Press & News
Projo — Narragansett Tribe will be able to walk onto Narragansett Town Beach for free this summer
By Antonia Noori Farzan — The Narragansett Town Council narrowly voted to approve the change late Monday night during a raucous meeting that lasted for more than four hours.
The Public’s Radio — Narragansett Town Council approves free town beach access for Narragansett Indian Tribe members
By Alex Nunes — The Narragansett Town Council has voted to waive walk-on fees to the town’s public beach for all members of the Narragansett Indian Tribe.
VIDEO Narragansett Town Council — May 16, 2022 Meeting
Youtube Video of May 16, 2022 Narragansett Town Council Meeting. Discussions on free Town Beach walk-on access for Narragansett Indian Tribe members begins around 1:36:00
The Public’s Radio — ‘They're doing something right’: Narragansett Town Council to consider free beach access for Narragansett tribal members
By Alex Nunes — The Narragansett Town Council will take up a proposal Monday night to waive all walk-on and parking fees at the town’s beach to members of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. The ocean is a sacred spiritual place for members of the tribe, but the Narragansett do not currently have any of their own land along Rhode Island’s shore.
WJAR — Proposal would give free beach access to Narragansett Indian Tribe
By Cal Dymowski WJAR — A proposal to allow the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island free beach access is three days away from going before the Town Council.
The Westerly Sun — 'It's getting out of control'…
By Dale P Faulkner — Washington County residents sound off on beach access to state legislative committee
The Public’s Radio — At public hearing, speakers say Rhode Island has a ways to go on shoreline access
By Alex Nunes — The summer season may be months behind us, but advocates for beach access aren’t letting up on their calls for lawmakers to do more to strengthen and protect shoreline rights. They made their case again Thursday night at a special public hearing in Richmond.
The Boston Globe — ‘We will get access’: Study commission hears from R.I.’ers on shoreline rights
By Brian Amaral — Panel aims to make recommendations about access early next year
ecoRI News — No Trespassing: Coastal Land Taken from Indigenous People Walled Off with Signs, Fences and Chains
By Frank Carini — These testaments to historic theft — not by the current owners but by centuries of violence against this land’s Indigenous people — don’t escape the notice of Narragansett Indian Tribe members…