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At her home in Oakland, RI, Princess Red Wing offered day camps for children as well as a gathering space for local Native people. The 1937 booklet Rhode Island: A Guide to the Smallest State reported that Camp Ki-Yi was "where local Indians spend…

Transcription:

When the storms of life overtake me

And my heart is sad and drear

And the cares of each day down me

And the night is filled with fear

In the stillness of darkness

When the world is all asleep

And my aching head is…

A short essay pondering the power of music.

A poetic piece or prayer written by Princess Red Wing.

Is this the Rhode Island state song (the tune?)

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Fellow – Native Americans ——

In numbers there is force, for good or evil. Together we stand, divided we fall. The Native American has fell to his present state because of lack of unity, ambition & education.

So…

Fred V. Brown (Niantic/Narragansett) was a frequent contributor to The Narragansett Dawn, which Red Wing published and edited. This piece appeared in the June 1935 issue of the magazine.

Lone Wolf (Lawrence W. Wilcox) was a frequent contributor to The Narragansett Dawn, which Red Wing edited and published between 1935 and 1936. This piece comes from Red Wing's files for the magazine; it seems not to have been published

Cassius A. Champlin was President of the Tribal Council during the 1930s, when Red Wing was publishing The Narragansett Dawn. In this letter or speech to tribal youth he extols the values of education and caring for each other.