Ninigret, Sachem of the Niantics and Narragansetts

by Julie A. Fisher and David J. Silverman

Book Overview

Ninigret (c. 1600-1676) was a sachem of the Niantic and Narragansett Indians of what is now Rhode Island from the mid-1630s through the mid-1670s. For Ninigret and his contemporaries, Indian Country and New England were multipolar political worlds shaped by ever-shifting intertribal rivalries. In the first biography of Ninigret, Julie A. Fisher and David J. Silverman assert that he was the most influential Indian leader of his era in southern New...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801450004
• ISBN13: 9780801450006
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher