Thanks, I feel odd having left out the Sag Harbor, which has a museum
on Long Island and once an important whaling port too, where by the
way, John Steinbeck eventually settled down. I'm not sure how this
ties into "native rights" with the Shinnecock reservation, and the
other historically present and past dwellers that were involved in the
whaling industry too. One record has a great loss of the Shinnecock
trying to save those drowning from a ship wrecking off the coast,
which, before the US Life Saving Stations, were known for rescuing
many from the pounding surf and riptide. The US Commerce Dept. used to
advertise their "Pow-wow" around the US Labor Day and many native
peoples form all over came and sold their handicrafts. There's also a
lawsuit over a proposed casino in Hampton Bays, NY which alleges their
lands were taken illegally in 1859.

George Myers