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- 1 2 3 4 5 "Rev. Harold S. Mars Sr., 78, clergyman for 51 years, dies", The Providence Journal, November 27, 1989 (with correction published November 28, 1989).
- ↑ William S. Simmons, The Narragansett, Indians of North America series, New York: Chelsea House, 1989, p. 80-81, 84-86.
- ↑ "Tomaquag Museum's New Narragansett Indian Church Exhibit" Archived 2018-12-10 at the Wayback Machine , Charlestown Citizens Alliance, March 18, 2018.
- ↑ Colleen Fitzpatrick and Tim Murphy, "The Narragansetts: A people of pride, pain and mystery", Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, May 18, 1986, cover and pages 6-20.
- ↑ Among others he was pastor of the Nazarene Church in Wakefield, RI, and established and was pastor of the First Church of God in Peace Dale, RI. (See obituary notice, "Rev. Harold S. Mars Sr., 78, clergyman for 51 years, dies", op. cit.)
- ↑ "Spirit of an Indian rises from the ashes", The Providence Journal, Sept 24, 1995, p. C-1.
- 1 2 3 Paul Davis, “One Nation, Two Worlds - Preacher carries on “the call” handed down through generations", Providence Journal, August 4, 2004.
- 1 2 William S. Simmons, Spirit of the New England Tribes: Indian History and Folklore, 1620-1984, Hanover : University Press of New England, 1986, p. 152 ff.
- ↑ William S. Simmons, The Narragansett, op. cit., p. 97-99.
- ↑ "One Nation - Two Worlds - Centuries of Struggle - From church to citadel, Narragansetts endure", Providence Journal, August 4, 2004.
- ↑ Obituary for the Rev. Roland C. Mars