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wbur — Seaside towns offer free beach passes to Native Americans
By Phillip Marcelo (AP) — Seaside communities in New England are providing free beach access to Native Americans as the summer season kicks off this Memorial Day weekend.
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.