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Local magazines feature the Sowams Heritage Area Project

The local “giveaway” magazines, “The Bay” and “Hey Rhody“, featured the Sowams Heritage Area Project in their October 2024 editions. Author Abbie Lahmers interviewed Project Advisor Andrea Rounds and Project Coordinator Dr. David Weed for the four-page feature article that describes the project that is working to bring the early history of the Sowams region […]

Sowams Project awarded a RI THRIVE grant

Thanks to an allocation from the State of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Council on the Humanities (RICH) announced the inaugural awardees of the THRIVE general operating support grantmaking program. THRIVE provides funding for small cultural heritage organizations and local historical and preservation societies that support and strengthen Rhode Island’s many diverse, dynamic communities. In […]

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Sowams Project leaders meet with Palmer River advocates in Rehoboth

Rock Singewald (pictured right) and Dave Weed (not pictured) of the Sowams Heritage Area Project Steering Committee met with (left to right) Dan Lanier and Carol Entin of the Rehoboth Land Trust, Whole Rivers Program Director Otter Brown, and Friends of the Palmer River President Katy Rourke Wilson on February 29, 2024 to consider the […]

Pokanokets acknowledged at Historic New England conference in Providence

The Pokanoket Tribe was included in a list of tribes acknowledged by Danikah Chartier, a member of the Abenaki Tribe and a staff member of Historic New England, at the opening of the Historic New England Summit held in Providence on November 2nd and 3rd, 2023, at the Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium. Her land acknowledgement begins […]

East Providence Cultural Center proposed for Hunt's Mills historical location

East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva led a public workshop on October 16, 2023 at City Hall to solicit opinions for a proposed East Providence Cultural Center to be built at Hunt’s Mills with amenities that include a reception area, presentation space, exhibit areas, bathrooms and a conference room. Sowams Heritage Area Project Coordinator Dr. David […]