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In December 1876, the cargo ship Circassian was wrecked off the coast of Mecox Bay near Bridgehampton. Although she was initially...

Cynthia Van Allen Schaffner is a direct descendent of Thomas Halsey Jr. who built the Halsey House & Garden that we care for today and...

Thankfully for the last almost 2 years now we have been able to record and then post to youtube all of our lectures for anyone who can't...

Ma's House serves as a communal art space and residency for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists on the Shinnecock Reservation

This is a postcard depicting Chief Thunderbird of the Shinnecock Tribe. The central figure in the photograph, he is dressed in full...

When I was a junior in high school my social studies teacher gave my class an assignment. Mr. Conklin was a passionate genealogist. I...

This postcard depicts the Shinnecock Presbyterian Church of Southampton, one of the oldest Native American churches in the United States.

Olivia Ward Bush-Banks was born in Sag Harbor on May 23, 1869, with her heritage being of African-American and Montaukett Native American...

This is a 1918 Southampton Press photograph depicting championship Native American golfer, Oscar Bunn.