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61-454: The total enrollment for the 2019–2020 school year was 1,712 students. The current superintendent, Adam Fine, assumed the position on July 1, 2021. Previously, he served as Assistant Superintendent for one year and was the high school principal for 10 years. Fine replaced Robert Burns, who had served as superintendent since 2011. East Hampton is bordered by the Springs and Amagansett districts to

122-548: A bill to acknowledge the tribe has passed by the state Legislature for the fourth time, and Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed it in December 2022. Currently, there is no state or federally recognized Montauk tribe. The Montauk Indian Nation and the Montaukett Tribe of Long Island, both unrecognized tribes , submitted letters of intent to petition for federal recognition in the 1990s; however, neither has followed through with submitting

183-472: A deed was issued titled "Ye deed of Guift," which granted all lands east of Fort Pond for the common use of both the Indians and the townsmen. In 1686, New York Governor Thomas Dongan issued a patent creating the governing system for East Hampton. The patent did not extend beyond Napeague to Montauk. This lack of authority has formed the basis for various control disputes ever since. The Dongan Patent allowed

244-549: A few years more and it will be gone forever. It was spoken with little difference by all the Indians upon the East end of Long Island and perhaps the whole Island and the adjoining Islands. George says the Moheags of Connecticut speak the same language. George repeated these words several times and I write them as near as he pronounced as I can with the English alphabet.” The Native Americans of

305-637: A petition. Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. has introduced legislation to restore state recognition of the Montaukett Indian Nation in 2013, 2017, 2018, and 2019, but Governor Andrew M. Cuomo vetoed these bills, "arguing that a tribe must follow a prescribed federal administrative process to obtain recognition rather than achieve it through setting up a costly duplicated process at the state level." The last 2019–20 bill, sponsored by Sen. Kenneth LaValle died after being referred to state senate investigations and government operations. Throughout all of this

366-583: Is a public school district located in East Hampton on Long Island , in Suffolk County , New York, United States. It educates students in the hamlet of Springs and the privately-owned Gardiners Island . The district operates one school, the Springs School , serving grades PK through 8. The total enrollment for the 2019–2020 school year was 723 students. Students then complete their education at

427-664: Is unclear whether these specific expeditions had any contact with the Montauk tribe. In 1637, during the Pequot War , the Montauketts sided with the settlers for protection, but Cockenoe , a Montaukett native, was captured and wound up working with John Eliot in Boston in the 1640s to translate the first parts of the Eliot Indian Bible , before returning to Long Island. In 1639, during

488-535: Is unknown, although it derives from a place name in the Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett language ; it roughly translates to "the fort country." The Montaukett (" Metoac " or Matouwac) were Native Americans on Long Island. Their bands were often referred to in colonial writings by the place name of their geographic territories, such as the Montauk and the Shinnecock peoples, which may or may not have been

549-599: The Amagansett , Montauk , Sagaponack , Springs , and Wainscott school districts, none of which have their own high school. Proposals have been made to merge the nearby districts, but have not been adopted. The high school football team also includes students from Pierson High School in Sag Harbor and Bridgehampton School in Bridgehampton . Springs Union Free School District Springs Union Free School District

610-632: The East Hampton High School as part of a tuition agreement with the East Hampton Union Free School District . Christine Cleary is the school's principal and Debra Winter is the district's superintendent. Cleary has been principal since August 2020. Springs is bordered by the East Hampton school district to the west and the Amagansett district to the south. In February 1784, East Hampton Town Trustees authorized

671-592: The Montauk Point State Parkway .(State Route 27) In 1926, Carl G. Fisher bought all of the remaining (non-state park) Montaukett Lands in Long Island (10,000 acres (40 km )) for only $ 2.5 million. He planned to turn Montauk into the " Miami Beach of the North", a "Tudor village by the sea". His projects included blasting a hole through the freshwater Lake Montauk to access Block Island Sound to replace

