In the Shinnecock Indian Nation, accessing a loan to pay for a new home or to fund a major renovation is a lengthier, more complicated process than on the rest of Long Island. That’s because ...

Janelle Moore lives in the Shinnecock Nation and is grateful for the assistance she received to help build and purchase her ...

Members of the Nation said they were angry and concerned. Bryan Polite, former Shinnecock chairman, said he was disappointed and believed much of what the lawsuit outlined was wrong. The town has ...

LONG ISLAND - A longstanding battle over 61-foot-tall billboards along Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays on Long Island is intensifying, as the Shinnecock Indian Nation and the State of New York ...

A New York state court has ordered the Shinnecock Tribal Nation to stop construction of a travel plaza in Hampton Bays. Tela ...

The lawsuit, filed Friday, Dec. 20, accuses the Shinnecock Indian Nation of violating local zoning laws and creating a public nuisance.

Joan Oleck is a freelance writer based in Northampton, Mass. According to historians, the Shinnecock Indian Nation has lived on eastern Long Island for 10,000 years, rather a longer residency than ...