Amplifying Narragansett Voices on Survivance, Land and Lifeways

This map is helpful with geography, but Indigenous nations in New England do not recognize rigid boundaries.

“Salmon Traveling,” Mashapaug Pond collage by Dawn Dove, Narragansett Elder and artist.

The manufactured natural space of India Point Park in contrast with the smokestacks of a nearby power plant in 2013.

Once the site of a Narragansett community, Mashapaug Pond is now “sick” from industrial pollutants.

Dawn Dove, Narragansett/Niantic Elder, mother, grandmother, and published author and editor, in 2017.

In 2019, Cassius Spears and the Narragansett Food Sovereignty Initiative are reviving traditional flint corn.

Still Here, in Providence, depicts Narragansett artist Lynsea Montanari holding a portrait of Narragansett/Wampanoag leader Princess Redwing.

Narragansett community member Christian Hopkin and Tomaquag Museum Director Lorén Spears accept the National Medal for Museum and Library Service from First Lady Michelle Obama in 2016.