Almost fifty years ago, when Haraldur Sigurdsson first came to the University of Rhode Island from Iceland, he got interested ...

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WPRI) — Dozens of Narragansett residents were fired up Wednesday night at a public hearing regarding proposed amendments to the town’s zoning laws. The Narragansett Town ...

"During the past week, the Narragansett Police were made aware of concerning posts circulating online where the author posted anonymously in a Facebook group dedicated to New England Serial ...

Wampum’s Richard “Dick” Allen will be posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on July 27. Advertisement “We have a hall of famer in Wampum,” Santelli ...

WAMPUM ― The Wampum Chapter of the North Country Trail is hosting its annual St. Paddy's Day Bigfoot Hike starting at 1 p.m. March 16. Those interested can RSVP on meetup.com at https://www ...

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 purple color represents the color of the quahog clam shell, which is used to make traditional shell beads called wampum beads ... and member of the Northern Narragansett Indian Tribe of ...

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WJAR) — Two people from South Kingstown were killed in a single-car crash in Narragansett early Saturday morning. Narragansett police said they responded at about 1 a.m. to a ...

On Friday, the Wampum ’24 Funfest begins with the annual Car Cruise on Main Street in the heart of Wampum. That is just the beginning of the spectacular two-day event that includes music ...

Clark hopes to include plant identifiers translated into Narragansett and Wampanoag. Chandlee Crawford created his own wampum belt, which he holds here in a protective bag. Photo provided by Chandlee ...

They would eat the meat and use the shells for wampum, or beads that were traditionally ... They prefer places like Narragansett Bay. At one time, shellfishermen equipped with long bullrakes ...

What exactly is wampum? The term was co-opted by New England colonists as a shortening for the Wampanoag and or Narragansett word wampumpeag, which roughly translates to string of white shell beads.