“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.

Monday July 5: Tea Party at Southampton Independence Day Parade?

The group Organizing For America say that members of the "Tea Party" activist group have threatened to harass U.S. Congressman Tim Bishop at this year's Independence Day parade which will be held on Monday July 5.  Marchers as usual assemble on streets running south from the railroad station.  The OFA are asking for counter-demonstrators in support of Mr. Bishop who will be running for re-election against a Republican candidate - who to our knowledge has yet to be selected.

sent from Organizing  For America:

Southampton Parade on July 5th targeted by Tea Party
Can we be bigger, better, louder (and smarter) than the Tea Party?  YES WE CAN!

On Monday, July 5, the Tea Party is going to try to embarrass Congressman Tim Bishop by showing up in large numbers to boo him at the annual Parade in the Village of Southampton.  We need you and other east end volunteers to come to the parade and show your support for Mr. Bishop.  Learn more about the Tea Party's plans for the Southampton Parade on their website:   

http://www.meetup.com/CSA-1776-Meetup-Group/calendar/13879325/?from=list&offset=0

check it out!

The press loves to report on this type of event.  Bishop supporters outnumber Tea Party supporters but if we remain the silent majority and don't show up, the media and the public won't know that.  What if a Tea Party candidate wins Mr. Bishop's seat in Congress?  What will happen to the East End?

Sunday July 4: East End Women in Black Vigil to End the Gaza Blockade

Sunday July 4 at 5pm
Monument at Ocean Road and Rte 27 in Bridgehampton.

Israeli government says they are easing the blockade but
news reports indicate that no significant change has occurred.
Vital agricultural and construction needs are still blocked.

See Free Speech Radio News;

The Guardian: Editorial - Gaza State of Siege
The real shortages in Gaza – medical instruments, aluminium, steel and cement – may not be addressed. A blockade that the US, Britain and the EU all insist is "unacceptable and unsustainable" could thus be set to continue.