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SHINALUTAOIN SHINNECOCK 



[b. a. e. 



Shinagrua.— Coast Surv. map 20, 1869. Shinin- 

 grua. — Dall in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., I, map, 1877. 



Shinalutaoin ('scarlet cloth earrings'). 

 A band of the Sans Arcs Sioux. 

 Cina-luta-oi".— Dorsey in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 219, 

 1897. Sina-luta-oii).— Ibid. 



Shinana. A ruined pueblo, probably of 

 the Tigua, on the Rio Grande, in the 

 vicinity of Albuquerque, N. Mex. — Loew 

 (1875) in Wheeler Surv. Rep., vii, 338, 

 1879. 



Shinats. A former summer village of 

 the Laguna tribe, situated 3^ m. s. of the 

 present Laguna pueblo, N. Mex. Itis said 

 to have been abandoned on account of 

 Apache depredations. (f. w. h. ) 



Shingabawassin {Shingdbeivasin, 're- 

 clining human figure of stone.' — W. J.). 

 A Chippewa chief of the Crane gens, born 

 about 1763, and prominent during the 

 first quarter of the 19th century. He was 

 the eldest son of Maidosagee, the son of 

 Gitcheojeedebun. His residence, during 

 most of his years at least, was on the 

 banks of St Mary's r., Mich., at the out- 

 let of L. Superior. His life, so far as 

 known, was characterized by but few 

 marked incidents, though largely spent 

 in behalf of the welfare of his people. 

 During his younger days he took an ac- 

 tive part in the war expeditions of his 

 band, especially those against the Sioux, 

 but after assuming the responsibilities of 

 his official life he became a strong advo- 

 cate of peace. At the councils convened 

 for the purpose of entering into treaties, 

 especially those at Prairie du Chien in 

 1825, Fond du Lac in 1826, and Butte des 

 Mortes in 1 827, he was the leading speaker 

 and usually the most important person 

 among the Indian delegates. He seems 

 to have risen, to a large extent, above the 

 primitive beliefs of his people, and even 

 went so far in one of the councils as to 

 advise making known to the whites the 

 situation of the great copper deposits, al- 

 though these were regarded by the In- 

 dians as sacred. A favorite scheme which 

 he advanced and vigorously advocated, 

 but without effect, was to have the United 

 States set apart a special reservation for 

 the half-breeds. In addition to the trea- 

 ties mentioned Shingabawassin signed 

 the treaty of Sault Ste Marie, June 11, 

 1820. He died between 1828 and 1837, 

 and was succeeded as chief of the Crane 

 gens by his son Kabay Noden. Consult 

 Schoolcraft, Pers. Mem., 1851; McKen- 

 ney and Hall, Ind. Tribes, i, 1854; War- 

 ren, Hist. Ojebways, 1885. (c. T.) 



Shiniak. A Kuskwogmiut Eskimo vil- 

 lage on the E. shore at the head of deep- 

 water navigation in Kuskokwim bay, 

 Alaska, where the Moravian missionaries 

 have a warehouse. Pop. 40 in 1880; 7 in 

 1890. 



Shineyagamute. — Petroff inlOth Census, Alaska, 17, 

 1884. Shiniagmiut,— Sarichef's atlas (1826) quoted 



by Baker, Geog. Diet. Alaska, 1901. Shinyaga- 

 miut.— 11th Census, Alaska, 101, 1893. 



Shinnapago. A Kaviagmiut Eskimo 

 village at Port Clarence, Alaska. — 11th 

 Census, Alaska, 162, 1893. 



Shinnecock. An Algonquian tribe or 

 band on Long id., N. Y., formerly occu- 

 pying the s. coast from Shinnecock bay to 

 Montauk pt. Many of them joined the 

 Brotherton Indians in New York. About 

 150 still remain on a reservation of 750 

 acres, 3 m. av. of Southampton, having in- 

 termarried with negroes until their abo- 

 riginal character is almost obliterated. 

 Nowedonah, brother of the noted Wyan- 

 danch, was once their chief, and on his 

 death his sister, wife of Cockenoe, became 

 his successor. In Dec. 187G, 28 Shin- 



Shinnecock Man (Harrington, Photo. Courtesy of "Southern 



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necock men lost their lives in an attempt 

 to save a ship stranded off Easthampton, 

 since which time a number, especially 

 the younger people, have left the reser- 

 vation and become scattered. They have 

 a Presbyterian and an Adventist church; 

 the men gain a livelihood by employment 

 as farm-hands, baymen, berrypickers, 

 etc., and the women as laundresses. A 

 few families make and sell baskets and a 

 sort of brush made of oak splints; there 

 is almost no agriculture. They have lost 

 all their old customs, and but few words 

 of their native language survive even in 

 the memory of the oldest people, although 

 it was in more or less general use 60 or 70 

 years ago. Consult Harrington in Jour. 



