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		<title>Rhode Island and King Philips War</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rhode Island and King Philips War During the 17th century a war erupted in colonial America that was fought throughout Rhode Island. King Philips War, named after the Native American called Metacom who was referred to by colonists as Philip, saw fierce fighting between Native Americans and the settlers in Rhode Island. King Philips war was not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Independence Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I would like to wish all of you a Happy Independence Day. May you enjoy this day to reflect on the liberty that our forefathers (and foremothers) have fought to protect and pass down through the generations. I have posted a longer essay at my North Carolina Genealogy site with a deeper question: Where is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rhodeisland-genealogy.net/2011/07/04/happy-independence-day/</link>
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		<title>Roger Williams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Roger Williams (circa 1603 – between January and March 1683) was an American Protestant theologian, and the first American proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. In 1636, he began the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, which provided a refuge for religious minorities. Williams started the First Baptist Church [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rhodeisland-genealogy.net/2010/11/28/roger-williams/</link>
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		<title>The Wampanoag Language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wampanoag originally spoke a dialect of the Massachusett-Wampanoag language, which belongs to the Algonquian languages family. Currently English speaking, the Wampanoag are spearheading a language revival under the direction of the &#8220;Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project.&#8221; The rapid decline of the Wampanoag language began after the American Revolution. At this time, New England Native American [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rhodeisland-genealogy.net/2010/11/14/wampanoag-language/</link>
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		<title>The Wampanoag People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wampanoag (pronounced /ˌwɑːmpəˈnoʊ.æɡ/; Wôpanâak in the Wampanoag language; alternate spellings Wompanoag or Wampanig) are a Native American nation which currently consists of five tribes. In 1600 the Wampanoag lived in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as within a territory that encompassed current day Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, Nantucket and the Elizabeth Islands. Their population [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rhodeisland-genealogy.net/2010/10/28/the-wampanoag-people/</link>
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		<title>The Niantic People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Niantic, or in their own language, the Nehântick or Nehantucket were a tribe of New England Native Americans, who were living in Connecticut and Rhode Island during the early colonial period. Due to intrusions of the Pequot, the Niantic were divided into an eastern and western division. The Western Niantic were subject to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rhodeisland-genealogy.net/2010/10/14/the-niantic-people/</link>
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		<title>The Narragansett language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett (also known as Pequot-Mohegan, Narrangansett, Montauk, Secatogue, Stockbridge, Shinnecock-Poosepatuck) is an extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken in part of what is now known as New England and Long Island. The earliest study of the language in English was by Roger Williams, founder of the Rhode Island colony, in his book A Key Into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rhodeisland-genealogy.net/2010/09/28/narragansett-language/</link>
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		<title>The Narragansett People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Narragansett tribe are a Algonquian Native American tribe from Rhode Island. Today they are enrolled in the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island, a federally recognized tribe. The Narragansett tribe controls the Narragansett Indian Reservation, 1,800 acres (7.3 km2), or 3.357 square miles acres of trust lands in Charlestown, Rhode Island. A small portion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rhodeisland-genealogy.net/2010/09/14/narragansett-people/</link>
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		<title>Miantonomoh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Miantonomoh (1565? &#8211; August 1643), also spelled Miantonomo or Miantonomah, was a chief of the Narragansett tribe of New England Indians, nephew of their grand sachem, Canonicus (died 1647). He seems to have been friendly to the English colonists of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, though he was accused of being treacherous. In 1636, when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rhodeisland-genealogy.net/2010/08/28/miantonomoh/</link>
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		<title>Canonicus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Canonicus (c. 1565 – June 4, 1647) was a Native American chief of the Narragansett. He was a firm friend of English settlers. Canonicus was born around 1565. He was chief of the Narragansett tribe when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, and one of the first with whom they had dealings. In 1622, he was [...]]]></description>
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