Narragansett territory

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Narragansett territory was the ancestral homeland of the Narragansett people in what is now southern New England, particularly in present-day Rhode Island.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous territory
ancestral homeland
historic region
associatedWith agriculture
fishing
hunting
borders Mohegan territory
Niantic people
surface form: Niantic territory

Pequot territory
Wampanoag territory
colonizedBy English colonists
contains Narragansett Bay
coastal areas of present-day Rhode Island
inland areas of present-day Rhode Island
culture Narragansett people
surface form: Narragansett culture
ethnicGroup Narragansett people
hasLanguage Narragansett language
historicalEvent Great Swamp Fight
King Philip's War
surface form: King Philip’s War
inhabitedBy Narragansett people
locatedIn United States of America
surface form: United States

present-day Rhode Island
southern New England
partOf traditional homelands of Algonquian-speaking peoples
presentDayJurisdiction Rhode Island
surface form: State of Rhode Island
presentDayTribalEntity Narragansett Indian Tribe
recognizedAs traditional homeland of the Narragansett people
religion Narragansett spiritual traditions
timePeriod early colonial period
pre-contact era

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Miantonomo historicalRegion Narragansett territory