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732-572: The United States Army bought the Benson property to establish a base called Camp Wikoff to quarantine Army personnel returning from the Spanish–American War – and that's how Teddy Roosevelt and His Rough Riders wound up exposed to the few remaining Montauketts as they stayed in what became known as "Third House." In 1906; Amid their court case, New York State passed legislation to enable

793-513: The "white elephant") now a residential condominium). In the Great Hurricane of 1938 , water flooded across Napeague , turning Montauk into an island. Floodwaters from the hurricane inundated the main downtown, which was then located in fort pond bay , and it was moved 3 miles (5 km) to the south, immediately next to the Atlantic Ocean , with State Route 27 as the main drag. In 2022 -

854-466: The 1648 purchase line), leaving only the lands to the east of the point for the Montaukett. Throughout the 1650s, as the white settlement was expanding, the Montaukett population was in decline. In 1653, Narragansetts under Ninigret attacked and burned the Montaukett village, killing thirty Montaukett warriors and capturing fourteen prisoners, including one of Chief Wyandanch's daughters. The daughter

915-640: The 17th century, the Montauk people spoke the Mohegan-Pequot language , also known as the Algonquian "N" dialect, until about 1600 when they moved to the "Y" dialect. On March 25, 1798, John Lyon Gardiner wrote: “March 25, 1798. A vocabulary of the Indian language spoken by the Montauk tribe. George Pharoah, aged 66, oldest man of that tribe and their chief gave me this specimen of their language. There are only about seven persons that can now speak this language and

976-509: The 19th century, whaling ships often included tri-racial and multi-national crews. White, Indigenous, and African-American seamen encountered sailors from international ports as vessels travelled for sometimes years at a time. In 1830 while the Rev. Thomas James (minister) was in Sag Harbor on an anti-slavery ministry for the free black former slaves in the whaling industry, he was engaged to preach to

1037-590: The Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Easthampton and on March 9, 1852 a deed to Montauk was entered at Riverhead in liber 63 of deeds p. 171 to plaintiffs Henry P. Hedges and others including Arthur W. Benson, the claimant equitable owners of Montauk (Proprietors), because their predecessors had contributed the money to purchase Montauk from the native Montaukett Indians in the 1600s. Mr. Hedges (with Benson, and others) paid US$ 151,000 for 10,000 acres (40 km ) for

1098-726: The Mohegan, Pequot, and Narragansett, to move them to the Oneida Territory. They moved from Long Island to escape colonial encroachment. In 1784 - The Brotherton were forced to move westward (and throughout the United States), ending up in Wisconsin, founding a town they named Brothertown, and became the Brothertown Indian Tribe. They have married into many of the northeastern native tribes and live on many reservations throughout

1159-562: The Montauk Proprietors to purchase the remaining unpurchased lands between the ponds and east of Lake Wyandanee (Lake Montauk). This further separated the Montauketts from governing their tribal lands. In a purchase that was finalized in 1687, in which the East Hampton town purchased the remaining Native lands east of Fort Pond for one hundred pounds, and granted the Montauketts residency rights in perpetuity (but no governance). The Montauketts agreed to accept two pounds per year instead of

1220-399: The Montaukett lands. The native skirmishes ended in 1657. By 1658, historians estimate that only five hundred Montauk remained. In 1659, Montaukett Sachem Wyandanch died. The following year, Wyandanch's widow sold all of Montauk from Napeague to the tip of the island for one hundred pounds to be paid in ten equal installments of " Indian corn or good wampum at six to a penny". In 1661,

1281-693: The Montaukett obtained metal awls from the Europeans, the Montaukett artisans would make "disk-shaped beads from quahog shells ... used for trade and for tribute payments" with the nearby tribes. The Montaukett farmed, fished, hunted, and gathered food. The colonial Montaukett participated in the new European economic and cultural systems by using their traditional skills: hunting to provide game and fowl for colonists' tables; woodworking to make bowls, scrubs, tools, toys, and later, houses and mills; craftwork to make baskets, eel pots, and rush and cane bottoms for chairs. The "women would harvest corn, squash, and beans." While

