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The annual Shinnecock Indian Powwow will be open to the public this Labor Day weekend for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has granted the Shinnecock Tribal Nation a $1.14 million federal grant to renovate the roadways on the 800-acre Southampton reservation.
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The Shinnecock tribe has been given 100 Southampton Villages beach passes after fighting for free access to the beach.
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The mayor of Southampton Village has partnered with a nonprofit group to provide the Shinnecock Nation with 100 beach parking passes.
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The Shinnecock Indian Nation broke ground on the “Little Beach Harvest” dispensary project that took seven years to develop and is the first cannabis operation to be fully owned by the tribe.
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Members of the Shinnecock Graves Protection Warrior Society, Long Island Progressive Coalition and New York Communities for Change rally in front of Southampton Town Hall on Monday, July 11.
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Demonstrators marched down the main streets of Southampton and East Hampton, carrying signs that read, “Tax the Rich.” They called for increasing taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers to fund affordable housing and to fight climate change.
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The Shinnecock Tribal Nation will rally at Cooper’s Beach on Saturday in an effort to urge the Village of Southampton to allow tribal citizens free beach access.
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Kelly Dennis, a councilwoman with the Shinnecock Indian Nation in eastern Long Island, has been chosen to be part of the first-ever Tribal Advisory Committee for the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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The Shinnecock Nation wants free beach access for tribal members in Southampton.