![]() The Indigenous history of Long Island is both under documented and understudied, and published works that could foster new research and scholarship remain difficult to locate in library collections and catalogs. Despite ubiquity and prevalence, the historic Indigenous origins and contexts have been largely obscured and overwritten. ![]() The Indigenous origins of the region are well represented in names of villages, bodies of waters, schools, streets, and mascots. With nearly eight million residents, today Long Island is one of the most densely populated islands in the world. Long Island, New York is a case in point of the United States settler state landscape co-opting Indigenous peoples and places for naming geographies, beaches, and spaces. Island, New York in Leaves of Grass, 1867. “Starting from fish-shape Paumanok where I was born” … Walt Whitman referencing Long Nyitray is Director, Special Collections and University Archives, and University Archivist at Stony Brook University.ĭana Reijerkerk is the Knowledge Management and Digital Assets Librarian at Stony Brook University. ![]() ![]() Nyitray and Dana Reijerkerk about their research and recently published article titled “Searching for Paumanok: A Study of Library of Congress Authorities and Classifications for Indigenous Long Island, New York.” Abstract available at. Nyitray and Dana Reijerkerk, September 22, 2021Ī guest blog post written and submitted by Kristen J. ![]()
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