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Shinnecock Burial Ground Battle Tears Scar Off Old Wounds

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Shane Weeks, a memeber of the Shinnecock Nation, speaks to the crowd prior to the protest at the Sugar Loaf property in Shinnecock Hill on Tuesday, January 14. DANA SHAW

Shane Weeks, a memeber of the Shinnecock Nation, speaks to the crowd prior to the protest at the Sugar Loaf property in Shinnecock Hill on Tuesday, January 14. DANA SHAW

Memebers of the Shinnecock Nation and other local tribes prepare for the protest at the Sugar Loaf property in Shinnecock Hills on Tuesday, january 14. DANA SHAW

Memebers of the Shinnecock Nation and other local tribes prepare for the protest at the Sugar Loaf property in Shinnecock Hills on Tuesday, january 14. DANA SHAW

Memebers of the Shinnecock Nation prostest at the Sugar Loaf property in Shinnecock Hills on Tuesday, January 14. DANA SHAW

Memebers of the Shinnecock Nation prostest at the Sugar Loaf property in Shinnecock Hills on Tuesday, January 14. DANA SHAW

Members of the Shinnecock Nation at a protest at the Sugar Loaf property in Shinnecock Hills on Tuesday, January 14. DANA SHAW

Members of the Shinnecock Nation at a protest at the Sugar Loaf property in Shinnecock Hills on Tuesday, January 14. DANA SHAW

authorCailin Riley on Jan 21, 2020
Lance Gumbs remembers being a child and getting into his grandmother’s car, day after day, sitting in the passenger seat as they made the short drive from the Shinnecock Territory... more

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