We should take back our land by lawsuits, impeachment, revolt. Our words and rants and rages are not working. My family roots go back to 1644 with some Indian heritage as I am sure many here do also.
Tribe’s Lawsuit Seeks Return of 3,600 Acres of Prime Long Island Land
The Shinnecock Indians have a grand idea.
They want this wealthiest of Long Island beach towns to give back to the tribe about 3,600 acres, encompassing the posh Shinnecock Hills Golf Club and a few multimillion-dollar waterfront chateaus. Southampton’s forefathers long ago obtained this land — valued at a tidy $1.7 billion today — from the Shinnecocks under questionable circumstances.
The Shinnecocks, known as the People of the Shore, have watched their tribal lands dwindle over the years. In the halcyon days before European colonists set foot in the New World, the Shinnecocks and Montauketts, both Algonquin tribes, controlled a long stretch of sandy beaches and marshes and highland bluffs. In 1640, English settlers arrived and bought about eight square miles of land from the Shinnecocks, for the not-so-princely sum of $20.
“We have to care for our elderly and pay our bills. What folks have to understand is that this is our land.”
Let me repeat this:
“We have to care for our elderly and pay our bills. What folks have to understand is that this is our land.”
And one more time:
“WE HAVE TO CARE FOR OUR ELDERLY AND PAY OUR BILLS. WHAT FOLKS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS IS OUR LAND”