It_PNP 's_VBZ not_XX0 often_AV0 you_PNP come_VVB across_PRP one_CRD of_PRF the_AT0 nation_NN1 's_POS oldest_AJS freeze-dried_AJ0 beavers_NN2 ._SENT Or_CJC tomaquag_NN1 ,_PUN as_CJS the_AT0 Narragansetts_NN2 would_VM0 call_VVI it_PNP in_PRP their_DPS native_AJ0 tongue_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 tomaquag_NN1 and_CJC nkeke_NN1 —_PUN an_AT0 otter_NN1 —_PUN are_VBB among_PRP more_AV0 than_CJS a_AT0 dozen_CRD taxidermied_AJ0 animals_NN2 housed_VVN in_PRP the_AT0 Tomaquag_NP0 Museum_NN1 ,_PUN nestled_VVN among_PRP a_AT0 few_DT0 small_AJ0 homes_NN2 and_CJC 10_CRD times_NN2 as_PRP many_DT0 trees_NN2 in_PRP Exeter_NP0 ._SENT Perched_VVN atop_PRP glass_NN1 cabinets_NN2 ,_PUN baring_VVG teeth_NN2 while_CJS surveying_VVG visitors_NN2 below_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 furry_AJ0 relics_NN2 are_VBB just_AV0 two_CRD of_PRF the_AT0 15_CRD ,_PUN 000-something_CRD Native_AJ0 American_AJ0 cultural_AJ0 belongings_NN2 stashed_VVN in_PRP the_AT0 building_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ is_VBZ now_AV0 completing_VVG the_AT0 tedious_AJ0 task_NN1 of_PRF documenting_VVG and_CJC digitizing_VVG each_DT0 one_PNI ._SENT Lorén_NP0 Spears_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 Niantic_NN1 and_CJC Narragansett_NN1 descendant_NN1 herself_PNX ,_PUN is_VBZ leading_VVG the_AT0 charge_NN1 ._SENT Walking_VVG around_PRP the_AT0 museum_NN1 's_POS exhibits_NN2 ,_PUN carefully_AV0 arranged_VVN in_PRP what_DTQ was_VBD once_AV0 the_AT0 home_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 mill_NN1 owner_NN1 ,_PUN then_AV0 a_AT0 church_NN1 ,_PUN Spears_NP0 speaks_VVZ first_ORD about_PRP her_DPS grandparents_NN2 ,_PUN Eleanor_NP0 and_CJC Ferris_NP0 Dove_NP0 ._SENT In_PRP 1960_CRD ,_PUN the_AT0 duo_NN1 founded_VVD the_AT0 Dovecrest_AJ0 Indian_AJ0 Restaurant_NN1 next_ORD door_NN1 ._SENT Though_CJS it_PNP turned_VVD off_AVP its_DPS lights_NN2 in_PRP 1984_CRD ,_PUN its_DPS memory_NN1 —_PUN and_CJC that_DT0 of_PRF Eleanor_NP0 and_CJC Ferris_NP0 —_PUN lives_VVZ on_AVP in_PRP the_AT0 museum_NN1 's_POS display_NN1 cases_NN2 ,_PUN which_DTQ feature_NN1 menu_NN1 printouts_NN2 offering_VVG jonnycakes_NN2 and_CJC stuffed_AJ0 quahogs_NN2 alongside_PRP a_AT0 game_NN1 meat_NN1 special_AJ0 ._SENT Spears_NN2 remembers_VVZ those_DT0 days_NN2 ,_PUN having_VHG waited_VVN and_CJC cleared_VVN tables_NN2 ,_PUN never_AV0 imagining_VVG she_PNP would_VM0 one_CRD day_NN1 serve_VVB as_PRP the_AT0 executive_AJ0 director_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 museum_NN1 that_DT0 is_VBZ now_AV0 next_ORD door_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 old_AJ0 eatery_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP her_DPS telling_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 museum_NN1 was_VBD a_AT0 place_NN1 you_PNP volunteered_VVD ,_PUN not_XX0 a_AT0 place_NN1 you_PNP got_VVD a_AT0 job_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP all_AV0 began_VVD in_PRP 1958_CRD with_PRP Princess_NP0 Red_AJ0 Wing_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 Narragansett_NN1 and_CJC Pokanoket-Wampanoag_NN1 descendant_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC anthropologist_NN1 Eva_NP0 Butler_NP0 ._SENT Together_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 two_CRD created_VVN what_DTQ remains_VVZ Rhode_NP0 Island_NP0 's_POS only_AV0 Indigenous_AJ0 museum_NN1 ,_PUN with_PRP Butler_NP0 providing_VVG the_AT0 base_NN1 collection_NN1 of_PRF items_NN2 and_CJC Red_AJ0 Wing_NN1 adding_VVG her_DPS own_DT0 ._SENT Unlike_PRP a_AT0 traditional_AJ0 museum_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 Tomaquag_NN1 does_VDZ n't_XX0 transport_VVI its_DPS visitors_NN2 through_PRP a_AT0 linear_AJ0 history_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC one_PNI that_CJT is_VBZ mixed_VVN with_PRP an_AT0 assortment_NN1 of_PRF artifacts_NN2 old_AJ0 and_CJC new_AJ0 ._SENT Turn_VVB to_PRP your_DPS left_NN1 and_CJC you_PNP 'll_VM0 find_VVI a_AT0 tribal_AJ0 seal_NN1 etched_VVN by_PRP Red_AJ0 Wing_NN1 in_PRP 1934._CRD Turn_VVB to_PRP your_DPS right_NN1 and_CJC you_PNP 'll_VM0 find_VVI a_AT0 contemporary_AJ0 top_NN1 hat_NN1 decorated_VVN with_PRP beads_NN2 ,_PUN wampum_NN1 ,_PUN antler_NN1 and_CJC quill_NN1 ._SENT Spears_NN2 '_POS mission_NN1 at_PRP the_AT0 museum_NN1 and_CJC through_PRP her_DPS work_NN1 as_PRP an_AT0 educator_NN1 and_CJC author_NN1 is_VBZ to_TO0 combat_VVI what_DTQ she_PNP calls_VVZ the_AT0 "_PUQ rhetoric_NN1 of_PRF erasure_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ an_AT0 effort_NN1 to_TO0 ignore_VVI and_CJC forget_VVI Native_AJ0 history_NN1 ._SENT Standing_VVG next_ORD to_PRP a_AT0 cardboard_AJ0 cutout_NN1 of_PRF Ellison_NP0 "_PUQ Tarzan_NP0 "_PUQ Brown_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 Narragansett_NN1 ,_PUN two-time_AJ0 Boston_NP0 Marathon_NP0 winner_NN1 and_CJC Olympic_AJ0 athlete_NN1 ,_PUN Spears_NP0 says_VVZ it_PNP 's_VBZ people_NN0 like_PRP him_PNP who_PNQ forced_VVD the_AT0 state_NN1 to_TO0 remember_VVI ._SENT 
