Opening from On This Site - Native Long Island

Manittuwond / Plum Island

An eastern island place name connected with older Indigenous fishing and planting memory around the Long Island Sound and Pequot region. Manittuwond is a recorded name for Plum Island, off the eastern end of Long Island in the Town of Southold. The island is connected in the source record with a seventeenth-century Roger Williams reference to Pequot fishing and planting. No separate clear translation is given for Manittuwond in the recovered entry. It is treated together with Munnawtawkit, so this name should be reviewed again when the related entry is processed. Why Place Names Matter “Gifting a place name can be understood as placing Indigenous laws on the land. It is an important process to recall, assign, and recognize the responsibilities of Indigenous Peoples, governments, and the public.” — Christina Gray and Andrew Ambers, The Rematriation of Indigenous Place...