"They were Indians then" (The Narragansett Dawn, April 1936)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 1936 · Places: Europe
SUMMARY"They were Indians then" (The Narragansett Dawn, April 1936) [Connections: Northeast & Mid-Atlantic, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDThe tribe's own newspaper wrote of the 1880 list: "They were wards of the State and after the sale, were made citizens of R. I. and U. S. They were Indians then." It then asks what they are now. It also notes relatives who "did not receive a cent from the sale, therefore were not on the 1880 list," and says the people's appearance "will belie the statement that there are only 11 Indians in New England."
PATTERNFifty-six years after detribalization, the nation was still answering the state's claim that it no longer existed
LENS (WW9)The nation kept its own record, in its own voice, while the paper record renamed it
OPENFix the OCR and get a clean transcription of the full article. Find the source of the "only 11 Indians in New England" statement
SOURCEThe Narragansett Dawn, April 1936 (RIHS scan).