FROM THE SCHS LIBRARY ARCHIVES

"How shall we know it is us without our past?"
- John Steinbeck

Shinnecock Indian Powwow Program, 1964

by Wendy Polhemus-Annibell, Librarian

Shinnecock Indian Powwow Program, 1964. (From the Collection of the Suffolk County Historical Society Library Archives.)

The Shinnecock Indian Nation is a federally recognized American Indian tribe located on eastern Long Island. At the end of summer, on Labor Day weekend, the Shinnecocks hold a celebration of tradition--the Shinnecock Indian Powwow--which typically attracts thousands of visitors to the Southampton reservation. With the Labor Day weekend now upon us, and the 70th Annual Powwow being held this weekend, we found this 1964 Shinnecock Indian Powwow program in our Long Island Indian Collection.

The Shinnecock Powwow has been one of the largest Native American gatherings on the East Coast. In addition to Native American arts, crafts, and food vendors, the many highlights of the four days of festivities include competitive dancing, prayers, ceremonial dances, and the Grand Entry procession. 

The Suffolk County Historical Society wishes all of our friends and followers a happy and safe Labor Day weekend.

We will be closed Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, for the holiday weekend. We will reopen on Weds., Sept. 7. 

SOME PAST PHOTOS OF THE WEEK

The Suffolk County Historical Society’s PHOTO OF THE WEEK Series is created by librarian Wendy Polhemus-Annibell using historic primary source materials from our local history library’s extensive archives. To subscribe, visit our website or send an email request to Wendy at wannibell@schs-museum.org.

• James H. Tuthill, First SCHS President
• Suffolk County's Ten Towns
• West Manor School, Manorville
• Mulford House, E. Hampton
• Robins Island Gun Club, 1890s
• Suffolk Postal Cancellations, 1900s
• Formal Luncheon Place Setting, 1915
• July 4th Holiday Postcards, Early 1900s
• Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River
• Riverhead HS Class of 1917
• The "New Village" of Centereach, 1858
• Main Street, Babylon
• Memorial Day, 1920
• Long Island Duck Industry
• Shelter Island Beach, Early 1900s
• A&P's Plaid Stamps Booklet, c. 1968
• Bay Shore Postcards
• 1803 Assembly Election
• Orville B. Ackerly Collection
• Alfalfa Field, Orient, 1909
• Mile-a-Minute Murphy, 1899
• Harrison Downs House, Riverhead
• Men of NY, Cast Your Votes for Women, 1917
• KKK Parade, Greenport, c. 1920s
• Anti-Slavery Almanac, 1840
• County Executive at Modell's, Commack, 1966
• LIRR Rotary Snow Plow, c. 1900
• Fire Island Lighthouse by Night, 1906
• Mailboxes, Sound Ave., Riverhead, c. 1899
• Portrait of William Floyd
• Lady Golfers, Southampton
• Historic Aldrich House, Aquebogue
• Gardiner's Island, 1639
• Rough Riders, Montauk, 1898
• Halloween Postcards, early 1900s
• Aerial View of Riverhead, c. 1938
• Daughters of the Revolution, 1891-1983
• Suffolk County Seal, 1784
• Wickham Murders Axe, 1854
• The Famous Long Island Potato
• Pequash Clam Chowder/Fall Harvest, 1910
• Main Street, Bellport, 1927
• Early Suffolk Baseball Teams
• Brentwood: A Modern Times Utopia, 1857
• Huntington Harbor, 1900
• Old Field Lighthouse, 1933
• Miller Place Rail Road Station, 1910
• Camp Upton, 1943
• Riverhead Fair Grounds, 1898
• Torpedo Boat, Shelter Island, 1903
• Lake Ronkonkoma, 1917
• East Hampton's "Shipwreck Rose," 1842
• Montgomery Ward, Riverhead, 1964
• Nazis Land at Amagansett, 1942
• Fire Island Life Saving Station, 1908
• Fishers Island Coastal Fort, WWI Era
• Kings Park State Hospital, 1925
• Prosperity Farm, Medford, c. 1910
• 1858 Chace Map: Southold
• An Oldsmobile in Amityville, 1908
• Gil Smith, Master Boatbuilder, 1843-1940
• Firemen's Tournament Parade, Sayville, 1899
• Riverhead's Little Red Mill, c. 1650s
• Long Island's Suffragists, 1913
• Pocahontas Pharoah, Montauketts, 1878-1963
• Elinor Smith, Long Island Aviator, 1911-2010
• Nine Men on an Iceberg, Patchogue, 1907
• Samuel Ballton of Greenlawn, 1838-1917
• Slaves Burying Ground, Orient
• Valentine's Day Postcards, Early 1900s
• Pyrrhus Concer, Southampton, 1814-1897
• Montauk Fishing Club, 1918
• Northport Harbor, View from Greenlawn, 1903
• Huntington High School Baseball Team, 1911
• Prince and Hommel Bldg After Snow, 1898
• Blue Point - Hunters and Shack, Feb. 1903
• Temple Mishcan Israel, Sag Harbor, c. 1900
• Oyster Bay Cove with Stranded Schooners, 1900
• Babylon: Fire Tornament and Race, c. 1899
• Thanksgiving Postcards, 1916
• Port Jefferson Boat Storehouse, 1897
• Helen Keller at Riverhead High School, 1933
• Medford Boy Scout Troop, 1917
• Elisha Wells Civil War Portrait, 1864
• The East Moriches Eagle, 1923
• SCHS Labor Day Float, Riverhead, 1928
• Donaldson's General Store, Hauppauge, 1906
• LIRR Experimental Farm Exhibit at Brooklyn YMCA, 1910
• Edward Thompson Fishing from Daniel Webster's Bridge, Smithtown, May 1903
• Judge Griffing, Grangebel Park, Riverhead, 1908
• Montauk Lighthouse & Wainscott Mill, c. 1922
• Mattituck High School Class of 1918
• Avery's Beach, Blue Point, 1912
• Manor of St. George Patent, 1697
• Capt. Henry Green, 1824
• Walt Whitman, 1819-1892
• Camp Dunes: Lake-by-the-Sea, Peconic, c. 1920s
• Central Islip School, c. 1898
• Lady Suffolk, the Old Gray Mare from Commack
• Oyster Sloops at New Suffolk, c. 1900
• The Gates to Sagtikos Manor, West Bay Shore, 1950s
• Vanderbilt Cup Race, Jericho, 1904
• Long Dock, Patchogue, 1898
• Sag Harbor Toll House, 1800s
• Tuthill House, Jamesport, 1880s
• LIRR Train to Wading River, 1906 
• Greenport Group Portrait, 1890s
• Riverhead Fire Dept. Brass Band, 1910
• Riverhead Woman's Club Spring Luncheon, 1933
• L.I. Women's History: Edith Loring Fullerton (1876-1931)
• Long Island Suffrage Wagon, c. 1913
• Pero, a Southold Slave: Receipt and Manumission Promise by Thomas Youngs, 1818
• The Schooner Long Island on Grass at Inlet, Sea Cliff, 1897
• Scooter Race on Bellport Bay, c. 1900
• Cottage on Banks of Titus Mill Pond, Centerport, c. 1904

Interested in seeing more historical photos from the Collection of the Suffolk County Historical Society? Spend an afternoon at our Local History Library perusing our extensive archival photography collections. We're open Weds. - Sat., 12:30 - 4:30 PM.

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