New Hampshire Public Radio

'Unsung hero:' How runner Tarzan Brown put the Narragansett tribe on the map in the 1930s

From an early age, Ellison Myers Brown knew he was fast. “When his mom wanted to send a message, a family message within the Narragansett Tribe … they would send him to run and deliver the message,” ...
The Boston Globe

Chief of Narragansett Indian Tribe objects to land transfers in Bristol and Tiverton, R.I.

PROVIDENCE ― The leader of the Narragansett Indian Tribe is objecting to the transfer of 255 acres in Bristol to a Pokanoket tribal trust and to the purchase of nearly 40 acres in Tiverton by the ...
Arizona Daily Star

Narragansett-Rhode Island case before high court concerns many

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Narragansett Indian Tribe bought a 31-acre lot in 1991, saying it would be used for "economic development" and housing for the elderly and poor. However, the state of Rhode ...
PBS

The story of Ellison "Tarzan" Brown

The two-time Boston Marathon winner carried the Narragansett tribe’s name onto a global stage. In the 1930s, runner Tarzan Brown twice won the Boston Marathon – and carried the Narragansett tribe’s ...
The Providence Journal

A powerful female sachem helped Roger Williams. Then came the horrors of King Philip's War

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 ...