This sculpture shows the present-day Sakonnet shoreline and an approximation of the shoreline 13,000 years ago.
Archaeological evidence and Wampanoag tradition tell us that people have lived at Sakonnet continuously since the end of the . . . — — Map (db m307031) HM
To your left is an ancient road that follows a ridge left by a retreating glacier about 13,000 years ago.Together with local waterways, this road connected the Sakonnets to 68 other Wampanoag villages to the north and east, and to other Native . . . — — Map (db m307032) HM
Attuck (deer) is sculpted entirely from native timber and driftwood collected in Rhode Island over the course of eight months. His frame is built from a fallen cedar, a sacred material in tribal communities. The enduring strength of . . . — — Map (db m312220) HM
Buying & Selling Acoaxet
After the war many Native people owned
land in Acoaxet with English-style deeds.
Mamanuah preserved his homelands by remaining
loyal to the English during King Philip's War and by selling
Awashonks' land instead . . . — — Map (db m307138) HM WM
This Tablet erected by the Rhode Island Society of Colonial Wars in recognition of the exceptional services rendered by Col. Benjamin Church. His fearless leadership and effective command during King Philip's War 1675-1676 — — Map (db m307061) WM
Distrust for the Newcomers
The Sakonnets and the English were not friends.
As many as 3,000 Sakonnets lived here in the 1600s.
They saw European ships sail by beginning in the 1500s.
European newcomers brought diseases but the
Sakonnets were . . . — — Map (db m307016) HM WM
Elisabeth Pabodie,
daughter of the Plymouth Pilgrims, John Alden & Priscilla Mullin, the first white woman born in New England.
Here lyteth the Body of Elisabeth the wife of William Pabodie who dyed . . . — — Map (db m312206) HM
Fal Solomon:
Indentured Here
Fal Solomon was a Sakonnet girl
ordered into indenture here
at the Wilbor House.
In 1757 an epidemic swept through Sakonnet. Fal
Solomon became ill, and her parents likely died. Dr.
William Wilbor brought . . . — — Map (db m307045) HM
Henry Tillinghast Sisson
1831 - 1910
Colonel of the Fifth Rhode Island
Artillery Regiment
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
In appreciation of the valor of
Colonel Sisson
and
the Fifth Rhode . . . — — Map (db m312213) HM
Honoring Awashonks
The land you are standing on was once
reserved for Awashonks and her people.
Awashonks is the best known Sakonnet sachem. She
led her people during the 1660s and 70s. This was a
chaotic time when the English used trickery, . . . — — Map (db m306910) HM WM
In honor of the men and women of Little Compton who served in the Korean Conflict, 1950-1953
Arruda, James A.
Bernard, Rodolphe H. Jr.
Bodington, Richard F.
Brayton, Arthur
Brownell, Carlton C.
Chaves, George F. . . . — — Map (db m312202) WM
In grateful appreciation of one hundred and twenty years of Christian service in this community by the
Methodist Episcopal Church
established in 1820 and united with the United Congregational church in 1940 — — Map (db m312204) HM
Mishoon
Dugout canoes provided Wampanoag people with transportation throughout the Northeast.
Mishoon is the traditional term for dugout canoe in my Wampanoag language. The dugout canoe practice and tradition that existed here for thousands of . . . — — Map (db m307132) HM
The Wampanoag people have a spiritual connection to plants that goes back to our creation. It is a relationship. When we are interacting with these plants, it is the way we would interact with any of our family members. We visit. We have ceremony . . . — — Map (db m312221) HM
To commemorate the birthplace of the Rhode Island Red breed of fowl which originated near this location Red fowls were bred extensively by the farmers of this district and later named "Rhode-Island-Reds" and brought into National prominence by the . . . — — Map (db m56093) HM
The Sakonnet Diaspora
The descendants of the Sakonnets are a diaspora.
The Sakonnets began leaving their homelands in the Late 1600s, driven away by war, European diseases English encroachment, and fear. English neighbors burned a Native . . . — — Map (db m307144) HM
An Apology and a Promise
The Little Compton Historical Society recognizes the harm done to the Wampanoag people by Little Compton's European settlers. We apologize for our part in that harm, and we are working to repair some of the damage . . . — — Map (db m312222) HM
Squant features prominently in our stories. She is a great being that oversees the health of the plants. especially berries. Squant was said to be married to Moshop the great giant who dragged his toe, causing the water to wash in and separate . . . — — Map (db m307124) HM
The Sakonnets did not fence their fields. English settlers did. Many of the stone walls you see today mark original English property lines. As early as 1661 Awashonks repaid debts to an English settler in Tiverton with stone walls built by her . . . — — Map (db m306949) HM
A weeku (weety8) is a Wampanoag house. The Sakonnets, and other Wampanoag communities in Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island, would live in different types of houses depending on what time of year it was. During the spring and summer, . . . — — Map (db m307133) HM
Take A Walk On Your Land
To forever protect and preserve this property as farmland, development rights were
purchased by the Little Compton Agricultural Trust ("Ag Trust") in partnership with the
RI Department of Environmental Management.
. . . — — Map (db m307051) HM
Three Sisters: A Symbiotic Garden
Living things grow best in relationship with others.
Oral history is imperative in preserving the culture of
Indigenous communities. For thousands of years, our
stories have encapsulated the experiences of . . . — — Map (db m306944) HM
This description arises from the antiquity of turtles and by picturing the rough shape of the continent. The northern United States and Canada are its head and front limbs; Florida and California are its back legs; and Mexico is the tail. Like . . . — — Map (db m312218) HM
United
Congregational
Church
Organized
1704
This building erected
1832
In commemoration
of the
Methodist
Church
Founded in 1820 and united with this church in 1940 . . . — — Map (db m312208) HM
In honor of the men and women of Little Compton who served in our nation's conflicts
Russel L Sisson, Vietnam
Antone Desouza III, Desert Storm
Frank Desouza, Desert Storm
David D Dougherty, Desert Storm
James S Waite Jr, . . . — — Map (db m312039) WM
In honor of the men and women of Little Compton who served in the Vietnam Conflict
Dec. 22, 1961 - May 7, 1975
John M. Babbitt
Robert I. Carr
Richard Davoll, Jr.
George P. Demenezes
Arnold E. Gifford
Harold A. Gifford . . . — — Map (db m312040) WM
Welcome to Sakonnet
Sakonnet is the traditional homeland
of the Sakonnet Wampanoag people.
People have lived at Sakonnet for over 13,000 years.
This exhibit shares their story from the end of the
last ice age to the present day. . . . — — Map (db m306958) HM
Wilbor House
Built circa 1690 by Samuel & Mary Wilbor
Home of eight generations
East end, 17th century, West end, 18th century
Additions, 19th & 20th century — — Map (db m306880) HM
In honor of the men and women of Little Compton who served in World War II
Almeida, Antone Jr.
Almeida, Louis A.
Andersen, Vernon A.
Arruda, George
Arruda, Louis
Arruda, Manuel Jr.
Auger, Armond A.
Bahia, . . . — — Map (db m312200) WM
In honor of the men and women of Little Compton who served in the World War 1917 - 1919
Almeida, John
Barker, Earl C.
Barker, Everett C.
Brownell, Ralph H.
Burchard, John C.
Carter, Charles E.
Carter, William S. . . . — — Map (db m312042) WM
