As foliage falls and the weather cools, a call to celebration and remembrance beckons to the Narragansett Nation. The whistling wind says this is the season for tradition and celebrations that keep the Nation strong. The Great Swamp, Naming, and Harvest Thanksgiving ceremonies foster a sense of interdependence that has allowed the people to maintain […]
Wanda Hopkins is a citizen of the Narragansett Indian Tribal Nation, mother of three adult children and grandmother of three. She has served in Tribal Government and has ministered at the Narragansett Indian Church for twenty-five years. She and her family participate in Indigenous cultural arts education, civic activism, and community service. Wanda is a […]
Silvermoon LaRose’s knowledge of Indigenous foods and foraging could fill volumes – and her ancestral knowledge is interwoven in the foraging methods she has learned from generations before her. LaRose, a citizen of the Narragansett Tribal Nation and assistant director of the Tomaquag Museum, is a storyteller, writer, and a knowledgeable teacher who offers classes […]