Whose ground this is
Native Ground
Before it was a corridor, it was theirs — and it still is.
The whole coast reads over Algonquian ground: the Montaukett at The End, the Shinnecock, the Unkechaug and Secatogue, the Corchaug and Manhanset on the forks and the island. This is not a region of the coast — it is the ground the rest of it sits on. The record here includes the land transfers, the retained rights, and the detribalization rulings that followed. Read it first.
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Nation CorchaugLong Island / East End Corchaug / Corchake / Catsjeyick (Dutch) / Cutchogue; earliest recorded name Amanhansuck (also Amanhansuck/Aquebogue-area people). "Metoac/Matouwac" is a false umbrella (see bel… Lightly sourced Nation Montaukett (Montauk)Long Island / East End Montaukett / Montauk; the name derives from a Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett place-name roughly glossed "the fort country." Colonial writers often labeled the people by territory… Contested points Nation SecatogueLong Island / East End Secatogue / Secatague / Sequatogue / Seatauke-variant *Sicktauwacky* / *Siketenhacky* / *Siketeuhacky* (Dutch, 1639–44) / *Sea-qua-ta-eg* (Rev. Wooley, c. 1678–80). · Language:… Lightly sourced Nation Unkechaug (Poospatuck)Long Island / East End Unkechaug / Unquachog / Unkechaug Nation; the people of the Poospatuck (Poosepatuck) Reservation at Mastic. "Patchogue" and "Unkechaug" are sometimes used for overlapping south-… Contested points Nation ShinnecockLong Island / East End Shinnecock Indian Nation; historically "Sinnecox" (Dutch, Isaack de Rasieres, 1620s). The name is usually glossed as "people of the stony shore." Verified Nation ManhansetLong Island / East End Manhanset / Manhansett / Menhansack / Menhansick; the people of Manhansack-aha-quash-awamock (also written Manhansack-Ahaquatuwamock / Manhansack-aqua-quash-awamock), the Native… Verified
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