June Meeting at Poosepatuck
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: OPPS NEG.49395
label: Local Note
content: Original Number 215. Mounted below the photograph in the album were two clippings from unidentified newspapers, as follows: June Meeting at Poosepatuck. Mastic, June 10. 1912. [Year added in ink.] --June meeting day at the Poosepatuck Indian Reservation was observed yesterday and while the old time excitement and carousel is no more, the meet is yet enjoyed by scores of descendants of the Indian tribes of eastern Long Island, and many whites visit the grounds to witness the gathering and listen to the singing of the negro-Indians of Poosepatuck, Shinnecock and Setauket.
label: Local Note
content: [Undated clipping.] June meeting passed off quietly this year. There were more white people in evidence than colored, in proportion. A family of pure Indians from Flushing were among those who came to visit relatives. Sermons were preached both in the morning and afternoon by Rev. W. H. Lacy, of Brooklyn. The music was led by James Waters, of the New York Post Office, as organist.
label: Local Note
content: Black and white copy negative
place: label: Place
content: New York (State) -- Poosepatuck Reservation
topic: label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
culture: label: Culture
content: Poospatuck
label: Culture
content: Unkechaug
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content: Bureau of American Ethnology negatives
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content: Bureau of American Ethnology negatives / Additional Materials / ANONYMOUS
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Photograph (4x6 1/2 in)
unitdate: label: Date
content: Jun 9 1912
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Digital surrogate produced from reference copy print
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Taken from south side of Poosepatuck Creek looking north towards Indian settlement. At right: Forge River. Information from Dr Frances Harper, 11/30/62.