Unkechaug and Shinnecock Language Revival Project

For nearly 200 years very few people, if any, have listened to or spoken the tongues native to the Unkechaug and Shinnecock Long Island Indian Nations.  Now the two Indian nations and Stony Brook University have initiated a joint project to revive these forgotten tongues. Chief Harry Wallace of the Unkechaug Nation emphasizes the integral [...]

31st American Indian Workshop will feature Unkechaug Sovereign Immunity case

From March 25-28th the American Centre in Prague will host the 31st American Indian Workshop: “Transformation, Translation, Transgression: Native American Culture in Contact and Context.”  Professor Emeritus of History John Strong of Southampton will present at a session titled: Eastern Indian Voices: Culture and Identity and speak on “Meeting Montoya: How the Unkechaug Nation Asserted Sovereign [...]

Howard Treadwell

Visiting Poospatuck and working with the Unkechaug Nation has been very educational in learning the history of the tribe but also in meeting the individuals that comprise it.  Without the individual voice, the whole is not complete, and vice-versa.  I had the good chance of meeting Howard Treadwell, a slam poet whose raw style captures [...]

Unkechaug U.S. Census 2010, 8nkowa!

I recently visited the Poospatuck Reservation on Long Island and met with tribal council member Mary Treadwell.  After a nice lunch, Ms. Treadwell showed me around the Poospatuck Reservation and briefed me on history and development of the Unkechaug Nation. Mary’s commitment to the Nation’s development was obvious in the projects she described to me were [...]

Shinnecock Museum Basketball Fundraiser

Mark your calendars and buy your tickets! “Hoops for History” Benefit for the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum Celebrating our 10th Anniversary this year! SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2010 7 PM EAST END ALL STARS vs HARLEM MAGICMASTERS at the SOUTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL GYM 141 Narrow Lane, Southampton, NY 11968 TICKETS SELLING FAST!!! In advance [...]

New Unkechaug Community Center at the Poospatuck Indian reservation!

An article published at Newsday regarding the construction of the new Unkechaug Community Center can be found in full here: www.allbusiness.com.  Photos of the construction center will be available at www.unkechaugnation.org as soon as they come in!

Around the net

As I was looking around for information regarding the Unkechaug Tribe I came across this insightful comment at New York Magazine.  Read the full article and commentary here : When are the politicians going to wake up and realize that this is a “problem” they created with excessive, confiscatory taxes? There’s an excellent paper by [...]

Judge Matsumoto: Unkechaug meets tribal sovereignty, immunity criteria

The following article was posted to the Indian Country Today website.  It details the Unkechaug tribe’s continuing struggle to maintain its sovereignty against the state and the City of New York.  The article is in reference to United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto’s conclusion on October 8, 2009 in GRISTEDE’S FOODS vs. UNKECHAUGE NATION: [...]

Associate Professor of Law, Matthew L.M. Fletcher on the Unkechaug ruling

Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University Matthew L.M. Fletcher, recently had this to say about U.S. District Court Judge Kiyo Matsumoto’s ruling in favor of the Unkechaug Indian tribe in a long running lawsuit filed by tycoon John A. Catsimatidis, owner of over 50 [...]

New York’s Tobacco Tax Wars

A recent article at the Business Insider covers several of the issues that are making headlines in regards to Mayor Bloomberg’s push to raise cigarette taxes to the highest in the nation and the lawsuit filed against the small Unkechaug Indian tribe smoke shops by the City of New York. http://www.businessinsider.com/new-yorks-cigarette-tax-wars-2009-10 A recent article at [...]