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Oct 19, 700
Paleo-Indians arrive in New York Area 10,000 to 7,000 B. C.
Paleo-Indians arrive in New York Area. As the climate warms, the Native Americans adjust to the changes. -
Oct 19, 1200
Shinnecock tribes begin farming in Eastern Long Island 2,500 - 1,000 A.D.
The Shinnecock Tribes in New York start small gardens of corn, beans, squash, pumpkin and tobacco. -
Oct 19, 1524
Giovanni da Verrazano encounters the Algonquians in New York
The Italian sailed for Francis I of France to New York harbor and met the Algonquian Native Americans -
Henry Hudson trades furs with the Native Americans1609 to 1610
The British Navigator sailed for the Dutch and explored the Hudson River. -
Smallpox epidemic kills many Native Americans1614 to 1616
Smallpox nearly wipes out the American Indian population -
The first Dutch colonist arrive in New Amsterdam 1621 to 1626
1624 The Dutch colonist establish Fort Orange at what is now know as Albany and New Amsterdam, later known as New York on Manhattan Island. -
Repeated wars between the Algonquians tribes 1643-1664
The Dutch and Algoquians tribes, espicially the Lenape an their allies. The Dutch surrender to the English in 1664, they take New Netherlands from the Dutch and rename it New York. -
English colonist estalish a leasehold for Shinnecock tribal members in Southampton, Long Island
The Southhampton land is leased to the Shinnecock Tribe for 1,000 years. -
Shinnecock Tribe recognized as a trusteeship from 1792 to 2010
It was the law for annual elections of three tribal trustees. -
Current borders of The Shinnecock Reservation established
The reservation is 800 acres, it has a musuem, shellfish hatchery, education center, playground and a Presbyterian church -
Sinnecock Nation began hosting Powwows in 1946
Powwows developed from ceremonies that were held since 1912. these Powwows help The Shinnock to spread knowledge about their cuture an customs and to bring money into their community, -
The Shinnecock Nation filed a lawsuit against New York State
The Tribe is requesting the return of 3,500 acres of land in Southhampton and millions in reparations for damages caused by the land being sold illegally in 1859 since it broke the 1,000 year lease signed in 1703. -
Shinnecock Nation federally recognized as Native Amerians 1978 - 2010
it took 30 years for the Shinnecock Nation to be federally recgonized by the U.S. Bureu of indian Affairs -
The Shinnecock at home as Fishermen and Sailors
The Shinnecock men were great sailors, fishermen and whalers. They built dugout canoes by hollowing out large trees
