1. Native Americans of Flushing, Queens By: Tamara Potts-Covan Queens College – Spring 2016

2. Demographics - 1840 This is a map showing the non white population of Queens based on the 1840s Census. Each dot represents 50 people. This map shows the total population of Queens county in 1840. Each dot represents 50 people. Source: Social Explorer

3. Demographics – 1880 This map shows the total population of Queens county in 1880. Each dot represents 25 people. This is a map showing the colored population of Queens based on the 1880s Census. Each dot represents 25 people.

4. Shinnecock Tribe – The four original families of the Shinnecock Tribe are.. BUNN KELLIS CUFFEE WAUKUS (WALKERS)

5. Burial Ground – 1847 – Rural Cemetery Act – 1848 – burial ground banned from Manhattan – NAGPRA – Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

6. Losing the land – Native Americans begin to lose their land during the 16 th Century with the arrival of European settlers. – Europeans wanted land to build modern conveniences in the 19 th Century. – Reasons for taking Shinnecock land Tribe was viewed as uncivilized Tribe was not productive with their land Tribe had lost their culture – Reasons for taking Mattinecock land Payment for back taxes

7. Present Day – The Shinnecock Nation is still a thriving Native American Tribe living on Southampton - Long Island, New York. – Members of the Mattinecock tribe continues to reside in Little Neck – Queens, New York. 2010 Census shows that there are over 9,000 people or.40% of people in Queens claiming Native/American Indian as their race. Source: Social Explorer

8. Present Day Cont. – Tribal members are strongly convinced that they have to continue to pass on their culture to the next generation to avoid being erased from history. – Many present day members that use their artistic skills to keep their tribe’s legacy alive through various mediums. – David Bunn Martine – artist DavidBunn Martine – Eric Maryea – filmmaker Eric Maryea – Mark Rogers – journalist Mark Rogers

9. Sources – Hunter, L. M. (1952). The Shinnecock Indians. Islip: Buys Bros. – Jensen, B. (2015). Shinnecock Indian Nation. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. – Red Thunder Cloud. (1963?). The Shinnecock Indians of Long Island [a collection of photographs]. East Hampton, LI, NY. – Sluby, P. E. (1994). The family recollections of Beulah A. Shippen and Mabel S. (Shippen) Hatcher : Roots in the Shinnecock Indian Reservation, Long Island, New York. NY: B.A. Shipppen and M.S. Hatcher. – Stone, G. (Ed.). (1983). The Shinnecock Indians : A culture history. Stony Brook, NY: Suffolk County Archaeological Association.