The Shinnecock Tribal Nation has bought a piece of land in Hampton Bays after a six-year pursuit.

The Nation closed on the sale of an eight-acre piece of vacant land at 13 Indian Rd. in May. It’s next to their 80-acre Westwoods territory that the Nation is developing for a gas station and plaza. They held a ceremony to honor the land and welcome back Shinnecock stewardship.

Shinnecock Attorney Tela Troge said that the land has always been a part of the Nation’s ancestral land. But she said they lost access to the land back in the late 1890s after the removal of Shinnecock people from the area. Now the Shinnecock were able to get it back through this sale.

“It was really uplifting and powerful to be reconnected with the land, which, again, is just breathtakingly beautiful and pristine in

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