Jul 11, 2012 10:55 AM
A bayman from Hampton Bays said he and another commercial fisherman were shot at with a rifle last Tuesday evening, July 3, by members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation while harvesting shellfish in Shinnecock Bay near the reservation.
It was the second incident of clashes between baymen and tribe members in recent weeks. The Southampton Town Trustees and tribal leaders were scheduled to meet on Wednesday afternoon, July 11, to discuss what rights the tribe and non-tribal baymen have in regard to sections of bay bottoms surrounding the Shinnecock Neck reservation just outside Southampton Village
The bayman who reported the shots fired, Scott Burgess, said that he and another bayman, Dean Columbo, were digging clams from the bay bottom about 500 yards offshore of the reservation on July 3 when several... more
It was the second incident of clashes between baymen and tribe members in recent weeks. The Southampton Town Trustees and tribal leaders were scheduled to meet on Wednesday afternoon, July 11, to discuss what rights the tribe and non-tribal baymen have in regard to sections of bay bottoms surrounding the Shinnecock Neck reservation just outside Southampton Village
The bayman who reported the shots fired, Scott Burgess, said that he and another bayman, Dean Columbo, were digging clams from the bay bottom about 500 yards offshore of the reservation on July 3 when several... more
"We" the white people, stole everything from the Native Americans and we are not giving it back. (Because "killing people and stealing their stuff" defines the salient behavior of homo sapiens?)
The Shinnecocks MAY have ownership of the bay bottom to the point of the old pre-inlet waterline but that boundary is undefined.
The state has yet to approve any Shinnecock casinos.
We don't like being shot at.
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It ...more seems to me that these facts contain the basis for an agreement. It's time for Assemblyman Thiele to take an interest.