Thorny questions of indigenous rights and tribal identity spilled into view this week when the House Committee on State Government heard testimony on several bills that would affect descendants of ...

The Navy will name a new ship in honor of the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island. The USNS Narragansett will be a Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue (T-ATS) ship, according to a Navy news ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has successfully obtained federal approval for 13 planned truck tolls in the state, but a 14th is yet to be approved pending an ...

(WJAR) — The Narragansett Tribe has attempted to build a casino a number of times. In this report from September 28th, 2004 the alleged comments of the then-governor were being questioned as the tribe ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Tuesday that land owned by the Narragansett Indian tribe in Charlestown cannot receive federal trust status, which would have largely removed it from state and local ...

NORTH SMITHFIELD – The first hour of the new day on July 2, 1676, would be the last moments of peace that Quaiapen would ever know. A sachem of the Narragansett tribe, Quaiapen had led her people ...

The Nature Conservancy names a 3-mile loop for Brown in the 1,100-acre Carter Preserve in Charlestown, R.I. CHARLESTOWN, R.I. — As a young man, Ellison “Tarzan” Brown ran the wooded trails and back ...

Members of the Narragansett Indian Tribe will be able to walk onto Narragansett Town Beach for free this summer despite the objections of some residents who voiced concerns about overcrowding. The ...

"The tragic and fascinating history of the first epic struggle between white settlers and Native Americans in the early seventeenth century: a fresh look at the aggressive expansionist Puritans in New ...