First Peoples of Rhode Island
The First Peoples of the area now referred to as Rhode Island have cared for these lands and, in turn, been cared for by them for thousands of years. When Euro…
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Canonicus and Miantonomilocation_fillMiantonomi and Canonicus lived and ruled in a period of extreme change for the Narragansett. Although there we…
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Ninigretlocation_fillIn 1664, not far from this locale, Ninigret defeated a daring nighttime raid launched by his longtime enemy, W… -
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Metacometlocation_fillWithin a mile of this location, Metacomet, also called King Philip, and his men were ambushed by Captain Benja… -
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Quaiapenlocation_fillQuiapen was a powerful Niantic female sachem through birth and marriage and was the last Narragansett-Niantic … -
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Samuel Nileslocation_fillThe church that you see here today was not the original structure built on this site in 1750. The earlier chur… -
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Sarah Muckamuglocation_fillNear this location in 1741, Mary Wilkinson found Sarah Muckamug crying after a visit from the father of her fo… -
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Ellison Myers "Tarzan" Brownlocation_fillOn April 21st 1936, 22-year old Ellison Brown arrived at the Rhode Island State House and was met by a roaring… -
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Princess Red Winglocation_fillWanting to animate the ground that had become cold over the centuries, Princess Red Wing initiated the Great S… -
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Ferris Babcock Dove and Eleanor Dovelocation_fillWhen Ferris Babcock Dove (1915-1983) and Eleanor Dove (1918-present) opened the Dovecrest Restaurant in 1963, … -
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Narragansett Food Sovereignty Initiative (NFSI)location_fillWelcome to the Crandall Minacommuck Farm! Food and culture are intimately connected, with both helping to sus…
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