DOCUMENTARY SCREENING OF "SHINNECOCK A THOUSAND YEARS IN THE MAKING"

20 Summit Street,Oyster Bay NY 11771

07 December, 2021

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Join us for a screening of the documentary, "Shinnecock 12 Thousand Years in the Making" by our archivist, Thomas Hoffman. Please join us for a screening of the documentary, "Shinnecock 12 Thousand Years in the Making" by Thomas Hoffman. The Oyster Bay Historical Society's archivist, Thomas Hoffman will facilitate the screening and conduct a Q&A session on his work with this documentary. Shinnecock - refers not only to a people, but to a place - the unique vantage point from which to tell the story of Native people in this country. Shinnecock travels the time-line of life in North America from the journeys across the Bering Strait thousands of years ago to the first cultures to develop on the east coast. We move to the age of exploration and the Doctrine of Discovery which began the destruction of Native society. The story continues through the loss of Native environments and their growing dependence on European colonists. The film concludes with the revitalization of Native culture and their collective determination to survive as a people and to sustain stewardship of our planet.