Shinnecock Tribe Continues Billboard Work As Lawsuit With State Looms - 27 East

Shinnecock Tribe Continues Billboard Work As Lawsuit With State Looms

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Work on the east bound billboard continues on Tuesday.

Work on the east bound billboard continues on Tuesday.

DANA SHAW

DANA SHAW

Work on the east bound billboard continues on Tuesday.

Work on the east bound billboard continues on Tuesday.

DANA SHAW

DANA SHAW

Contractors continued working on Monday. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Contractors continued working on Monday. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Contractors continued working on Monday. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Contractors continued working on Monday. ANISAH ABDULLAH

As a means of protection, Shinnecock residents tied a staff around what has currently been installed of the tribe's billboard project. ANISAH ABDULLAH

As a means of protection, Shinnecock residents tied a staff around what has currently been installed of the tribe's billboard project. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Shinnecock Indian Nation residents at the billboard construction site on the southern side of Sunrise Highway, off the eastbound lanes, Saturday. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Shinnecock Indian Nation residents at the billboard construction site on the southern side of Sunrise Highway, off the eastbound lanes, Saturday. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Shinnecock residents at the billboard construction site on the southern side of Sunrise Highway, off the eastbound lanes, Saturday. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Shinnecock residents at the billboard construction site on the southern side of Sunrise Highway, off the eastbound lanes, Saturday. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Eagle feathers are considered sacred to the Nation. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Eagle feathers are considered sacred to the Nation. ANISAH ABDULLAH

"No Trespassing" signs were posted by the Shinnecock Indian Nation at the sites of both billboards being constructed along Sunrise Highway. ANISAH ABDULLAH

"No Trespassing" signs were posted by the Shinnecock Indian Nation at the sites of both billboards being constructed along Sunrise Highway. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Shinnecock residents spent Monday morning at the billboard site

Shinnecock residents spent Monday morning at the billboard site

Shinnecock member Courtney Leonard, an artist and filmmaker, holds a "No Trespassing" sign for drivers to see. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Shinnecock member Courtney Leonard, an artist and filmmaker, holds a "No Trespassing" sign for drivers to see. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Shinnecock residents spent Monday morning at the billboard site along Sunrise Highway as work continued. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Shinnecock residents spent Monday morning at the billboard site along Sunrise Highway as work continued. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel interviews David Rockwell. MICHELLE TRAURING

Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel interviews David Rockwell. MICHELLE TRAURING

Class-elected speaker Kasandra Rachel Taraku at the 2014 graduation ceremony on Friday night. By Erin McKinley

Class-elected speaker Kasandra Rachel Taraku at the 2014 graduation ceremony on Friday night. By Erin McKinley

author on May 21, 2019
The State Department of Transportation served the Shinnecock Indian Nation with a cease-and-desist letter on Friday, seeking to halt the tribe’s billboard construction along Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays and... more

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