The Roger Williams National Memorial in Providence, Rhode Island on September 28th and 29th, was the venue of the annual Big Drum Powwow, the culmination of the annual New England Native American Culture Week. It is hosted by Eastern Medicine Cultural LLC, in conjunction with sponsors, National Park Service and the Rhode Island State Council of the […]
A day-long seminar on the life and works of Roger Williams and the continued relevance of his ideas was held at Smith’s Castle in North Kingston, RI, on September 28, 2019. Author, Educator and Director of the Tomaquag Museum in Exeter, RI, Lorén Spears, offers an Indigenous blessing in word and song at the start […]
The Providence Cultural Equity Initiative organized the 10th Annual New England Native American Culture Week during the last week of September 2019 which included a Drum Social, the Big Drum Powwow and a presentation on September 26th on Quaiapen, a female Sachem who was killed defending her territories in King Philip’s War. Raymond Two Hawks Watson, […]
Sowams Heritage Area Project Coordinator David Weed gave a half-hour presentation on the Sowams Heritage Area to members of the Rotary Club of Bristol, RI at the DeWolf Tavern on September 25, 2019. Click here for a 32-minute video of Dr. Weed’s presentation. Bristol Rotary Club President Marty Roussel opened the meeting and introduced Dr. […]
Founding member Helen Hersh Tjader, formerly of Barrington, joined the meeting of the Sowams Heritage Area Project Steering Committee to review both recent and upcoming activities. Rock Singewald, Rev. Charles Hartman, Helen Tjader, Carl Ferreira, Nancy Moore, Dave Norton and Project Coordinator Dave Weed met at the Barrington Public Library on September 24, 2019 to […]
The Sowams Heritage Area Project signed an Organizational Partner agreement with Plymouth 400, the organization planning the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage and the founding of Plymouth Colony. This is a reciprocal marketing agreement that allows each to promote each others’ activities. Becoming an organizational partner will enable the Sowams Heritage Area Project to […]
The 17th Century Rhode Island Meetup Group met at Martin House in Swansea on September 22, 2019 for a tour of the house and a stop at Sachem’s Knoll nearby. The Martin House was first built in 1728 on a foundation of previous house that predates 1700. Volunteer docents describe some of the items in […]
Friends of Burial Hill co-founder and president Cheryle Caputo led a walk through the cemetery for a group from the Massachusetts Historic Preservation Conference in Plymouth, MA on September 20, 2019. Cheryle began the tour in front of the First Parish Church at the foot of Burial Hill. The congregation was founded in the English […]
The scope of King William’s War was immense. Known also as the Second Indian War, it lasted from 1688 to 1697. The War was fought between New France and New England along with their respective Native allies and was the first world war in that it was fought on two continents, Europe and North America. It was the first of six colonial wars […]
A colorful mural on the Billy Taylor Park overpass on Cypress Street in Providence depicts the story of the Narragansett and Pokanoket tribes who lived there long before the area was known as Mount Hope. Depicted on the mural are brothers Lee Braveheart and Harry the Hawk Edmonds, currently in their 80s, as well as Chief […]