Julianne Jennings

When the Last American Indian Dies

Anthropology has from the beginning been influenced and dominated by European males. They set the criteria of hierarchically ordered level descriptions, giving themselves the power to dictate the boundaries of group membership by defining race in terms of biology....

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May 08, 2013

From Beads to Bounty: How Wampum Became America’s First Currency—And Lost Its Power

Ann C. Tweedy
January 14, 2013
When Prince Philip of the Pokanokets (later known as the Wampanoags) proudly wore his wampum—decorative beads made from whelk and clam shells—he was proudly declaring several thing...

New England’s Second Colonial Armed Conflict: King Philip’s War Remembered

Julianne Jennings
December 28, 2012
In 1668 and 1669, Metacom or King Philip, was given the name by the English after the classical Greek conqueror “for his ambitious and haughty spirit;” and the title “King” to exag...

Shinnecock, Narragansett, Tribes Assess Needs in Wake of Hurricane Sandy

ICTMN Staff
November 01, 2012
Power outages, downed trees and torn-up infrastructure had the Shinnecock Indian Nation and Narragansett Indian Tribe working closely with the Federal Emergency Management Administ...
David Wilkins

Federal Assumptions That Enfeeble Native America

Native American people and the distinctive nations they belong to exist in a paradoxical world. They are the original nations of North America, a fact that is enshrined in the U.S....

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July 18, 2012

RI Governor Backpedals on Narragansett Tribe Gaming Proposal

ICTMN Staff
March 02, 2011
After appearing receptive to the Narragansett Indian Tribe's potential purchase of the Twin River Casino , a slot parlor the tribe hopes to convert into a casino resort, Rhode Isla...

Narragansetts Edge Closer to "Carcieri Fix"

ICTMN Staff
December 13, 2010
The Narragansett Indians won a victory late Wednesday when the House of Representatives voted to undo a 2009 Supreme Court ruling that denied federal trust status to a 31-acre parc...

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