Legacy of Long Island’s First Peoples: Eugenics Study Of Long Island’s Native Americans

Our second program in the WWBA 2023 Series: Legacy of Long Island’s First Peoples featuring Dr. John Strong, PhD. Eugenics is the discredited 19th century pseudoscience dedicated to “perfecting” humanity by limiting the reproductive rights of those deemed genetically “inferior.” Emphasis was placed on various ethnicities and races. Among the many groups oppressed was the Long Island Native American Community. Between (1910-1939), the Eugenics Record Office was located at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.