The Montaket Nation and the Brothertown Nation

In 17 54, the trustees of east hampton got representatives from the montaket nation to sign an agreement that the montakets would not marry africans or people from other indigenous nations. This same agreement gave the town the right to prosecute any one of african descent or from another indigenous nation who tried to settle there. By the late nineteenth century, montakets living on eastern long island were facing enormous hostility from their white neighbors. In 18 71, the nation tried to incorporate, to get on a more equal legal footing, but that effort failed in the face of opposition from east hampton.