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1342-539: The Montaukett stay strong and continue to petition for federal recognition and the return of their ancestral lands. Today, the Montauk Tribe of Indians is trying to reverse of the 1910 Blackmar decision, as well as revitalizing of the Montauk language and culture. Allison Manfra McGovern who studied the archeology of the Montauketts over time (ca. 1750–1885) wrote a dissertation about two houses at Indian Fields compared to Freetown. Manfra McGovern concluded that "...despite

1403-400: The Montaukett to establish land claims through colonial deeds from 1660 through 1702, but, as a result of the court battle, the Montaukett lost their legal status and right to compensation, and Judge Abel Blackmar declared to more than 20 Montauketts in the courtroom and scores waiting outside that the tribe had ceased to exist and that they had therefore lost their claim to the reservation. This

1464-554: The Montauketts and the town that permitted the Town Trustees exclusive rights to the purchase of Montauk lands. The town challenged the Montaukett sale to the New York men and moved quickly to establish a new agreement with the Montauketts, detailing transactions and rights between the two parties. A 1703 agreement included a limit on Montaukett livestock to 250 swine and 50 head of cattle or horses. The subsequent 1703 “Agreement Between

1525-701: The Montauketts too. The Reverend James gave the Montauketts shelter near the village during their problems with the Narragansett, and allegedly got them to sell from Napeague to Montauk Point to himself and a few other men (maybe Hedges / Benson / et. al. ?) . Rev. James allegedly composed a Catechism In the Montauk language, a variant of Mohegan-Pequot, which has never been found. From 1830 to 1920, Indigenous whalers went to work as free agents. Indigenous men voluntarily went to sea, as viable alternatives to mainland and reservation opportunities and Indigenous men from eastern Long Island continued to work in whaling through

1586-421: The Montauketts, resentful of their white neighbors, in a position of tenancy on their ancestral homelands. During and after the 1730 - 1740 First Great Awakening, the Montauketts received attention from New Light preachers, most notably James Davenport and Azariah Horton. The Settler colonists continued to pursue an idea of making the Montauketts become Christianized and therefore integrated into society by having

1647-574: The Proprietors Montauks, establishing the corporation of the trustees of Montauk and affirming its right to govern. The 1859 discovery of petroleum in Pennsylvania, along with the growing demand for kerosene and the onset of the Civil War, led to the start of the demise of whaling. Montaukett men sailed from ships out of Sag Harbor until 1871, a year that marked the final deep-sea departure from

1708-410: The Rev. Azarlah Horton, originally of Southold, to minister to them from 1740 to about 1750. Staying and preaching in their wigwams, the reverend traveled a circuit from Jamaica to Montauk, but spending most of his time at Montauk. In a diary entry from December 1741, Rev. Horton mentioned visiting the wigwams of Montaukett people in Montauk who were suffering from illnesses. By the 1740s, the population

1769-559: The Trustees of East Hampton and the Indians of Montauk” (reprinted in Stone 1993:69) specified that the Montauketts were to inhabit the land referred to as North Neck (between Great Pond and Fort Pond), establishing fencing where necessary. The land east of Great Pond (including Indian Fields) was reserved for colonial use, which primarily consisted of cattle grazing. The Montauketts were permitted to move east of Great Pond if they did not interfere with

1830-461: The aftermath of the war, settler-colonist Lion Gardiner purchased an island from the Montaukett chief Wyandanch and named it Gardiner's Island . It is one of the largest privately owned islands in the United States. In 1648, the settlers purchased from Connecticut the lands that would become the town of East Hampton, with the western boundary of today's Hither Hills State Park (also known as

