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  • Little Compton, Connected

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    Little Compton, Connected A Local Transportation History Plans for the 2024 Summer Exhibit --- Zoom Talk Wednesday, April 17 at 7 PM --- Presented by Steven Lubar, President, LCHS Board […]

  • Steamboating to Sakonnet Point, a talk given by Jim Garman

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    United Congregational Church of Little Compton 1 Commons, Little Compton, RI, United States

    Jim Garman is the official Town Historian for the town of Portsmouth. He had a long career as a teacher at Portsmouth Abbey School and as a professional photographer. He has an extensive collection of vintage photographs and postcard images of Newport County. He is the author of six books on Newport County history. For […]

  • United Congregational Church of Little Compton 1 Commons, Little Compton, RI, United States

    LCHS Annual Meeting Wednesday, August 14, 7 PM Free and Open to the Public At the United Congregational Church, 4 South of Commons Rd, Little Compton Featuring Steven Lubar's Presentation, "Little Compton: Connected and Unconnected" The Little Compton Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday, August 14 at 7 pm at the United […]

  • Autumnal Equinox Celebration

    Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United States

    Autumnal Equinox Celebration: Sunday, September 22 Last Mishoon Burning Day Public Welcome: 10 AM to 4 PM Activities from 11 AM to 2 PM Join Wampanoag artisans & educators to learn about and participate in traditional artforms and games: Make a wampum pendant, corn husk doll, and painted deerskin bracelet. Play Wampanoag football. Author Talk […]

  • Linda Coombs Talk and Book Signing

    Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United States

    Author Linda Coombs, Aquinnah Wampanoag, author of Colonization and the Wampanoag Story, will join us for an author talk and a book signing. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to meet and hear from the author. Linda’s author talk is part of our autumnal equinox celebration that will include the making of a Wampanoag mishoon and […]

  • Live Music Concert Featuring Jennifer Kreisberg

    Little Compton Community Center 34 Commons St, Little Compton, RI, United States

    Concert Featuring Jennifer Kreisberg (Tuscarora), Award-Winning Native American Vocalist Free and Open to the Public, 6:30 PM Little Compton Community Center Lawn

  • Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America with Speaker Paula Peters

    Little Compton Community Center 34 Commons St, Little Compton, RI, United States

    Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America Paula Peters (Mashpee Wampanoag), Co-founder of SmokeSygnals Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Hybrid In-Person and Zoom Event In Person Location: Little Compton Community Center Paula Peters will discuss the exhibit, Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America.  The centerpiece of the exhibit is a magnificent new wampum […]

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  • Documenting 13,000+ Years in Sakonnet through Community Engaged Archaeology

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    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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  • Appreciation vs. Appropriation

    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 […]

  • Sakonnet Mishoon Artist’s Residency

    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 […]