Matinnecock Nation

Camp Matinnecock

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American Indian and African American People, Communities, and Interactions

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'American Indian and African American People, Communities, and Interactions' by Lisa Bier examines the topic of interracial relationships between American Indian and African American communities. Lisa Bier is Social Sciences Reference Librarian at Southern Connecticut State University.

Interest in this topic is growing rapidly, both as a field of academic research and as people with African American and American Indian backgrounds voice interest in their heritage. Materials on this topic are often difficult to locate because of the ways that libraries and research databases organize information. This bibliography is the first of its kind and strives to make researching this understudied topic easier. This volume will serve as an important research tool in this area. This bibliography features books, articles, Web sites, and videos containing information on interactions between African American and Native American people and communities. These interactions reveal communication, alliances, and agency among the two groups, a neglected layer of North American history. The descriptive annotations are grouped into chapters that are organized either geographically or by tribe. The book concludes with a detailed index.

The book includes a section entitled "The Revitalization of the Matinnecock Indian Tribe of New York."

Description of Matinnecock Indians from Navajo Crafts

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The Matinnecock Indians, an Algonquian people, are the aboriginal occupants of northwestern Long Island. Among the first to feel the impact of European settlement, and seldom mentioned after the colonial period, the Matinnecocks experienced profound changes after the seventeenth century. But they did not vanish; they are still an identifiable people.

In 1975 the tribe began the revitalization of its ancestral religion. To date, four ceremonies have been revived. Nunnowa ("Indian Thanksgiving") is held in October, and a midwinter ceremony takes place in February; naming and pipe ceremonies are held when appropriate.

Like the Algonquian remnants of southern New England, the Matinnecocks are now involved in a regional form of Pan-Indianism. ….a core group cling steadfastly to their Native American identity.

From Navajo Crafts.

Necklace by Chief Little Fox

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This Fire and Earth Necklace was created by Chief Little Fox of the Matinnecock Nation in the American Northeast. It measures 27 inches long with 1 inch long Red Coral Nuggets and laced with .25 inch Turquoise Nuggets. Fire and Earth Necklace is a unisex piece of jewelry. From Navajo Crafts.

Matinnecock Chapter Logo

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Logo for the Suanhacky Lodge #49, Matinnecock Chapter. From www.uricohen.net.

Matinnecock Pow Wow Souvenir for sale

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Souvenir program from the Native American Indian Pow Wow hold at the Shinnecock Reservation, LI, NY. Orange cover. Princess Heatherflower wrote the names of herself and Chief Little Wolf. Also on Chief Standing Waters who was 99 yrs old at time. They are from the Matinnecock Tribe. Pg 6 contains a full page photo of Chief Thunderbird and his signature is on pg 7. Pages include program, photos & local ads. Bit of fading on top left front. Front cover signed by Hunting Hawk of the Winnebago Tribe. It is next to his front cover sketch. ; B&W Photographs; 8x10; 12 pages. Very Good+.

Offered for US$ 40.00 by: Seneca Valley Books - Book number: 7433

From Antiqbook

Princess ManyFlowers and daughter Lois

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This is a picture from 1953 of my grandmother, Princess ManyFlowers, and my mother, Lois Wilson nee Vanderheyden.

Princess ManyFlowers' Tribal Affiliation Card

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This is a copy of the tribal affiliation card belonging to Princess ManyFlowers, my grandmother, the oldest living Matinnecock Indian.

Princess Brown Thrush's 1992 Obituary from The New York Times

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Princess Brown Thrush, a Matinnecock Indian who fought for the rights of her tribe, died on Jan. 20 at Booth Memorial Medical Center in Queens. She was 80 years old and lived at the Matinnecock-Tackapoosha tribal longhouse in Flushing.

Princess Brown Thrush, whose Christian name was Lila E. Harding, died of cancer, said Chief Osceola Townsend, a cousin.

She was descended from Chief Tackapoosha, the Grand Sachem of the tribe, who died in the 1700's. Before the arrival of Europeans, the Matinnecocks had roamed the North Shore of Long Island. Currently they number about 250 families.

She was active in protests and territorial claims against the local, state and Federal governments in the 1950's and 1960's. The Matinnecocks still claim ownership of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and Fort Totten in Queens, parts of North Hempstead and Caumsett State Park in Huntington.

Read the entire article at The New York Times.

The Village of Asharoken

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Asharoken is an incorporated village and it is located within the Township of Huntington and is located in Suffolk County, New York State.

The Village of Asharoken lies in the northwestern portion of Suffolk County and approximately 60 miles east of New York City.

The Village is bounded by a section of Huntington, a section of Eatons Neck, the Long Island Sound, Northport Bay, and Duck Island Harbor. The Village is consists of approximately 2.20 square mile of land plus its surrounding beaches and waterways and has more than 9 miles of beautiful shorefront.

The Village takes its name from Chief Asharoken of the Sagamore of Ketewomoke and Matinnecock Indians, who occupied Eatons Neck in the 1600s.

Chief Asharoken then conveyed title to the Strip to three settlers in 1656.
asharokenpolice.org/village.aspx

Naming the Matinnecock

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The English named the Indians who lived in this part of Long Island the Matinnecocks. Tooker said these Indians, after contact with Europeans, moved east and lived along the modern-day Nissequogue River in Smithtown.
www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs210b,0,5388218.story

The Early History of the Matinnecock

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Prior to claims of title by the Dutch and English, Eaton’s Neck was occupied by the Matinnecock Indians. Their chief was Asharoken (also spelled Resoroken). The Matinecocks (one of thirteen tribes on Long Island) occupied and claimed ownership of the north shore of Long Island from Hempstead to Smithtown. In 1646, Theophilus Eaton, governor of New Haven purchased the peninsula from the Matinnecock Indians. There is no longer any documentation of the original deed for this purchase. Its existence and validity are attested to by its reference in other deeds. Furthermore, in 1663, a statement was signed by the Indians (by a cross, the mark X) in the presence of English witnesses affirming the sale to Theophilus Eaton. The Matinnecocks saw nothing irregular in selling the same land to multiple purchasers. For example on July 30, 1656, in another Indian deed, Chief Asharoken sold to Jonas Wood, William Rogers and Thomas Wilkes of Huntington the north side of Long Island from Cow Harbor (Northport) to the Neesaquock River (Smithtown). The language is not clear but seems to include Eaton’s Neck and Crab Meadow. Furthermore, in 1762 another deed from the three surviving heirs of Chief Asharoken, specifically includes Eaton’s Neck and Crab Meadow, again selling the land to the trustees of Huntington. As a result of the multiple sales, the Town of Huntington filed at least three law suits but was unsuccessful in obtaining ownership of the land.
From eatonsneck.org