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Graves (Continued from page 23) a precaution, Councilwoman Bridget Fleming would not be of a level that would prohibit has suggested the town move forward with development from continuing. But that would developing a clear set of procedures instructing not make them any less important. and directing property owners on how they Rubin Valdez, a Shinnecock Indian, recalls should handle the discovery of remains to ensure how unsettling it was when he was called their protection, to Water Mill after a regardless of whether skull—believed to be there are legal Tribal members, Jensen says, are between 2,000 and mandates regarding currently talking with Southampton 3,000 years old—was the unearthing. found on a parcel of Shinnecock tribe Town officials about mapping out land a few miles from members have noted sacred sites. the tribe’s reservation. that even if laws The area in Water protecting sacred Mill south of Montauk sites from disturbance by nearby development Highway had traditionally been a tribal summer projects were on the books, most discoveries village, during a time when the tribe was more
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itinerant, following the food supply and living closer to the water each summer, informs Valdez, who encouraged the town to buy the waterfront land where the skull was found to preserve it and its sacredness. “We were able to look into the face of this young man pulled out of the ground after 3,000 years,” he says. “Now we have the opportunity to restore this young man back to his original gravesite.” Tribal members, Jensen says, are currently talking with Southampton Town officials about mapping out likely burial grounds and other sacred sites to avoid instances like those in Water Mill and Shelter Island. The mapping process is being compiled based on knowledge of sites from Shinnecock members and locations the town has already identified, and must be completed before any further legislative measures can be taken, the Southampton Town Board said. However, tribe members want action taken sooner than later. “The developers are raping this land,” observed Valdez. “We just want some form of effort here to protect the graves of our ancestors.”
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