Narragansetts. A force of Mohegans and Connecticut militia captured Narragansett sachem Canonchet a few days after the destruction of Providence
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In the 19th century, the tribe resisted repeated state efforts to declare that it was no longer an Indian tribe because its members were multiracial in ancestry. They contended that they absorbed other ethnicities into their tribe and continued to identify culturally as Narragansetts.
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The tribe was nearly landless for most of the 20th century but acquired land in 1991 and petitioned the Department of the Interior to take the land into trust on their behalf. This would have made the newly acquired land to be officially recognized as part of the Narragansett
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others. Other Indian groups destroyed many towns throughout New England, and even raided outlying settlements near Boston. However, disease, starvation, battle losses, and the lack of gunpowder caused the Indian effort to collapse by the end of March.
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trust for descendants of the 1880 Narragansett Roll. In exchange, the tribe agreed that the laws of Rhode Island would be in effect on those lands, except for hunting and fishing. The Narragansetts had not yet been federally recognized as a tribe.
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Christian missionaries began to convert tribal members and many Indians feared that they would lose their traditions by assimilating into colonial culture, and the colonists' push for religious conversion collided with Indian resistance. In 1675,
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The tribe prepared extensive documentation of its genealogy and proof of continuity as descendants of the 324 tribal members of treaty status. In 1979 the tribe applied for federal recognition, which it finally regained in 1983 as the
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Salt Pond Preserve, and is designated in the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission inventory of recorded archaeological sites as site RI 110. Excavations revealed the remains of a coastal village from the
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as a way to protect the Wampanoags from Narragansett attacks. In the fall of 1621, the Narragansetts sent a sheaf of arrows wrapped in a snakeskin to Plymouth Colony as a threatening challenge, but Plymouth governor
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The Narragansett language became almost entirely extinct during the 20th century. The tribe has begun language revival efforts, based on early 20th-century books and manuscripts, and new teaching programs.
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We are not negroes, we are the heirs of Ninagrit, and of the great chiefs and warriors of the Narragansetts. Because, when your ancestors stole the negro from Africa and brought him amongst us and made a
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Plantations, while a force of Plymouth militia and Wampanoags hunted down Metacomet. He was shot and killed, ending the war in southern New England, although it dragged on for another two years in Maine.
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marriage and having them assimilate as culturally Narragansett, especially as their children grew up in the tribe. According to a record of their statement, they said:
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excavation on the site quickly revealed that it was one of two villages on the Atlantic Coast to be found in such complete condition. The other pre-Columbian village (
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A Native American encyclopedia : history, culture, and peoples
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What Blood Won't Tell: a history of race on trial in America
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Location of the Narragansett Reservation in Rhode Island
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spelled it "Nanohigganset", while Rhode Island preacher
1167:(1976–present), R&B singer who is of Narragansett,
448:(or Narrow) river to the east, and the present town of
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1234:(1890–1960), sculptor of African-Narragansett descent
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2141:"Salt Pond, center of the ancient Narragansett world"
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Historic Village of the Narragansetts in Charlestown
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998:. This site is now believed to be the center of the
1427:Son of Ninigret I, half-brother of his predecessor
976:be confirmed this far north on the Atlantic Coast.
231:. Additionally, they own several hundred acres in
3154:Map of Rhode Island highlighting Washington County
2147:. Southern Rhode Island Newspapers. Archived from
2022:, Vol. 25, No.3, Fall 2007, accessed 22 Jun 2008.
1854:Woven in Time: The Narragansett Salt Pond Preserve
530:. In that book Williams gave the tribe's name as
2243:Emily Bazar, "Native American? The tribe says no"
1662:Chris Keegan, "High court thwarts RI casino plan"
182:. Today, Narragansett people are enrolled in the
3457:Federally recognized tribes in the United States
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1011:by the Supreme Court as claimants to the land.
2351:"DR. ROBYN HANNIGAN – Environmental Scientist"
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327:Assistant Tribal Treasurer: Walter K. Babcock
223:, 1,800 acres (7.3 km) of trust lands in
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2200:"Clarkson: Bull Connor would have been proud"
2220:"Police experts testify in smoke shop trial"
2081:. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012
1995:"Center Profile: Narragansett Indian Church"
1887:History of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667-1917
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1222:(born 1960), journalist and published author
1932:(London: I. D for Peter Cole, 1638), p. 84.
