Sipson Island, off the Cape Cod peninsula (United States), opened to the public on July 25. This is a first for the small territory, closed to the public since 1711, when the Indian Monomoyick tribe sold it to settlers, reports CNN .
The area of just under 100,000 m² then remained private property for over 300 years. Listed several years ago for $ 12 million, the island was struggling to find a buyer. It was finally sold in June 2020 for $ 5.3 million to a fund created especially by an association for the defense of native American culture.
This island has been privately owned since 1711, when it was sold by the Monomoyick people to White settlers. Now, the newly minted Sipson Island Trust, aided by a local nonprofit, hopes to restore and care for the island using the tribe's principles. https://t.co/Jzg9SOatgE
- CNN (@CNN) July 30, 2020"Communicate the importance of this Amerindian history"
The organization's plan is to restore the premises to their original state and then maintain them in order to benefit as many people as possible. "It is essential for us as an association and as a community to be able to communicate the importance of this Amerindian history and to teach the values of all those who lived on this island before 1711", explained the president of the fund. .
The purchase required four years of fundraising, negotiation and postponement before the transaction was successful. There remains a plot of approximately 32,000 m² which could not be purchased. Fundraising is underway to raise the amount needed for this latest purchase. In the meantime, the owners have launched a five-year plan to make the island a place of relaxation but also of historical and ecological education.
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