Opening from On This Site - Native Long Island

Ayeuonganit Aunakésuck Muhhogkunk

Ayeuonganit Aunakésuck Muhhogkunk, also known as Burying Point, is a now desecrated 18th century Montaukett burying ground and arrowhead workshop. Both traditional stone grave markers and contemporary headstones were found and moved from the area for residential development. This eighteenth-century Montaukett burying ground, whose Algonquian name translates to "In this place, they painted the dead," was tragically desecrated when developers removed its traditional stone markers to build residential homes. Acknowledging this profound spatial violation highlights the ongoing vulnerability of Native resting places and underscores the critical, modern need to aggressively protect sacred Indigenous landscapes from erasure. Ayeuonganit Aunakésuck Muhhogkunk translates to 'In this place, they painted the dead.' Ayeuonganit (n.) - to the place, from ayeau - he is located, he is in this or that...