The Narragansett tribe, or more accurately Nanigansek Sovereign Nation, live in Narragansett Bay as well as in present-day Rhode Island, Connecticut, and eastern Massachusetts. The Nanigansek culture has existed in the region for thousands of years, trading extensively. Some members still speak the original Algonquian language, although it had died out and was only partially reclaimed from books in the early 20th century; the town of Narragansett, Rhode Island is named after them.

Historically, they watch a large piece of land in the now northeastern section of the USA from Canada, west to the Mississippi river, and south into Florida. Wampum has been the main source of the trade medium, with the correct name of Wampumpeage or White String of Shell Beads. Suckauhok or (purple section of the quahaug clam shell) is the sacred section, all Nanigansek Algonquian words.

See:

• Massasoit, sachem of the Pokanoket and Wampanoag tribes.
• King Philip's War fought by English colonists again sachem Metacomet.

Further Reading: The Bush Family ISBN 059533269