We Hang in the Balance 1956 by Harriett Crippen Brown Gumbs ~ Shinnecock Indians v. Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island , New York

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Title: We Hang in the Balance

Author: Harriett Brown [Harriett Crippen Brown Gumbs]

Description: Staple-bound in card covers. Light sign of age, mild handling. Interior is clean and unmarked. 14 pages. 9 x 6 inches. Nine copies noted on OCLC.

A sketch focusing on the modern confrontations between the Shinnecock Indians of Long Island and the white population, with attention given to the incident and court proceedings of 1954, which followed contested construction which happened on Shinnecock land.

Written by Shinnecock matriarch, activist, and educator, Harriett Crippen Brown (1921-2020), a 12th generation descendant of the sixteenth century Long Island sachem Wyandanch.

Binding: Staple bound soft cover
Condition: Very Good+

Publisher: [published by author]
Year: 1956

Keywords: history, Shinnecock, Shinnecock Indians, Suffolk County, Southampton, New York, Long Island, Indians, Native Americans,

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