The Indigenous Shinnecock Nation Tells The Hamptons To Kick Rocks
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So Looking at ODB's "Brooklyn Zoo" video today a comment said something like, paraphrasing:
the most famous Shinnecock Indian of all time.
Notice the lines of age setting in around the mouth.
His likeness has been
compared to that of George Washington, a fact...that members
of his family take great pride in. His name Wickham comes from the
Shinnecock word wikham, meaning house. He was one of the finest
craftsmen in the tribe and produced many fine scrub brushes and
baskets which, are now in the possession of many old families in
Southampton and other towns on the Eastern End of Long Island.
Wickham Cuffee was the last Shinnecock Indian Nation member to fluently speak the native language. Cuffee passed away in 1925. But the Shinnecock language wasn’t buried along with him. Though it has lain dormant for many decades, now a team of eight Native Americans, mainly comprised of members of the Southampton-based Shinnecock and Mastic-based Unkechaug nations, hope to wake this sleeping language giant through the revitalization of the Northeastern dialect of Algonquin, the language of the Shinnecock’s ancestors.
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ODB looks exactly like breh.
- "Yall remember in Wu Tang song "Reunited" when ODB said his Grandfather sold Manhattan to the white man, well ODB, Rza, Gza, Uncle Wu are all cousins and either great-grandkids or grandkids of the last full blooded Shinnecock Indian named Wickham Cuffie. Wickham Cuffie, who died in 1925.
the most famous Shinnecock Indian of all time.
Notice the lines of age setting in around the mouth.
His likeness has been
compared to that of George Washington, a fact...that members
of his family take great pride in. His name Wickham comes from the
Shinnecock word wikham, meaning house. He was one of the finest
craftsmen in the tribe and produced many fine scrub brushes and
baskets which, are now in the possession of many old families in
Southampton and other towns on the Eastern End of Long Island.
Wickham Cuffee was the last Shinnecock Indian Nation member to fluently speak the native language. Cuffee passed away in 1925. But the Shinnecock language wasn’t buried along with him. Though it has lain dormant for many decades, now a team of eight Native Americans, mainly comprised of members of the Southampton-based Shinnecock and Mastic-based Unkechaug nations, hope to wake this sleeping language giant through the revitalization of the Northeastern dialect of Algonquin, the language of the Shinnecock’s ancestors.
Contributors Red Thunder Cloud
LINKS
See more people named Wickha
Indivisible: African-Native American/ American Indian/Indigenous Ancestry
ODB looks exactly like breh.
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