The Unfinished Pole Represents the 400 Years of Opression That Shinnekok People Have Faced by Southampton and the State of New York

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The unfinished pole behind me symbolizes the 400 years of oppression that Shinnekok people have faced by the town of Southampton and the state of New York. The kind of intention of sovereignty camp was to create a kind of ring of protection for the construction of the second highway. We are protecting not only our land, but our rights for economic development too.

We have as many roads in the United States as we have streams and rivers. Produced by Caroline Kanner and Jackson Roach, with original music by Jackson Roach. Edited by Liza Yeager and Mitchell Johnson. Subscribe to The Dig Presents, and support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig. Bibliography (in order of appearance): A Field Guide to Roadside Wildflowers at Full Speed - Chris Helzer Car Country: An Environmental History - Christopher W. Wells On Trails: An Exploration - Robert Moor Snell-Rood Lab Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet - Ben Goldfarb A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy, and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Who Belongs to the Land: An Essay on Camps, Blockades, and Indigenous Models of Remaking the World - Lou Cornum Further reading available here.