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Southampton Town Takes Department of Interior to Court Over Status of Tribal Land in Hampton Bays

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The members of the Shinnecock Nation Council of Trustees visited Washington D.C. on Tuesday to meet with officials from the Department of the Interior to discuss Southampton Town's legal challenge of the federal listing of the tribe's Westwoods land on a federal register of tribal lands.

The members of the Shinnecock Nation Council of Trustees visited Washington D.C. on Tuesday to meet with officials from the Department of the Interior to discuss Southampton Town's legal challenge of the federal listing of the tribe's Westwoods land on a federal register of tribal lands.

authorMichael Wright on Aug 14, 2025
Attorneys for Southampton Town have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s listing of the Shinnecock Nation’s land in Hampton Bays on a federal... more

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