1891-452: The area with an eye to future development. The entirety of Montauk that was not already owned by Mr. Benson was eventually sold in 1890 to Mr. Benson "subject to the rights of the Montauk tribe of indians," noting that a few members and their families still survived. According to Marla Pharoah's autobiography, the remaining Montaukett families were allegedly contestibly "bought out" and two of those houses were moved off Montauk to Freetown, while

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1952-399: The area. It is unclear whether these specific expeditions had any contact with the Montauk tribe. In 1609, an expedition by Henry Hudson , explored the area. It is unclear whether these specific expeditions had any contact with the Montauk tribe. In 1619, Adriaen Block , sailed around the point, naming it Visscher's Hoek while mapping the area around the point and nearby Block Island. It

2013-474: The building of a schoolhouse in the "North Side" of the town. It thought to have been located on the land of Elisha Miller, and was auctioned off to them in 1807. The second schoolhouse, which also served as place of worship, opened in 1807 at the authorization of a 32-man committee. It was either constructed at or moved to the Village Green at the corner of Fireplace Road and Old Stone Highway. The building

2074-415: The building were completed in 1966 and 1974. In March 2018, voters approved a $ 23-million expansion project. Phase 1 installed a nitrogen-reducing septic system and Phase 2 added seven classrooms, a regulation-size gymnasium and athletic fields, as well as upgraded existing facilities in the school building. The project allowed for kindergarten and first grade classrooms, formerly in separate buildings on

2135-657: The campus in 1961 and high school students left the campus in 1970, turning the remaining building into the East Hampton Middle School. The total enrollment for the 2012-2013 school year was 897 students. In the 2016-2017 school year, the East Hampton School District reported to the New York State Education Department it had 1,848 students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade. The district also educates secondary students from

2196-531: The campus, to consolidate under one roof. Prior to construction, the school was educating 743 students in a facility built for 400 students. Construction began in July 2019 and wrapped up in September 2021. Various errors in the construction project, which the district blamed on the architectural firm, cost at least $ 30,000 on top of the original project's budget. Eric Casale, the school's longtime principal of 15 years,

2257-467: The catch during the following whaling season. Eventually, the in-shore whaling operations over-fished the local seas, and Indigenous labor from the Montauketts and other Native American groups was vital to deep-sea whaling throughout the late eighteenth century. Even both Rev. Horton and Rev. Occum mentioned in their records (as late as ca. 1740–1760) that Montaukett men were working at sea during their visits. In 1524, Giovanni Verrazano explored and mapped

2318-492: The colonists's right to graze. The agreement also specified how the Montauketts were able to use their land: fields were expected to remain open for livestock owned by colonists grazing and they were permitted to keep a 30-acre field enclosed to protect crops of winter wheat. If the Montauketts were to move from North Neck and relocate to Indian Fields, they must take possessions with them; they could return to North Neck, but not inhabit both locations concurrently. In 1719, despite

2379-731: The country. Today they are part of the Brothertown Indians movement. By 1788, most Montaukett had left their ancestral lands and joined the Brotherton Indians of New York. The attempts at assimilation continued for some time afterwards for those who stayed behind when the Brothertown group left. Off-shore and deep-sea whaling operations continued into the 19th century even though exploitative labor practices continued. Still, not all Indigenous men in southern New England faced coercion, debt, and indentured servitude in seafaring. Through

2440-405: The early 20th century. In 1839, slaves who had seized the schooner La Amistad came ashore in the hamlet (possibly "Indian Fields") looking for provisions after being told by the white crew they had returned to Africa. American authorities were alerted, and the slaves were recaptured and ultimately freed in a historically significant trial. In 1851 a judgment was entered against the Trustees of

2501-504: The east end of the Island shared a common culture with each other and with Lenape groups along most of the northern shore of what is now called Long Island Sound. The Montauk are specifically related in language and ethnicity to the Pequot and Narragansett peoples who live across Long Island Sound in what are now Connecticut and Rhode Island . American ethnologist John R. Swanton identified

