Members of the Pokanoket Tribe came to Camp Wetu at Mount Hope Farm on July 22, 2019 to teach leather craft and to share some of their traditional stories and dances.In the first hour, campers were taught how to make a leather pouch using sinew to sew it together. Click here for the web page […]
Pokanoket Tribe members Blue Shell, Hawkswanee and Two Deers taught a group of children at Camp Wetu how to make a leather pouch, similar to what American Indians may have made. Camp Director Carolyn Westgate and her camp counselors gathered the children at the Education Center where materials for the workshop were laid out. After […]
The Roger Williams University Fund for Civic Activities awarded the First Congregational Church in Bristol a $2,500 grant in June, 2019, to design and install an historic interpretive marker in front of the Church, the first in a series of markers within the Sowams Heritage Area. Once completed following a review by the Bristol Historic and Preservation Society […]
Dr. David Weed gave a 45-minute presentation on the Sowams Heritage Area Project to about a dozen residents of North Farm in Bristol, RI. He was approached by a resident at the Mt. Hope Farmers’ Market several weeks earlier and asked if he would like to tell some of the residents about the 17th century […]
Over 300 members of the Pokanoket Tribe and guests came together on June 23, 2019 at Cove Cabin on Mt. Hope Farm in Bristol, RI, to celebrate the annual Strawberry Moon Thanksgiving. The afternoon event included drumming, dancing and food, including lots of fresh strawberries. Chiefs from half a dozen tribes who are part of the Federation of […]
Neighbors and City officials gathered at Prospect Terrace on June 18, 2019 where a statue of Roger Williams overlooks downtown Providence to celebrate the restoration of the Terrance and the 80th anniversary of the reburial of Roger Williams remains at the park. City Parks and Recreation Superintendent Wendy Nilsson welcomed about 75 people to the […]
As part of a month-long Peace Walk, members of the New England Peace Pagoda met with members of the Pokanoket Tribe on June 17, 2019 at the marker where Metacomet was slain at Mt. Hope in 1676 at the close of the King Philip War. The group chanted prayers at the Metacomet Marker before the Sagamore shared the history of the Tribe since […]
On June 16, 2019, National Park Service Ranger John McNiff presented Roger Williams as he may have appeared almost 400 years ago at the place he settled in 1636. McNiff told the Williams’ story from his point of view and in his native English accent, describing Williams’ life in England before he came to New […]
Members of the Pokanoket Tribe presented their history and traditions to people at the Audubon Education Center in Bristol, RI, on June 15, 2019, at an event sponsored by the Rhode Island Council on the Humanities. Sagamore William Guy described the history of the Tribe from the time of Verranzzano in 1524 to the present day, noting that […]
Ten members of the Pokanoket Tribe presented their history and traditions to both third grade classes at the Rockwell Elementary School in Bristol, RI, on June 12, 2019, as part of a series sponsored by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. Sagamore William Guy spoke about Princess Redwing, the last female Pokanoket Chief, before Running […]