In 1845, after a long unobliged migration from the Northeast and a resettlement with his tribe in the Midwest,Thomas Commuck, a Brothertown Indian of Narragansett descent, composed and published a shape note tunebook in the singing school tradition.
On February 3rd, 2018 Brothertown Indian Nation Tribal Council members from the Midwest, and Brothertown Citizens from across the US united in New England, Commuck’s ancestral home.
They were joined by members of their parent tribes, members of various other Native communities, and singers from the New England shape note community.
They convened on Quinnipiac land, what is now the home of Yale University.
