Get to know your Pokanoket neighbors

The public is invited to get to know their Pokanoket neighbors on Sunday, September 15th from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Burr’s Hill Park in Warren, RI. at the fourth annual Pokanoket Heritage Day.

This free event will give visitors a perspective on Pokanoket life in the East Bay through dancing, singing, drumming, storytelling, presentations and displays on Pokanoket history and culture.

When the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth in 1620, Sowams, or modern day Warren, Bristol, Barrington, East Providence, and part of Providence, RI and Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset and Swansea, MA was the home of the Massasoit Ousamequin who welcomed the Pilgrims. Today, members of the Tribe live in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, but few people know their history and their culture.

We would love the community to come out and learn about the Pokanoket Tribe, and we would love to engage with them,” commented Pokanoket Sachem Tracey “Dancing Star”,

Burr’s Hill Park, located off of South Water Street across from the Town Beach, is the site of the Royal Pokanoket Burial Ground where the Massasoit Ousamequin was reburied in 2017. Free event parking is available at Water and Campbell Streets and at the Franklin Street Park-N-Ride.
For more information about Sowams, go to www.SowamsHeritageArea.org.