About
Shinnecock Photo Project attempts to reinforce our connection to the land and aims to present ourselves in a web-based portraiture platform. This project is led by enrolled Shinnecock Indian Nation tribal member photographer Jeremy Dennis.
The Shinnecock Portrait Project is made possible with Special thanks to MDOC Storyteller’s Institute hosted at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, in June 2018.
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Legacy Photos
Continuing Tradition
The Shinnecock Portrait Project follows the footsteps of tribal members who have been the subject of portrait photographs or have been photographers themselves.
These portraits instill a sense of ancestral pride and an example of the urgency and purpose in preserving our image for future generations. Our image, stories, and resilience are part of our legacy and memory.
Additional Resources and Photo Archives
Physical Collection:
Wickham Hunter -Shinnecock Photography Project of the 1970s
Photographs commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker to document the “vanishing” way of life for Native Americans during 1908-1913. The photographs were made by Joseph Kossuth Dixon and largely depict northern Plains tribes, including Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Crow, and Dakota. These large bromide prints form a set of presentation photographs and apparently such sets were placed by Rodman Wanamaker in several museums.
Legacy Post Archive
Loretta Silva
Mrs. Emma Jane Lee
‘The Rock’ dedicated to Shinnecock Veterans
Wedding of Shirley and Elmer Smith. April 11, 1948.
Oscar Bunn, Shinnecock Indian golf professional.
Shinnecock Children Of Another Generation
Mohawk Minister And Elders Of The Shinnecock Church In 1938
Anna Bunn Kellis, Frances Bunn Cuffee Bunn, and Anna Bunn Eleazer.
Fourth of July Parade – 1939, from the 1971 Shinnecock Powwow Program
Shinnecock Grandmother, Granddaughter, And Great Grandsons, June 1940
Group photos with sports equipment
Raymond Gardner Jr. and Alice Phillips. Shinnecock Reservation.
