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Wyandanch (c. 1571 – 1659 [1]) was a sachem of the Montaukett Indians in the mid-17th century on eastern Long Island. [2] Initially he was a minor chief among the Montaukett, [3] but due to his skillful manipulation of various alliances and his accommodating stance towards the European colonists who gave him substantial military and economic support, he eventually became an influential ...
This hamlet is named after Chief Wyandanch, a leader of the Montaukett Native American tribe during the 17th century. Formerly known as Half Way Hollow Hills, West Deer Park (1875), and Wyandance (1893), the area of scrub oak and pine barrens south of the southern slope of Half Hollow terminal moraine was named Wyandanch in 1903 by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to honor Chief Wyandanch and ...
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Wyandanch started a 9th grade class in 1957–1958 and added a class a year until the high school opened. The school district obtained 10 acres (40,000 m 2) between South 32nd Street and Little East Neck Road and between Garden City Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue by condemnation for the high school and its athletic fields. The groundbreaking for ...
Throughout all of this the Montaukett stay strong and continue to petition for federal recognition and the return of their ancestral lands. Today, the Montauk Tribe of Indians is trying to reverse of the 1910 Blackmar decision, as well as revitalizing of the Montauk language and culture. Montaukett Graves - most notable is Stephen Talkhouse
Kate Middleton has been making a slow return to royal duties and engagements over the past couple months, and sources are giving behind-the-scenes details to Us Weekly.One insider says Kate's ...
By 1644 he had united the Corchaug, Shinnecock, Manhassets and Montaukett before retreating as Grand Sachem to his redoubt on Shelter Island, [1] relinquishing control over the tribes to his younger brother, sachem Wyandanch. [2] As “Sachem of Paumanacke", as Long Island was called, he was empowered to make treaties for the Montauketts. [3]
Ashley Tisdale's daughter got fiction and reality mixed up after watching “High School Musical” for the first time. Tisdale dished on her 3-year-old daughter Jupiter’s reaction to seeing the ...