Nquit Nanhigganeuck
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Irish American and Native American, enrolled citizen of federally recognized Narragansett tribe of Rhode Island. Indigenous freelance writer/historian.
July 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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My Grand uncle (Grandmother's brother)
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My Grand uncle (Grandmother's brother)
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A Statue for Tarzan: Fundraising effort to honor Boston Marathon winner, fabled local runner Ellison Brown, is halfway to its goal
WESTERLY — With days to go until the 129th running of the Boston Marathon, a local group is raising funds for a bronze statue of the legendary Ellison "Tarzan" Brown
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April 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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My Grand uncle (Grandmother's brother)
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My Grand uncle (Grandmother's brother)
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My Grand uncle (Grandmother's brother)
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The legacy of 'Tarzan' Brown and the Boston Marathon's 'Heartbreak Hill'
Ellison "Tarzan" Brown was an Olympian and two-time Boston Marathon champion.
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April 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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My Grand uncle (Grandmother's brother)
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My Grand uncle (Grandmother's brother)
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My tribe, the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island successfully gained federal recognition status, as it was officially acknowledged 42 years ago today (April 11, 1983), approximately a century after the Rhode Island General Assembly illegally 'detribalized' the Narragansett.
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My tribe, the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island successfully gained federal recognition status, as it was officially acknowledged 42 years ago today (April 11, 1983), approximately a century after the Rhode Island General Assembly illegally 'detribalized' the Narragansett.
April 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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My tribe, the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island successfully gained federal recognition status, as it was officially acknowledged 42 years ago today (April 11, 1983), approximately a century after the Rhode Island General Assembly illegally 'detribalized' the Narragansett.
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My tribe, the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island successfully gained federal recognition status, as it was officially acknowledged 42 years ago today (April 11, 1983), approximately a century after the Rhode Island General Assembly illegally 'detribalized' the Narragansett.
April 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Two Indige-Dads. Part 2 of 2. My father, Keith Brown.
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Two Indige-Dads. Part 2 of 2. My father, Keith Brown.
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Two Indige-Dads - Native Sun News Today
Keith Brown and Brian Lightfoot Brown In every culture, fathers are crucial to the family structure. They are counted on to be a role model for their ... Thank you for reading some of our articles, pl...
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March 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Two Indige-Dads. Part 2 of 2. My father, Keith Brown.
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Two Indige-Dads. Part 2 of 2. My father, Keith Brown.
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Two Indige-Dads. Part 1 of 2. My father-in-law Tom Yazzie.
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Two Indige-Dads. Part 1 of 2. My father-in-law Tom Yazzie.
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Two Indige-Dads - Native Sun News Today
By Brian Lightfoot BrownGuest Columnist Part 1 of 2 In every culture, fathers are crucial to the family structure. They are counted on to be a role mo... Thank you for reading some of our articles, pl...
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March 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Two Indige-Dads. Part 1 of 2. My father-in-law Tom Yazzie.
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Two Indige-Dads. Part 1 of 2. My father-in-law Tom Yazzie.
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March 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Rhode Island's lone federally recognized tribe
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February 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Rhode Island's lone federally recognized tribe
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#NativeSky #GreatSwampMassacre #NarragansettTribe #RhodeIsland #NewEngland #KingPhilipsWar #ColonialAmerica #Ambush December 19, 1675 @indianz.bsky.social
December 20, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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Not enough true understanding. The word, in and of itself, was never offensive. Perhaps it the context in which it was used that was suggestively offensive. But that can be done to almost every word.
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Not enough true understanding. The word, in and of itself, was never offensive. Perhaps it the context in which it was used that was suggestively offensive. But that can be done to almost every word.
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So far in this series, the words that we have encountered have mostly been of a non-controversial nature. But now we have reached a word that deserves light treading and whose history deserves some…
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December 3, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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Not enough true understanding. The word, in and of itself, was never offensive. Perhaps it the context in which it was used that was suggestively offensive. But that can be done to almost every word.
historyamericanenglish.wordpress.com/2016/06/12/s...
Not enough true understanding. The word, in and of itself, was never offensive. Perhaps it the context in which it was used that was suggestively offensive. But that can be done to almost every word.
historyamericanenglish.wordpress.com/2016/06/12/s...
@whitefreygeoff.bsky.social Welcome aboard, G.W.
November 30, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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November 23, 2024 at 8:24 PM
The Brown Tree, an Oak Tree named as such for the 3 Brown sisters (Myra, Alice aka Nina and Grace) of Rhode Island's Narragansett tribe.
The 3 sisters fed family at the Narragansett tribe's August Meeting Powwow on the tribe’s reservation in Charlestown, Rhode Island. My family is Oak Tree Clan.
The 3 sisters fed family at the Narragansett tribe's August Meeting Powwow on the tribe’s reservation in Charlestown, Rhode Island. My family is Oak Tree Clan.
November 19, 2024 at 6:03 AM
The Brown Tree, an Oak Tree named as such for the 3 Brown sisters (Myra, Alice aka Nina and Grace) of Rhode Island's Narragansett tribe.
The 3 sisters fed family at the Narragansett tribe's August Meeting Powwow on the tribe’s reservation in Charlestown, Rhode Island. My family is Oak Tree Clan.
The 3 sisters fed family at the Narragansett tribe's August Meeting Powwow on the tribe’s reservation in Charlestown, Rhode Island. My family is Oak Tree Clan.
My Grand Uncle, Twice won the Boston Marathon, played a role in the 'Heartbreak Hill' nickname, competed in the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany on the same U.S. team as Jesse Owens. Inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973. My Grandma's little brother.
November 18, 2024 at 4:50 AM
My Grand Uncle, Twice won the Boston Marathon, played a role in the 'Heartbreak Hill' nickname, competed in the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany on the same U.S. team as Jesse Owens. Inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973. My Grandma's little brother.
