Indian collection, 1838-1986.

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Indian collection, 1838-1986.

Photographs of the Montauk Indians, sold by Red Thundercloud, 1880-1950; clippings, pamphlets, articles, and postcards about archaeology, Long Island and other Indian groups, and Indian names. Also scrapbooks about Long Island Indians by Jacqueline Overton, Shinnecock programs, and scrapbook about Shinnecock and Montauk Indians.

.6 cubic ft.

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Red Thunder Cloud, 1919-1996

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Red Thunder Cloud (born May 30, 1919, Newport, Rhode Island – died January 8, 1996, Worcester, Massachusetts), born Cromwell Ashbie Hawkins West, also known as Carlos Westez, was a singer, dancer, storyteller, and field researcher. For a time he was promoted by anthropologists as "the last fluent speaker of the Catawba language" but he was later revealed to have learned what little he knew of the language from books. The grandson of a prominent African-American attorney and community leader, Red...

Overton, Jacqueline, 1887-

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Suffolk County Historical Society

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A stars and stripes flag of Captain John Hurlbert of the 3rd Regiment of Bridgehamton, N.Y. is said to have been made seven months before tradition tells that Betsy Ross made hers. The flag was supposedly used during the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. From the description of Hulbert flag papers, 1827-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155551777 The Utopian community Modern Times was founded in 1851 by Josiah Warren, a Boston reformer and social philosopher. The commu...