Opening from On This Site - Native Long Island

Chief Robert Pharaoh

Robert Pharaoh was a Montaukett leader whose work connected burial-ground protection, cultural education, community governance, museum development, traditional agriculture, and federal acknowledgment. Robert Pharaoh’s work connects preservation, cultural teaching, governance, and federal acknowledgment as related parts of modern Montaukett sovereignty, while preserving the complexity of internal leadership debates. Robert Pharaoh was a Montaukett leader whose work connected burial-ground protection, cultural education, community governance, museum development, traditional agriculture, and...