1776:For a more detailed analysis see S. Rider,
1675:, 25 February 2009, accessed 21 March 2013,
1383:Son of Miantonomo, great-cousin of Mriksah
201:ruled against the request in their lawsuit
189:. They gained federal recognition in 1983.
27:Native American tribe from Rhode Island, US
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642:Learn how and when to remove this message
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1706:, Oxford University Press, 2000, p. 442.
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2457:Narragansett Indian Records Collection
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1809:RI state government press release: “
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3058:Municipalities and communities of
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2057:"An Indian Opinion of Citizenship"
1715:See references given in S. Rider,
1652:, 25 Feb 2008, accessed 3 Aug 2008
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534:though later he used the spelling
527:A Key into the Language of America
411:A Key Into the Language of America
279:Chief Sachem: Anthony Dean Stanton
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2380:Black feminist cultural criticism
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2046:, Harvard University Press, 2008.
1982:The Early History of Narragansett
1748:The Early History of Narragansett
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402:means "the people of the point".
318:Tribal Secretary, Monica Stanton
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2287:Farragher, Thomas (2017-08-09).
2233:25 Jul 2008, accessed 3 Aug 2008
1926:Of Plimoth Plantation, 1620-1647
1884:Wright, Otis Olney, ed. (1917).
1730:Key into the Language of America
1633:3 Nov 2008, accessed 11 Oct 2010
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324:Tribal Treasurer: Mary S. Brown
275:The administration in 2023 was:
30:For other uses of the term, see
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2447:Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum
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221:Narragansett Indian Reservation
2442:Reference book on Narragansett
2315:"Narragansett Indian Monument"
1944:History of Plymouth Plantation
1941:William Bradford, chapter 33,
1800:(Wakefield, RI), Jan 25, 2013.
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592:Narragansett tribal territory
464:Salt Pond Archaeological Site
315:Councilman, Raymond Lamphere
300:Councilman: Lonny Brown, Sr.
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32:Narragansett (disambiguation)
2400:General and cited references
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1263:List of Narragansett sachems
806:hanged, drawn, and quartered
418:to a geographical location:
337:Native American Encyclopedia
282:Medicine Man: John Brown III
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2934:New Shoreham (Block Island)
1984:, Providence, 1835, p. 100.
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1199:(1802–1869), blacksmith in
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979:The current members of the
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241:United States Supreme Court
199:United States Supreme Court
131:Traditional tribal religion
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3452:Eastern Algonquian peoples
1759:Simmons writes: "The name
1458:Second son of Ninigret II
1445:Eldest son of Ninigret II
1301:Descendant of Tashtassuck
1148:Narragansett, Rhode Island
1119:before European contact).
1097:Department of the Interior
937:Narragansett, Rhode Island
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312:Councilman: John Mahoney
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1750:, Providence, 1835, p. 4
1030:Bureau of Indian Affairs
674:on the northeast to the
309:Councilman: Shawn Perry
297:Councilman: John Pompey
3018:Rhode Island portal
2274:March 19, 2009, at the
2040:See also Ariela Gross,
1291:Historically uncertain
1252:(1917–2009), stonemason
1232:Nancy Elizabeth Prophet
1052:each side of the case.
390:in Barrington, RI, and
331:Name and origin of name
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2774:Providence Plantations
2202:. Indian Country Today
2020:Law and History Review
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349:History of New England
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1524:The Narragansett Dawn
1414:Daughter of Ninigret
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1134:Notable Narragansetts
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138:Related ethnic groups
94:41.40944°N 71.66750°W
3447:Algonquian ethnonyms
3415:United States portal
2420:Simmons, William S.
2059:, in F. Moore, ed.,
1866:Arline A. Fleming, “
1687:William S. Simmons,
1629:, Associated Press,
1513:Indian Burial Ground
1474:Known as "King Tom"
1352:Uncle of Miantonomo
1337:Nephew of Canonicus
955:to woodland tribes.
620:improve this article
495:Algonquian languages
475:Late Woodland period
470:Rhode Island College
380:Algonquian languages
184:federally recognized
18:Narragansett (tribe)
3408:Rhode Island portal
3371:Wood River Junction
3221:Wakefield-Peacedale
2622:Visitor attractions
2597:Narragansett people
2405:Pritzker, Barry M.
1702:Barry M. Pritzker,
1495:Rhode Island portal
1215:Clarkson University
1197:George Fayerweather
1092:Carcieri v. Salazar
1019:Federal recognition
990:Providence founder
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204:Carcieri v. Salazar
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2184:Gaming Law Review
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