Document Type
Booklet
Abstract
The booklet illustrates the history of the Pokanoket nation, the original inhabitants of the Bristol and greater East Bay area, and their ancestral land which they called Sowams.
Recommended Citation
Students of Roger Williams University, "Pokanoket: the First People of the East Bay, Bristol, Rhode Island" (2020). Arts and Sciences Course Related Student Projects. 1.
https://docs.rwu.edu/fcas_studentprojects/1
Comments
This informational booklet is the result of a collaboration between the Pokanoket Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation and the "Decolonizing the Land" seminar at Roger Williams University, taught by Dr. Jeremy M. Campbell in Spring 2020. Students conducted archival research and virtual interviews with Pokanoket leaders and elders.