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By John A. Strong

Few humans may perhaps discover that ny remains to be domestic to American Indians, the region’s unique population. one of many oldest reservations within the United States—the Poospatuck Reservation—is positioned in Suffolk County, the densely populated japanese severe of the better long island zone. The Unkechaug Indians, recognized additionally by way of the identify in their reservation, are famous by means of the country of latest York yet no longer through the government. This narrative account—written through a famous authority at the Algonquin peoples of lengthy Island—is the 1st accomplished heritage of the Unkechaug Indians.

Drawing on archaeological and documentary assets, John A. robust lines the tale of the Unkechaugs from their ancestral prior, predating the arriving of Europeans, to the current day. He describes their first encounters with British settlers, who brought to New England’s indigenous peoples weapons, blankets, textile, steel instruments, kettles, in addition to affliction and alcohol.

Although granted a wide reservation in perpetuity, the Unkechaugs have been, like many Indian tribes, the sufferers of damaged offers, and their landholdings decreased from a number of thousand acres to fifty-five. regardless of their losses, the Unkechaugs have persevered in retaining their cultural traditions and autonomy through taking measures to spice up their economic system, shield their language, advance their communal bonds, and guard themselves opposed to criminal challenges.

In early histories of new york, the Unkechaugs figured merely as a colourful backdrop to celebratory tales of British cost. Strong’s account, consisting of huge testimony from tribal contributors themselves, brings the Unkechaugs out of the shadows of heritage and establishes an everlasting checklist in their fight to outlive as a different community.

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