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August 21: Gulf Coast to East Coast - Benefit for Young Peoples Project

TONI ROSS & THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S PROJECT ALONG WITH THE BENEFIT COMMITTEE LUKIE & HARVEY BERNSTEIN, EVERICK BROWN, TYRONE DAVIDSON, KATHY ENGEL & JON SNOW, DREW GIDDINGS, EMILY GOLDSTEIN & STAN STOKOWSKI, OMO MOSES, FOLAKE OLOGUNJA, DR. JOIA CREAR-PERRY & DR. ANDRE PERRY, TAKEMA ROBINSON, TONI ROSS, BRENDA SIEMER SCHEIDER, JO ANN SECOR & LEE SKOLNICK, STUART MATCH SUNA, TINKA TOPPING, LUCIUS WARE INVITE YOU TO Saturday, August 21, 2010 5:30PM TO 8:00PM At the Home of Toni Ross: 104 Wainscott Main Street Wainscott, New York 1197 SUGGESTED DONATION: $150 RSVP BY AUGUST 17 FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT VIA EMAIL: FINDINGOURFOLKBENEFIT@TYPP.ORG VIA PHONE: Lucius Ware 516 - 982 - 2058

“The Young People Speak: Coast to Coast” Sunday August 22

The Hot 8 Brass Band from New Orleans will be featured at a Musical Rally,

“The Young People Speak: Coast to Coast” 

at the Hayground School, 151 Mitchell Lane in Bridgehampton
on Sunday ,  August 22 from 3 to 7 pm.

Also featured are Brother Josephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra
and many local musicians including:

The Thunder Bird Sisters of Shinnecock,

The Glazzies band and DJ Vibe 

plus Black Men of Labor, Urban Bush Women and many more.  

Local people from different communities will read selections
from Howard Zinn’s Voices of A People’s History of the United States and reflect on
the five year anniversary of Katrina, the Gulf oil spill and local issues.

A $10 donation is suggested. 

The Young People Speak: Coast to Coast: a Musical Rally
will be at the Hayground School,  151 Mitchell Lane in Bridgehampton
from 3 to 7 pm on Sunday, August 22.

Saturday July 31: SHINNECOCK MUSEUM’S STRAWBERRY MOON HARVEST FESTIVAL,

HAKAME!  (Greetings!)


LOCAL NATIVE AMERICAN CRAFT, CULTURE AND FOOD AT ITS FINEST


WILL BE ON HAND AT THE SHINNECOCK MUSEUM’S 


STRAWBERRY MOON HARVEST FESTIVAL,


SATURDAY, JULY 31, 10 AM TO 4 PM.


GUESTS OF ALL AGES WILL  LEARN AND HAVE FUN 


AT THE  “WICKI WALKS” – GUIDED TOURS OF THE MUSEUM’S MINI PREVIEW VILLAGE.


ALSO TRADITIONAL DANCING AND CANOE MAKING DEMONSTRATIONS ARE NOT TO


BE MISSED.  THE MUCH ANTICIPATED CORN COB EATING CONTEST AND SPECIAL


VISIT BY LOCAL FEATHERED FRIENDS FROM THE QUOGUE WILDLIFE REFUGE.


PLUMP SHINNECOCK OYSTERS, SLOW-COOKED SAMP MADE WITH NAVY BEANS 


AND HOMINY,  SEAWEED-STEAMED SWEET CORN AND ROASTED BUTTERNUT 


SQUASH.


THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE SPECIALTIES AVAILABLE AT THE 


“TASTE OF SHINNECOCK” FOOD SALE.


THE MUSEUM WILL ALSO BE ACCEPTING BIDS FOR ITS ONE-DAY ONLY “LIFE ON THE PLAINS” FINE ART AUCTION FUNDRAISER.

The outdoor event is free. There is a small cost for admission to the Museum, but children under 5 years old are free.

The event will be held at the Shinnecock Museum, Old Montauk Highway at West Gate Road,  west of Shinnecock Village.
More information about the festival and auction is available at www.shinnecockmuseum.org or  at 631- 287-4923.

Federal Judge Limits Delay on Shinnecock Recognition

On Wednesday, July 21 a federal judge set limits on a delay in Federal Recognition for Long Island's Shinnecock Indian Nation.

Judge Joseph Bianco gave the federal Department of Interior 10 days to write to him with a final date for approval of the federal recognition of the Shinnecock. Bianco says if the agency fails to do this he will set his own schedule for action to be taken by September 24^th. Speaking outside the court house in Islip, Senior Shinnecock Trustee Lance Gumbs, says the delay is hurting the tribe:

“We have health care, education, all the essential elements that make up a community have now been delayed once again because of this frivolous claim.  This group didn’t get formed until after our final decision came down and here we are now having to wait an additional 2 months...”

One of two groups that filed challenges to federal recognition of the tribe is the Connecticut Coalition for Gaming Jobs.  That group, whose members are not named, claims that federal recognition of the Shinnecock will result in Connecticut's two Indian-run casinos losing money. They allege that the Bureau of Indian Affairs failed to acknowledge that casino developers were backing the Shinnecock and that this compromised the integrity of the tribal structure. Gumbs does not buy those arguments:

“They’re talking about preserving 27,000 jobs in Connecticut. They’re talking about Connecticut’s taxes.  What about New York’s taxes?  What about New York’s jobs? We had the ability to provide jobs here on Long Island.  We had the ability to help out with the budget. Connecticut essentially threw us under the bus by saying ‘protect theirs, forget about New York’. ”

The Shinnecock filed for recognition in 1978 and again in 1998. In 2007 Judge Bianco had ruled that the BIA's delay was unreasonable. That ruling led to the BIA recognizing the Shinnecock in June. The judge says an open-ended BIA process for acting on the challenges constitutes another un-reasonable delay. 

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This report was prepared for WPKN 89.5 Bridgeport and WEER 88.7 Montauk (East End Radio).

Thanks to WPKN News Director and WSHU Connecticut Capitol Reporter Ebong Udoma.