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2562-481: The east end. The deed releasing claim to Montauk was entered on March 9, 1852. Mr. Benson also received clear title to the Montaukett property at Big Reed Pond , buying it from tribesmen for $ 10 each. This deed caused the lands covered by the Dongan Patent to be split, leaving the still unsettled lands at Montauk without government. Less than one month later, on April 2, 1852, a NY state law was passed that incorporated

2623-548: The east, and the Wainscott and Sag Harbor districts to the west. East Hampton's first school dates back to the 17th century, where the school was one of four public buildings in a village of 50-60 homes. The state-chartered Clinton Academy operated a one-room schoolhouse from about 1785 to 1881. The modern school district traces back to 1894, when the first school opened on Newtown Lane. By 1924, primary and secondary grades were in two neighboring buildings. Elementary students left

2684-399: The enforced limitations on lifeways, the Montaukett population grew in small numbers and reinforced social and economic networks through exogamous marriage practices. The colonial government responded to this threat of an expanding Montaukett population with yet another “agreement” that prohibited Montaukett marriages with non-Montauketts. Altogether, these eighteenth-century encumbrances left

2745-535: The following subdivisions of the Montauk: Corehaug, Manhasset, Massapequa, Matinecock, Merric, Montauk (proper), Nesaquake, Patchoque, Rockaway, Secatogue, Setauket, and Shinnecock . Swanton also identified several Montauk villages including Aquebogue, Ashamomuck, Cutchogue, Massapequa, Merric, Montauk, Nesaquake, Patchogue, and Rechquaakie. The pre-colonial Montaukett manufactured wampompeag (or wampum ) from quahog clamshells available on Long Island. Before

2806-400: The lump sum of one hundred pounds, in addition to amounts that they already received yearly for grazing access. The Montaukett noted in 1702 that the fees had never been paid. Dissatisfied with their treatment by the town, the Montauketts negotiated a more lucrative sale of the same lands east of Fort Pond to two wealthy men from New York. This deal, however, violated a previous agreement between

2867-503: The men fished and hunted whales, by using their dugout canoes, made by hollowing out large trees. They also participated in the economy by purchasing their guns and sometimes furniture from the local colonial craftsmen. The Montauketts skilled at whaling were eagerly sought after by those engaged in the trade. Between 1677 and 1684, a documented system of credit allowed indigenous men (and their families) to purchase goods from local merchants and traders, in exchange for their share (or “lay”) of

2928-622: The others were simply burned down and all their possessions stolen. The first train from the Austin Corbin extension of the Long Island Rail Road pulled into Montauk in 1895, (to the station built in fort pond bay) the land having been bought in 1882. A court case was begun by the Montauketts In 1896 to regain their land: It continued until 1917 and bankrupted them. In 1898, after the Benson / Corbin plan did not work out as planned,

2989-510: The port. After 1871, Montaukett men sailed out of New Bedford. Men of all backgrounds left whaling for employment in factories. In 1879, an extension of the Long Island Railroad began construction to Montauk. This potential increasing tourism sparked the idea of the sale of the entire Montauk peninsula by the Town Trustees to Arthur W. Benson in 1879 for development as a resort. Mr. Benson began buying up any additional available land in

3050-432: The same as their name for themselves . European colonists tended to mistakenly assume that the different bands they encountered were different tribes, even in cases where the bands clearly shared the same culture and language. The Montaukett are an Algonquian -speaking Native American people from the eastern and central sections of Long Island , New York . The Montauk spoke an Eastern Algonquian language . Prior to

3111-488: The school facilities, for the 2020–2021 school year. Previously, pre-K was contracted to the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center in East Hampton . Montaukett The Montaukett (" Metoac " ), more commonly known as Montauk , are an Algonquian -speaking Native American people from the eastern and central sections of Long Island , New York . The exact meaning of the name Montauk

