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Preliminary surveys of the Narragansett tract, known as RI 110, have revealed a village with perhaps as many 22 structures, as well as three known human burial sites. There is also evidence of granaries, ceremonial areas and storage pits that may shed new light on the importance of maize agriculture to woodland tribes. [32]
The same group of settlers in September 1660 demanded and received another tract from the Narragansett's as punishment from some "injuries alleged." [18] The Atherton purchase was re-recited in 1662. [18] A 40-year dispute between Rhode Island and Connecticut followed over whose territory (and royal charter) included the Narragansett lands. [19]
Roger Williams was driven from Massachusetts Bay Colony and sought refuge with the Narragansett tribe, and Canonicus made him welcome. [2] In 1636, he gave Williams a large tract of land on which to establish Providence Plantations, the nucleus which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
These lands served as the Narragansett reservation between 1709 and 1880, when the tribe sold the land to the state and was formally detribalized. Because of this long period of Native occupation, the area is archaeologically important, containing both historic and prehistoric artifacts. [ 3 ]
The Narragansett Pier Casino was a large complex built in the “Shingle Style” of architecture, which, as the name implies, involved using many shingles across roofs, walls and other surfaces.
Narragansett Park, an American race track, Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Narragansett Pier, a village within the town of Narragansett, Rhode Island; Narragansett Pond, a lake in Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Narragansett Times, a newspaper in Narragansett and South Kingstown, Rhode Island; Narragansett Trail, a public footpath in Connecticut and ...
Little Narragansett Bay is a calm, protected spot on the edge of Fisher's Island Sound, Long Island Sound and the very big Block Island Sound.
The Mohegan Sun, developed on land taken in trust for the Mohegan as a product of settlement. Indian Land Claims Settlements are settlements of Native American land claims by the United States Congress, codified in 25 U.S.C. ch. 19.