New Shinnecock Curriculum Begins in Southampton Elementary Classrooms
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A mini Shinnecock Powwow was held last week at Southampton High School. RON ESPOSITO
A mini Shinnecock Powwow was held last week at Southampton High School. RON ESPOSITO
Michelle Trauring on Nov 26, 2025
Standing at the podium at a recent Southampton Board of Education meeting, ELA teacher Nature Richard took the microphone in her hands and lowered it a few feet to where... more
The combination of the new Ken Burns documentary on the American Revolution and the rosy image of the first Thanksgiving led me to recall a 1778 event that exemplifies the true relationship between the white settlers and the Indigenous population. And that relationship spread west as the settlers did. During the war, the Stockbridge Mohicans, along with the Oneida, Tuscarora and a handful of other Indigenous nations, allied with the American colonists in their struggle for independence from Britain. Many of these communities hoped that their military support would ensure recognition of their sovereignty and protection of their lands. Instead, ...
by Tom Clavin
Will Governor Kathy Hochul sign, or again veto, a bill to protect horseshoe crabs that again passed by large majorities in the State Legislature earlier this year? Hochul vetoed the same bill last year. She claimed then that the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act was “well intentioned,” but their management should best be left with the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation. She said the DEC has “significant rules and regulations regarding commercial and recreational fishing in the state.” It currently has an annual quota of 150,000 horseshoe crabs that can be taken. Environmentalists have been actively calling on Hochul to sign ...
by Karl Grossman
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Michelle Trauring on Nov 26, 2025