For other uses of the term, see Narragansett (disambiguation).
Narragansett
Total population
2,400 (1990s[1])
Regions with significant populations
United States (Rhode Island) 41°24′34″N71°40′03″W / 41.40944°N 71.66750°W / 41.40944; -71.66750
Languages
English, formerly Narragansett
Religion
Traditional tribal religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Nipmuc, Niantic, Pawtuxet, Pequot, Shawomet[1]
The Narragansett people are an Algonquian American Indian tribe from Rhode Island. Today, Narragansett people are enrolled in the federally recognized Narragansett Indian Tribe.[2] They gained federal recognition in 1983.
The tribe was nearly landless for most of the 20th century but acquired land in 1991 and petitioned the Department of the Interior to take the land into trust on their behalf. This would have made the newly acquired land to be officially recognized as part of the Narragansett Indian reservation, taking it out from under Rhode Island's legal authority. In 2009, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the request in their lawsuit Carcieri v. Salazar, declaring that tribes which had achieved federal recognition since the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act did not have standing to have newly acquired lands taken into federal trust and removed from state control.
^ abPritzker, 442
^"Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs". Federal Register (86 FR 18552): 4636–41. January 28, 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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