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Nathan Jeffrey Cuffee
Mary Rebecca Bunn ( Aunt Becky )
William Wallace Tooker
Sachem Aquash of the Montaukett
Poggatacut, Sachem of the Manhassets of Shelter Island
Sunksqua Weany / Pametsechs
Ninigret, Eastern Niantic Sachem
Worison – Unkechaug Whaler
Stephen Talkhouse
Mandush, 17th Century Sachem of Shinnecock
Sylvester Pharoah
Lois “Princess Nowedonah” Hunter
Betty Lewis Cromwell (Shinnecock)
Jeremiah Pharoah – Montaukett Whaler
Wobetom
Jeorgkee – Indian Whaler
Rev. Paul Cuffee
Paucamp
Sachem Warawakmy of the Setauket
Mocomanto – Shinnecock Sachem 1640
Peter John Cuffee
Wuchikittawbut – Wife of Wyandanch
Chief Mahue / Mayhew of Unkechaug
Momoweta
Samson Occom
Wyandanch
Protected: M. Raymond Harrington
Cockenoe (de Long Island)

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Reposted from @netooeusqua Big win for my tribe an

Reposted from @netooeusqua Big win for my tribe and sister tribes in Long Island this week. Thank you to my fellow Graves Protection Warrior Society Warriors for holding down the frontlines. For generations our elders have been instilling in us the importance of protecting our burial sites and it’s beautiful to witness in my lifetime all of our efforts to carry that mission out. A BIG THANKS to each and every follower and ally who has been supporting since we stood our on the frontlines to stop the development and desecration. Recently the Southampton Town Board voted unanimously to authorize an expenditure of $5.3 million from the Community Preservation Fund to purchase a conservation easement for 4.5 acres of Sugar Loaf Hill, the most sacred ancestral Shinnecock burial area in the Shinnecock Hills. Peconic Land Trust closed on the parcel next week. After an existing mansion located on the parcel is dismantled and restoration work is done, the site will be returned to Shinnecock. The work ALL OF US are doing to ensure are land is preserved for the next generations is profound. We still have much work to do! And we still need your support. If you haven’t yet follow @warriorsofthesunrise to keep up to date on the latest regarding our efforts to protect our sacred sites. #LandBack
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In 1657, houses were burned in Southampton village

In 1657, houses were burned in Southampton village by two Shinnecock men and a black woman who served in one of the houses belonging to Eleanor Howell, widow of Edward Howell a founder of the town. The motive may have been in retaliation for the mistreatment of servants in the Howell home, or in response to roaming horses from Southampton destroying Shinnecock corn fields Colonial authorities in Hartford sent a troop of nineteen men under the command of John Mason, who commanded the massacre of the Pequot at Mystic during the Pequot War. When Mason levied a fine of £700 on the Shinnecock community, Wyandanch went to Hartford and sent a representative to Boston to convince the authorities to reduce the £700 fine to £500. While the damage was minimal, large fines were often used as a form of control and land acquisition if indigenous communities couldn't pay the fine.

At the mouth of Carman’s River, Squassux Landing

At the mouth of Carman’s River, Squassux Landing is named after a Native American potter who worked along the west side of the river at the end of Beaver Dam road. Before being used as a place to sail to the barrier beach, Native Americans set out to hunt whales from Squassux. Later, the site was used as a landing place for whaling crews stationed on Fire Island. Second image: Unkechaug canoers at Squassux, date unknown

In 2003, a group burial was discovering during res

In 2003, a group burial was discovering during residential development and a house barn construction, dating back to between 1400 to 1640 AD. Shinnecock tribal members argued against further disruption of the soil, seeing the proposed barn as a cemetery site.
Despite resistance, the private owners continued development while the remains were reburied in an undisclosed location on Shelter Island.

Known as the last building with direct connection

Known as the last building with direct connection to Freetown, a small village inhabited by freed African slaves and Montaukett Indians, St Matthew’s Chapel,was attended by African, Indian, and whites local residents on Three Mile Harbor Road. In 1976, the building was purchased by Richard C. Sage and moved to the Maidstone Marina boatyard to be used as a chapel for mariners. The building remains today; however, the interior has been changed into a fitness center to accommodate guests.

Hoggenoch - On October 3, 1665, the Deed to Hog's

Hoggenoch - On October 3, 1665, the Deed to Hog's Neck (North Haven) was signed. It read; "The Shelter Island Indians have this day confirmed the purchase of Hog Neck to Southampton men, forever serving liberty of hunting and fishing and fowling upon same, and have received six Indian coats upon the confirmation thereof. The full satisfaction of all their claims to Southampton men." According to William Wallace Tooker, the traditional Algonquian name of Hog's Neck was "Hoggenoch" which was corrupted to "Hog's Neck." Another interpretation is that the early 'copyists' thought that "Hog's Neck" was too crude and created a psudo-Indian name. The name Northhaven became more popular in the early 20th century. Image: Hog's Neck (Northhaven) Town Hall.

The Stephen Talkhouse Pharoah house was used by Ph

The Stephen Talkhouse Pharoah house was used by Pharoah later in his life. The house featured two "Indian barns" as food storage, and a footpath toward Bridgehampton on it's edge. The foundation remains today, but the house may have been a wood cabin during its use. At the foundation, a sign partially reads, "A direct descendant of the Montaukett Chief Wyandanch, Stephen was born in Springs in 1819 ( at Molly’s Hill ). As a child, his family sold him into indentured servitude for the sum of forty dollars, one dollar for each pound he weighed. At the age of thirteen he ran away to Sag Harbor where he secured a berth on a whaling ship bound for South Pacific."

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