Master mishoon maker Jonathan James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) joined us in an artist’s residency this past September. He led a team of Wampanoag artisans and paddlers in the making of a Wampanoag mishoon (dugout canoe) at LCHS, which is located on the traditional homelands of the Sakonnet Wampanoag people. Jonathan and his team then conducted a […]
With Speaker Silvermoon LaRose (Narragansett Niantic) Assistant Director at the Tomaquag Museum Zoom—Wednesday, February 26, 2025 What is cultural appropriation? Why is cultural appropriation harmful? How can we show appreciation for other cultures without appropriating them? Join Silvermoon LaRose, Assistant Director at the Tomaquag Museum, for a presentation that delves deeper into the concerns associated […]
Speaker Kevin Smith, Archaeologist Osprey Heritage Consulting Wednesday, January 22, 2025 Zoom Talk In 2023, as part of the Sakonnet History Project, Kevin Smith partnered with the Little Compton Historical Society to study pre-Colonial stone tools and ceramics in the Society’s collections as well as those found by Little Compton residents over the past 75 […]
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