Ninigret, sachem of the Niantics and Narragansetts: diplomacy, war, and the balance of power in seventeenth-century New England and Indian country

Ninigret was a sachem of the Niantic and Narragansett Indians of what is now Rhode Island from the mid-1630s through the mid-1670s.

For Ninigret and his contemporaries, Indian Country and New England were multipolar political worlds shaped by ever-shifting inter-tribal rivalries.

In this biography, Julie A. Fisher and David J. Silverman assert that he was the most influential Indian leader of his era in southern New England.