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Bench at Hayground School Dedicated to ‘Founding Grandmother’ Elizabeth Thunder Bird Haile

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Tinka Topping speaks at the dedication at Hayground School ELIZABETH VESPE

Tinka Topping speaks at the dedication at Hayground School ELIZABETH VESPE

The Reverend Holly Haile Thompson speaks at the dedication of her mother's bench at Hayground School. ELIZABETH VESPE

The Reverend Holly Haile Thompson speaks at the dedication of her mother's bench at Hayground School. ELIZABETH VESPE

The Thunder Bird Sisters, the Reverend Holly Haile Thompson, Becky Genia and Tina Tarrant, sing at the dedication. ELIZABETH VESPE

The Thunder Bird Sisters, the Reverend Holly Haile Thompson, Becky Genia and Tina Tarrant, sing at the dedication. ELIZABETH VESPE

The Thunder Bird Sisters, the Reverend Holly Haile Thompson, Becky Genia and Tina Tarrant, sing at the dedication. ELIZABETH VESPE

The Thunder Bird Sisters, the Reverend Holly Haile Thompson, Becky Genia and Tina Tarrant, sing at the dedication. ELIZABETH VESPE

authorElizabeth Vespe on May 30, 2023
Elizabeth “Chee Chee” Thunder Bird Haile of the Shinnecock Nation, a “founding grandmother” of the Hayground School, was posthumously honored on a recent afternoon by students, teachers, parents, family and... more

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