Opening from On This Site - Native Long Island

Gravesend Road Burial Protection Protest

The Gravesend Road protest connected Shinnecock and Montaukett community action with the protection of Native burial places in Brooklyn. Shinnecock and Montaukett community action at Gravesend Road demonstrates that protecting burial places is an ongoing form of Indigenous activism. The location remains intentionally broad to protect burials, sacred places, and private land. Shinnecock and Montaukett community members and allies opposed a proposed road through a Native burial place at Gravesend Road. The protest challenged a developer's dismissal of fieldstone grave markers and insisted that burial landscapes be treated with respect. The public map keeps the location broad to protect burial places, sacred places, and private sites. References The History & Archaeology of the Montauk.