As an addemdum to my information swapping page, I have compiled a list of books that I have been, and am using as resources in the compilation of my research for my novel on the Montaukett Indians. I hope you find it useful! And again, as always, I would be delighted to hear from you. My e-mail address is: maclover@i-2000.com

The following is a listing of books and articles and by Dr. John A. Strong, professor of history at the Southampton Campus of Long Island University. Dr. Strong teaches American History, with an emphasis on Colonial America and the Indians of Long Island. He is, in addition to his academic responsilities, the Vice President of Suffolk County Archaeological Association:

Wyandanch: Sachem of the Montauk, In “Northeastern Indian Lives”, ed. Robert Grumet, pp 94-- 133, University of Massachuestts Press, Amherst, MA (in press)

Indians of Long Island: From Earliest Times to 1700, Long Island Studies of Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 1997

Samson Occum and The Montauk. In “The Encyclopedia of the American Indian”, ed. Fred Hoxie, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston (in press)

Indian Labor During the Post-Contact Period on Long Island. In “To Know the Place: Exploring Long Island History”, ed. Joann P. Krieg and Natalie Naylor, pp. 130-30, Heart of the Lakes Publishing, Interlaken, N.Y. (1995)

The Reaffirmation of Tradition Among the Native Americans of Eastern Long Island, The Long Island Historical Journal (1994)

The Imposition of Colonial Jurisdiction over the Montauk Indians of Long Island, Ethnohistory, 41(1), 561-591 (1994).

OTHER BOOKS AND RESOURCES OF GREAT INTEREST

The History and Archeology of the Montauk, Stone, Gaynell, ed. American Press, Mattituck, LI, NY: 1993

Lords of the Soil, Jocelyn, Lydia and Nathan Chuffee, C.M. Clarke Publishing Co., Boston: 1905

Maid of Montauk, Monroe, Forest and Wm. R. Jenkins, NY: 1908

Indians, Beach, W.W., ed., J. Munsell, Albany, NY: 1877

Indians, Drake, Samual G., Boston,: 1867

Indian Why Stories, Linderman, Frank B., NY. Scribner: 1915

Cockenoe-De-Long Island, Tooker, William Wallace, interpreted by John Eliot, Francis P. Harper, NY: 1896

Everyday Life of the North American Indian, White, Jon Manchip, Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc., NY, 1979

East Hampton: A History and Guide, Epstein, Jason and Elizabeth Barlow, Medway Pres, Inc. Wainscott and Sag Harbor: 1975

The Indians of Long Island, Halsey, Carolyn DuLittle, Eastern Suffolk Printing Company, Riverhead, NY: 1951

Heather Flower and other Indian Stories of Long Island , Dyson, Verne, Empire State Historical Publication Series No. 52. Ira J. Friedman, Inc., Port Washington, NY: 1967.

The Long Island Indian, Coles, Robert R., The Little Museum, Glen Cove, NY 1954

The Long Island Indians, Bayles, Thomas R., a pamphlet available at the Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead, NY.

Early Long Island: It's Indians, Whalers and Folklore Rhymes , Bailey, Paul, Long Island Forum, Westhampton Beach, NY 1962

Indian Medicine Power, Steiger, Brad. Para Research, Gloucester, MA, 1984.

Witches, Whales, Petticoats, and Sails. Marhoefer, Barbara, Ira J. Friedman, div. of Kenikat Press, Pt. Washington, NY: 1971.

In the future, look for more resources here. As my own information quest continues, I will continue, as well, to update these pages!

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