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Further Reading 555 Notes 1. Most Anglo-American histories describe Canonicus as the Narragansett sachem who “welcomed” and “gave” Roger Williams the land for what is now Providence, Rhode Island. Williams’s letter, written to an Assembly of Commissioners and dated November 17, 1677, can be found in the volume of his correspondence edited by Glenn LaFantasie (752). 2. In 2009 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Department of the Interior could take land into trust for tribes “not under federal jurisdiction” as of 1934, when the Indian Reorganization Act was passed. The case was devastating for the Narragansetts and other nations who won federal recognition more recently. In the Narragansett case, the tribe wanted a thirty-one-acre parcel it had purchased for elderly housing to be protected from state interference. More broadly, the Carcieri case has been condemned across Indian Country (by such leading organizations as the National Congress of American Indians and the Native American Rights Fund) as a violation of Indigenous sovereignty and abrogation of the federal trust relationship. 3. Red Wing was sometimes referred to as Mrs. Ella Peek or Mary Congdon. According to the Tomaquag Museum, Red Wing was born Mary Ella Glasko and married first Walter Peek, then Daniel Congdon. 4. Many historians have recounted the Pilgrims’ raids on Native graves and corn caches. See, e.g., Seale and Slapin (203). 5. Roaring Brook, part of the Arcadia Management Area in southwestern Rhode Island, abuts the Dovecrest property. 6. In January 2011 over two hundred people protested a plan by the state Board of Regents to increase the weight given to standardized test scores in granting high school diplomas. The proposal struck a nerve, especially in school districts representing lower-income and minority students. 7. The student paper, published at California State University–Long Beach, issued an apology on March 21 after receiving a wave of criticism in letters and email. 8. Dawn Dove calls this essay “a thoroughly collaborative effort,” even when it reverts to first-person pronouns. Further Reading narragansett authors Brown, Ella W. [Ella Wilcox Sekatau]. Love Poems and Songs of a Narragansett Indian. Wakefield ri: Ariosto Press, 1971. Print. Commuck, Thomas. Indian Melodies. New York: Lane & Tippett, 1845. Print. —. Letter to Elisah Potter. 11 July 1844. Elisha R. Potter Papers. Box 1, Folder 12. Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence ri. Print. ...

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