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Shinnecock Nation to Southampton: Take Down Our Seal -- We’re Done Talking

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The Shinnecock Nation first demanded back in December, when the Southampton Town Board voted to sue the tribe to halt construction of a gas station in Hampton Bays, that the tribal seal be removed from the People's Room at Southampton Town Hall. Since then, Tribal Chairwoman Lisa Goree, who works at Town Hall, has submitted two written requests that the seal be removed and last week Lance Gumbs, the vice chairman of the Shinnecock's Council of Trustees, renewed the demand. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The Shinnecock Nation first demanded back in December, when the Southampton Town Board voted to sue the tribe to halt construction of a gas station in Hampton Bays, that the tribal seal be removed from the People's Room at Southampton Town Hall. Since then, Tribal Chairwoman Lisa Goree, who works at Town Hall, has submitted two written requests that the seal be removed and last week Lance Gumbs, the vice chairman of the Shinnecock's Council of Trustees, renewed the demand. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Shinnecock Chairwoman Lisa Goree pointed angrily to the nation's seal in Town Hall back in December, after the town proposed suing to stop the Shinnecock from building a gas station, and said the town should remove the seal if it saw the tribe's members as adversaries not constituents. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Shinnecock Chairwoman Lisa Goree pointed angrily to the nation's seal in Town Hall back in December, after the town proposed suing to stop the Shinnecock from building a gas station, and said the town should remove the seal if it saw the tribe's members as adversaries not constituents. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Lance Gumbs, the vice chairman of the Shinnecock Nation Council of Trustees, said last week that the town's opposition to tribal development plans amounted to an 'act of war' and that the tribe would no longer engage with the town officially. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Lance Gumbs, the vice chairman of the Shinnecock Nation Council of Trustees, said last week that the town's opposition to tribal development plans amounted to an 'act of war' and that the tribe would no longer engage with the town officially. MICHAEL WRIGHT

authorMichael Wright on Jul 2, 2025
Shinnecock Nation leaders said this week they will no longer work with the Town of Southampton in any official capacity going forward, in the wake of the now seven-month dispute... more

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