Many members of the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island (the official name used by the Bureau of Indian Affairs circa 2003) reside on or near the Narragansett Indian Reservation (population 60, according to the 2000 U.S. Census, although ), land held in trust by the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and located in the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island.
*** READ THAT AGAIN....only nine of these residents were of Native American descent ***

It is NOT a Reservation... the land is held in TRUST by the state.

Meaning they MUST follow State law.
I am SO tired about hearing "Poor Indians".
ANY other race conquerd by a stronger force in history were forced to become one with that nation, not given land.
Giving reservations was the biggest mistake ever done, all it did was force them further out.
Keep your culture, but stop whining about how you were wronged by the government.
I doubt there is an American Indian alive today that was around when they were forced onto reservations.
They are given EVERY oppertunity as everybody else in this country and MORE.
It is not like the Narr. Tribe lives at the end of the world...They live in CHARLSTOWN....
Stop whining about how bad you have been treated,and do something about the situation.
Stop trying the easy way out, Smoke Shop, Casino, Etc. Try a REAL JOB.
You would be surprised hom much money the state gives them, The Recreation Center(May be wrong name) built for them by the state at taxpayers expense was OVER $1,000,000.00

This country will NEVER be one until people take responsibility for their own lives and stop blaming others for thier situation.

it was on tribal land. the tribe is federally recognized as a sovereign nation. yes they follow state laws but other tribes throughout the us have shops, casinos, etc where they dont pay tax because its on tribal land or non proft. kind of like a church. and whats the point of having an attack dog? watch the video footage, they never presented a warrant to the defendents during the raid either.