copyright © 2022 Hope Sandrow all rights reserved
copyright © 2022 Hope Sandrow all rights reserved
When Dreams Collide:
Sketches of Local History Shinnecock Canal Canoe Place
THEN 1891
NOW 2022
(l to r, top) Homepage; William Merritt Chase Shinnecock Hills from Canoe Place, Long Island Oil 1891 27.25 inch w x 17.5 inch; Shinnecock Canal photo courtesy Southampton Historical Museum
Photographs documenting the construction of “Hampton Boathouses” on four acres along the Shinnecock Canal’s southeastern shores, accompanied by news articles. Southampton Town has not adopted a law to prevent development and construction on this ancestral land along the Canal: named in honor of Shinnecock Nation.
Shinnecock Hills critical environmental areas named in the (2021) Cultural Resources Protection Overlay District. The first regulation in the years since the protection of lands from development, thought ancestral burial grounds, across the road from Sandrow’s open air studio (2007).
listed in order of most recent ..... chronology in descending order (scroll down)
Southampton Press A Hospitality Renaissance March 22, 2022
The RealDeal: Luxury townhomes added to Rechler’s Hampton Bays project March 18, 2022
Yahoo: Inspirato Adds 37 New Luxury Properties at Iconic Canoe Place in the Hamptons March 11, 2022
AD: Canoe Place Inn & Cottages March 2022
Southampton Press: Developers Promise No Tax Reduction With Boathouses Use Change (January 11 2022)
March 5 2021 Watch two videos documenting “Hampton Boathouses” (l) created by Shinnecock Elder Becky Genia;
(above) promotional video by developer Rechler Equity
Dec 6 2020 Shinnecock Indian Nation Elder Becky Genia leads protest
Nov 1 2020; “Coming Soon!” leasing sign
March 25 2020
March 15 2020; (l) water continues to flow into canal first reported by Sandrow to Town Police (Dec 29 2019; (r) construction view from overpass
February 23 2020
February 22 2020
l, December 29 2019; January 28 2020
December 6 2019
l, October 26 2019; r, November 10 2019
l, October 19 2019; r, November 4 2019
l, July 22 2019; r, August 9 2019
December 17, 2017 site update from North road
Native Business: Shinnecock Nation Defends its Right to Advertise on Billboards Despite Opposition in Affluent Southampton (July 15, 2019)
NYTimes: Why a Hamptons Highway Is a Battleground Over Native American Rights (May 27, 2019)
Indianz.com: Shinnecock Nation debuts first electronic billboard amid opposition (May 24, 2019)
Southampton Press: UPDATE: Shinnecock Tribe Continues Billboard Work As Lawsuit With State Looms (May 18 2019)
Southampton Press: UPDATE: Tribal Council Chairman Will Not Attend Civic Association Meeting Monday Night Due To Community Protest (May 15 2019)
Southampton Press: Shinnecock Billboard Work Continues As State Still Reviewing Whether It Has The Right To Stop Them (May 14 2019)
Southampton Press: Let’s Find Another Way (May 14 2019)
Southampton Press: Shinnecock Nation Leaders Say Signs On Sunrise Are Essential To Tribe’s Economic Well-Being (May 11 2019)
Southampton Press: UPDATE: Hampton Bays Beautification Association Protest Of Planned Shinnecock Nation Billboards Rescheduled (May 10 2019)
Southampton Press: Shouting To Be Heard (May 7 2019)
Southampton Press: State Remains Silent On Determination Over Shinnecock Nation Billboard Work On Sunrise (May 4 2019)
Southampton Press: Shinnecock Tribe Pushes Forward With Plan To Construct Two 61-Foot ‘Monuments’ In Hampton Bays, Despite Town Orders To Stop The Work (April 30 2019)
Southampton Press: UPDATE: Town Officials Respond To Shinnecock Plan For Billboards On Sunrise Highway In Hampton Bays (April 6 2019)
Southampton Press: Census Says Shinnecock Nation Numbers Are Declining; Tribal Officials Disagree (January 28 2019)
Unlawful Clearing At CPI Townhouse Site Raises Concern Among Town Officials (January 31 2019)
Southampton Press: Shinnecock Indian Nation Plans To Build Two Gas Stations On Tribal Land (October 29 2019)
Indy East End: The Hampton Boathouses Are About To Make A Big Splash (September 24, 2019)
Southampton Press ‘The Daily Show’ Films Segment on Shinnecock Nation Billboard Controversy (August 13 2019)
Southampton Press: Justice Delayed (January 13 2020)
Southampton Press: Shinnecock Nation Waits For Court Decision Over Billboards, Says Legal Battle Cost Nation $4 Million In Ad Revenue This Summer (Jan 6, 2020)
Southampton Press: ‘Conscience Point’ Screening In Southampton Reveals Improved Relationship Between Nation And Town (February 19 2020)
Southampton Press: Former Hamptons Gallerist Gave Anti-Indigenous Rant at Documentary Screening (February 14 2020)
Southampton Press: It’s Time For Dinner And A Movie (February 8 2020)
Homepage: Shinnecock Indian Nation
Southampton Press: Southampton Town Unanimously Approves The Acquisition Of Shinnecock Hills Land Parcels For Preservation (February 26 2020)
Southampton Press: Tribal Leaders Organizing To Make Census 2020 Count For Native People (March 3 2020)
Southampton Press: Shinnecock Officials Take Bloomberg To Task Over Critical Comments Made At Forum (March 2 2020)
Southampton Press: Southampton Town Utilizes Shinnecock Signs To Post Public Service Announcements (March 20, 2020)
Southampton Press: Shinnecock Protest As Pandemic Stalls Graves Protection Measures (July 21 2020)
Southampton Press: Hearings On Grave Protection Act And Moratoriums Continue (June 2 2020)
Newsday: Judge denies state injunction request to remove Shinnecock billboard (May 19 2020)
News12: Group supporting Shinnecock Nation demands NY drop suit about controversial billboard (Nov 1 2020)
Yahoo News: Shinnecock Members Occupy Land On Sunrise Highway In Protest (October 29 2020)
MSN: Shinnecock Members Occupy Land On Sunrise Highway In Protest (October 28 2020)
WSHU: Shinnecock To Protest Economic Oppression in Southampton (October 29 2020)
Newsday: Sunrise Warriors to protest state roadblocks at encampment at Sunrise Highway (October 26 2020)
Newsday: Southampton Town passes legislation to protect Shinnecock burial grounds (September 10 2020)
Southampton Press: A New Chapter Opens Between Shinnecock And Southampton Town: Board Passes Graves Protection Act (September 8 2020)
Southampton Press: Town Board approves Shinnecock Hills Building Moratorium and Graves Protection Act (September 8 2020)
July 24 2020
Newsday: Tribe members, ending encampment, demand state stands down on billboard suit (Nov 24 2020)
Wagingnonviolence: Why Indigenous activists are occupying the Hamptons until Thanksgiving (Nov 20 2020)
The RealDeal: Shinnecock Nation members lead protest over East End development (December 11 2020)
Southampton Press Shinnecock Protest Development At Canoe Place (December 10 2020) video clips