Opening from On This Site - Native Long Island

Donald Treadwell (Lone Otter)

Donald Treadwell, also known as Lone Otter, was an Unkechaug writer, historian, healer, and community leader whose work connected Native-authored history, education, governance, and public health. Donald Treadwell’s life preserves an Unkechaug account of twentieth-century schooling, writing, tribal leadership, and the practical work of improving water and health conditions at the Poospatuck Reservation. Donald Treadwell, also known as Lone Otter, was an Unkechaug writer, historian, healer, and community leader whose work connected Native-authored history, education, governance,...