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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Speaker: Jennifer Rycenga, Ph.D. No one evoked the beauties of Little Compton more than George Shepard Burleigh (1821-1903), except maybe his son, Sydney Richmond Burleigh, in painting. But George was much more than a lover of nature. Burleigh was the youngest child from a family of seven Abolitionist siblings. He wrote pointedly against slavery, against the […]
Lafayette played a critically important role in the American Revolution, both as a general and as an intermediary between the United States and France. Moreover, experiences with African Americans during the war transformed him into a leading anti-slavery advocate. Lafayette’s most significant military achievement was the Virginia Campaign of 1781 which led to the siege […]
Speaker: Marjory O'Toole New research conducted over the last fifteen years has dramatically changed and broadened our understanding of the history of the Sakonnet Wampanoag people. We’ve been learning from Wampanoag advisors and studying historic documents, the archaeological record, and the Sakonnet landscape. LCHS Executive Director Marjory O’Toole will share some of what we have learned about […]
This talk will explore how the Quaker community coped with the War of Independence, and with changes to civilian life in the colony due to the British occupations and disruptions to maritime trade.
The Little Compton Historical Society invites you to join us for the 2026 Annual Meeting.
Historian Jane Lancaster has released her first novel based on the true experiences of Black Loyalists in Newport, Rhode Island. Jane’s talk on both her novel and the history that inspired it will be followed by a book signing.
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