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Watermill Community Fellow, Shane Weeks will discuss the connection between his tribe, the Shinnecock Indian Nation, and the local community of Southampton. Weeks will explore the Nation’s history and his connection as a Shinnecock tribe member to The Watermill Center, sharing traditional and contemporary aspects of Shinnecock culture. Weeks will also share the first installment of a new project focusing on bridging the gap of cultural awareness through artistic film composition.
Shane Weeks is a tribe member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation and tribal cultural consultant. He resides on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation. He is a Southampton Town Arts and Culture Committee member, serves as a Community Fellow at The Watermill Center, a Shinnecock Nation Natural Resource Committee member, a new board member of Slow Foods East End and also serves on several committees within the Shinnecock Nation including a sacred site and graves protection committee. Shane is an artist, traditional dancer, traditional drummer, hunter and fisherman, cultural consultant and educator. Shane has worked on a fishing boat in the summer months. Shane works for Wampum Magic on the Poospatuck reservation in Mastic throughout the year making wampum beads out of quohog clam shells. Shane gives presentations and host events focused on Shinnecock life, history, and culture wherever he can, around the U.S. and elsewhere. Shane also ran a Pow Wow stand for several years selling traditional art and crafts made by local artists and artists abroad. Shane traveled the east coast and eastern Canada with the stand, but has been taking a break from that the last few years. Over the last few years, Shane has also been a part of several Watermill Center residencies. One of Shane’s biggest goals is to bridge the awareness gap between the Shinnecock, local and global communities.
photo © Lovis Ostenrik
