Free for all! Join the parade in Pawtucket to support fish migration around the lower 4 dams on the Blackstone (Kittacuck) River.

All are welcome to join in this community parade on Sunday, May 21st in Pawtucket, RI, featuring drumming, dancing, crafts, music, and more. 1-4pm

Led by our partners, the Narragansett Indian Tribe and the Hassanamisco Band of Nipmuc, we are working to create a stronger voice for the Blackstone River, or Kittacuck. This community event will bring diverse partners together to learn about and show their support for the need to create fish passage over the lower four dams in Rhode Island and bring back migratory fish such as the herring.

Color a paper fish and join the march to symbolically carry these paper herring over the lower two dams.

Join our indigenous partners – the Narragansett Indian Tribe, Hassanamisco Band of Nipmuc, and other tribes to learn about the migratory fish’s important history to tribal culture for millenia.

Learn why getting fish around the dams in Pawtucket and Central Falls is beneficial for community well-being, tourism, recreation, the economy, & more.

Agenda

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM  Tribal speakers, drumming, dancing & coloring paper fish

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Parade around Pawtucket (all are welcome to march with their fish!)

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Wrap up: Community speakers & tabling

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