A New York state court has ordered the Shinnecock Tribal Nation to stop construction of a travel plaza in Hampton Bays. Tela ...

With about 1,600 enrolled tribal members, the Shinnecock Nation struggles to attract federal housing aid because of its small size relative to other tribal nations in the U.S., Brown said. Some of the ...

The nation cites a letter from the U.S. Department of the Interior affirming that the property in question is part of its ...

Members of the Nation said they were angry and concerned. Bryan Polite, former Shinnecock chairman, said he was disappointed and believed much of what the lawsuit outlined was wrong. The town has ...

Supporters of the Shinnecock Nation displayed signs calling for the return of land to the tribe. DANA SHAW Tela Troge of the Shinnecock Nation speaks before a Southampton Town Board hearing to ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior has confirmed the Shinnecock Indian Nation’s aboriginal rights to a contested property in Hampton Bays, New York, potentially derailing state and local efforts to ...

LONG ISLAND - A longstanding battle over 61-foot-tall billboards along Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays on Long Island is intensifying, as the Shinnecock Indian Nation and the State of New York ...

Jennifer E. Cuffee-Wilson of the Shinnecock Nation confront Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman about the protection of Shinnecock burial sites at a protest on Tuesday afternoon.

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The lawsuit, filed Friday, Dec. 20, accuses the Shinnecock Indian Nation of violating local zoning laws and creating a public nuisance.

Joan Oleck is a freelance writer based in Northampton, Mass. According to historians, the Shinnecock Indian Nation has lived on eastern Long Island for 10,000 years, rather a longer residency than ...