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3172-681: The seemingly remote location of Indian Fields, Montaukett men and women were deeply entangled in local and global markets as producers and consumers; and they maintained social relationships with other laborers, employers, and kin throughout and beyond the East Hampton Town...". Additionally, Stonybrook University puts forth some similarly interesting cultural observations when they studied the Pharoah Home(s) also at Indian Fields (Institute for Long Island Archaeology, Stony Brook University). Some Relics and ruins of their settlements are visible at

3233-729: The shallow Fort Pond Bay as the hamlet's port; establishing the Montauk Yacht Club and the Montauk Downs Golf Course; and building Montauk Manor , a luxury resort hotel; the Montauk Tennis Auditorium , which became a movie theater (and is now the Montauk Playhouse); and the six-story Carl Fisher Office Building (later the Montauk Improvement Building and now The Tower at Montauk, (commonly called

3294-425: Was around 160 people. In 1749, Samson Occom a Mohegan Native American of Connecticut, came to Montauk to minister and to educate them (from 1749-1761 ), and began to take over Azariah Horton’s mission, while Rev. Horton eventually left for New Jersey. Rev. Occom was an exceptionally talented man, not formally educated until 16, but mastering English, Greek, and Latin, as well as theology beginning in 1743. Later he

3355-422: Was described as "one of the prettiest school buildings of its size in the county." The building burned to the ground in 1929, possibly due to an overheated chimney. The current building is the sixth schoolhouse of the district. It opened in 1931 and was expanded in 1960 to accommodate junior high students. Previously, students were educated at East Hampton Middle School for grades 6 and up. Later additions to

3416-543: Was granted a leave of absence in August 2020. Assistant Principal Christine Cleary became acting principal in his absence. Casale resigned from his post in December of that year and received a $ 300,000 settlement from the district for unknown reasons. In February 2021, Cleary's promotion was made permanent. The district's pre-kindergarten program moved to the Springs Youth Association building, located just behind

3477-548: Was known as the "Little Red Schoolhouse." In 1884, the school was expanded or rebuilt on the current site a cost of about $ 1,600. It was sold to the Springs Historical Society in 1909 for $ 1 and is now part of Ashawagh Hall. "Ashawagh" is the Montaukett word for "meeting place." The fifth schoolhouse was the first school on the current School Street site. It was a wooden two-story building with four classrooms and

3538-571: Was ordained a Presbyterian minister by East Hampton's Rev. Samuel Buell. Around 1759, the Narragansett attacked the Montauk, until the latter sought refuge with white colonists in Easthampton . Disease had greatly reduced their population. In 1773 - Samson Occum and his brother-in-law, David Fowler (c. 1735-1807, Montaukett native) form the "Brothertown Plan" with members of the neighboring Shinnecock and Christian Algonquins, including contingents of

3599-406: Was probably the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back for a while at least. In 1910, there were an estimated 29 Montauk on Long Island, and in 1923, there were 30. In 1924, Robert Moses began condemning the Benson land to establish state parks on either end of Montauk − Hither Hills State Park in the west and Montauk Point State Park in the east. The two parks were to be connected via

3660-710: Was recovered with the aid of Lion Gardiner , who in turn was given a large portion of present-day Smithtown, New York , in appreciation. The Montaukett, ravaged by smallpox and fearing extermination by the Narragansett , were provided temporary refuge by white settlers in East Hampton. Many short but famous battles ensued. Fort Pond Bay derives its name from a Montaukett "fort" on its shores. After 1653, three different groups of East Hampton colonial settlers purchased Native land, each expanding East Hampton rights further and further east. Further purchase agreements were entered into in 1660, 1661, 1672 and 1686 which, among other things, allowed Easthampton townsmen to graze cattle on

3721-459: Was sold at an auction for $ 75 to Daniel King, who moved it to his home in Kingstown. The school district was formally founded in 1813 as School District No. 4 of the town of East Hampton. The district also operated a school on Gardiners Island in 1884. The third schoolhouse, which was the first public school in the district, was built on the site of its predecessor in 1847 at a cost of $ 418. It

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