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  1. Mar 10, 2010 · Origins of the Narragansett . Archaeological evidence places Narragansett peoples in the region that later became the colony and state of Rhode Island more than 30,000 years ago. They inhabited ...

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  2. the Narragansett have a long and tumultuous history, including a war in 1675 in which the colonists defeated the Narragansett.5 The Tribe claims that the * Third-year student, University of Oklahoma College of Law. Editor-in-chief, American Indian Law Review. B.A. Boston College, 2002. 1. Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Chickasaw Nation, 515 U.S. 450 ...

  3. The primary reason for the submission of the Narragansett to Charles I was to gain "his Majesty's royal protection." These criteria are discussed in the primary document S ubmission of the Chief ...

  4. These tribes all resided in areas of Rhode Island at the time of the first European settlement around 1635. In 1636, Roger Williams acquired land use rights to Providence from the Narragansett Sachems. The colonists quickly came into contact with both the Narragansett and Niantic Sachems. Historically, tribal members had two homes; a winter ...

  5. The Narragansett tribe was recognized by the federal government in 1983 and controls the Narragansett Indian Reservation, 1,800 acres (7.3 km 2) of trust lands in Charlestown, Rhode Island. [4] A small portion of the tribe resides on or near the reservation, according to the 2000 U.S. Census . [ 5 ]

  6. “The Great Epidemic of 1918” (which lasted into 1920) killed 548,000 American influenza victims and 2 million (possibly as many as 50 million) people worldwide. Americans were so apprehensive about contagion that they were afraid to travel. Hence, Narragansett tourism suffered from the epidemic. A mild recession took place after World War l.

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  8. The Early History of Narragansett: With an Appendix of Original Documents, Many of Which Are Now For the First Time Published (Providence: Marshall, Brown and Company, 1835), 234-35; Sydney V. James The Colonial Metamorphosis of Rhode Island: A Study of Institutions in Change (Hanover: University Press of New England, 2000), 88-89.

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