Did you know that trolleys and trains almost came to Little Compton a hundred years ago? Travel the proposed paths of the train and the electric trolleys planned for Little Compton. Ride on an air-conditioned trolley while tour guides Steven Lubar, LCHS Board President, and Marjory O'Toole, LCHS Executive Director, share fascinating stories from Little […]
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 […]
Master mishoon maker Jonathan James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) will join the Little Compton Historical Society for an artist’s residency this September. He will lead a team of Wampanoag artisans and paddlers in the making of a Wampanoag mishoon (dugout canoe) at the Little Compton Historical Society, which is located on the traditional homelands of the Sakonnet […]
Master mishoon maker Jonathan James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) will join the Little Compton Historical Society for an artist’s residency this September. He will lead a team of Wampanoag artisans and paddlers in the making of a Wampanoag mishoon (dugout canoe) at the Little Compton Historical Society, which is located on the traditional homelands of the Sakonnet […]
Master mishoon maker Jonathan James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) will join the Little Compton Historical Society for an artist’s residency this September. He will lead a team of Wampanoag artisans and paddlers in the making of a Wampanoag mishoon (dugout canoe) at the Little Compton Historical Society, which is located on the traditional homelands of the Sakonnet […]
Master mishoon maker Jonathan James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) will join the Little Compton Historical Society for an artist’s residency this September. He will lead a team of Wampanoag artisans and paddlers in the making of a Wampanoag mishoon (dugout canoe) at the Little Compton Historical Society, which is located on the traditional homelands of the Sakonnet […]
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 […]
Concert Featuring Jennifer Kreisberg (Tuscarora), Award-Winning Native American Vocalist Free and Open to the Public, 6:30 PM Little Compton Community Center Lawn
Dear Members and Friends of the Little Compton Historical Society, Please be our guests at the Sakonnet opening of Wampum: Stories from the Shells of North America an international traveling exhibit created by SmokeSygnals, the leading Native creative agency in the Northeast, and many members of the Wampanoag community. Saturday, November 30 4 to 7 PM […]
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 […]