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''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Rhode Island]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Indians of Rhode Island'''''
Additional information regarding the Indians of [[Rhode Island]] needs to be added here.  
Additional information regarding the Indians of [[Rhode Island]] needs to be added here.  


To learn how to get started with American Indian research, find research facilities, and American Indian websites [[American Indian Genealogy|click here]].<br>
To learn how to get started with American Indian research, find research facilities, and American Indian websites [[American Indian Genealogy|click here]].  
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== Tribes and Bands of Rhode Island  ==
== Tribes and Bands of Rhode Island  ==


The following list of American Indians who have lived in Rhode Island has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians...''<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> and from Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America''<ref>Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/rhodeisland/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.  
The following list of American Indians who have lived in Rhode Island has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians...'' <ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> and from Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America'' <ref>Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/rhodeisland/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.  


*[[Narragansett Indians|Narragansett]]  
*[[Narragansett Indians|Narragansett]]  
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''[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/IndianPlaceNames.html American Indian Place Names In Rhode Island]: Past &amp; Present'' by Frank Waabu O'Brien, Ph. D.  
''[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/IndianPlaceNames.html American Indian Place Names In Rhode Island]: Past &amp; Present'' by Frank Waabu O'Brien, Ph. D.  
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== Reservation  ==
== Reservation  ==
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The boundaries of reservations, over time, have changed. Usually, that means the reservations have been reduced in size. Sometimes, especially during the later policy of "termination," the official status of reservations was ended altogether.  
The boundaries of reservations, over time, have changed. Usually, that means the reservations have been reduced in size. Sometimes, especially during the later policy of "termination," the official status of reservations was ended altogether.  


The following list of reservations has been compiled from the ''National Atlas of the United States of America''<ref>National Atlas of the United States of America -- Federal Lands and Indian Reservations [http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/fedlands/ri.pdf Available online.]</ref>, the ''Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America''<ref>Isaacs. Katherine M., editor. ''Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America''. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E, Indian Reservations. Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.</ref>, and other sources. Those reservations named in '''bold''' are current federally-recognized reservations, with their associated agency and tribe(s). Others have historically been associated with the state or are not currently recognized by the federal government.<br>
The following list of reservations has been compiled from the ''National Atlas of the United States of America'' <ref>National Atlas of the United States of America -- Federal Lands and Indian Reservations [http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/fedlands/ri.pdf Available online.]</ref>, the ''Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America''<ref>Isaacs. Katherine M., editor. ''Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America''. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E, Indian Reservations. Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.</ref>, and other sources. Those reservations named in '''bold''' are current federally-recognized reservations, with their associated agency and tribe(s). Others have historically been associated with the state or are not currently recognized by the federal government.


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== References  ==
== References  ==


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==== Bibliography  ====
==== Bibliography  ====
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