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The court did not claim this document affected the Narragansett's land title. [15] The court reviews the text of the royal charter, rebutting the argument that the charter was "evidence that the crown recognized the Indian title as paramount to their own." [16]
In 1978, the Narragansett Tribe signed a Joint Memorandum of Understanding (JMOU) with the state of Rhode Island, Town of Charlestown, and private property owners in settlement of their land claim. The state transferred a total of 1,800 acres (7.3 km 2 ) to a corporation formed to hold the land in trust for descendants of the 1880 Narragansett ...
Narragansett is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 14,532 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] However, during the summer months the town's population more than doubles to near 34,000. [ 4 ]
PROVIDENCE – Over the objections of the Town of Narragansett, ... The company will pay $103,000 a year for the land, but the payments are set to be reassessed later this year and every three ...
The Narragansett Town Council is meeting Thursday in closed session to discuss “potential litigation relative to Galilee, specifically the former Lighthouse Inn property and related parcels.”
There is something about The Towers that it makes Narragansett what it is,” said Peg Fradette, executive director of the Narragansett Chamber of Commerce and the town’s visitors center.
These lands served as the Narragansett reservation between 1709 and 1880, when the tribe sold the land to the state and was formally detribalized. Because of this long period of Native occupation, the area is archaeologically important, containing both historic and prehistoric artifacts. [ 3 ]
Narragansett has proposed changing its zoning to bypass new housing rules passed by the legislature 'Lack of good faith:' Narragansett proposes sidestepping new state housing requirements. Skip to ...