Visit: Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 25th from 11 am. until 2 p.m. at the Hamptons United Methodist Church located at 160 Main Street in Southampton.
Services: The service will be held at the church after the visitation from 2:00 p.m
Obituary: Elizabeth 'Chee Chee Thunderbird' Haile, an Elder of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, passed away on August 21, 2015 at her home with her family by her side. It was 85.
Haile graces the Shinnecock Powwow from the start with her dance rendition of The Lord's Prayer.
She has served on the Tribal Council and the board of the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum, was a member of the Shinnecock Presbyterian and Southampton Methodist churches, and taught dance.
Haile had a BA from SUNY Oneonta, an MA from New York University and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Southampton College.
She was the wife of Richard Haile and mother of their four children: Scott, Holly, Ben and Tina, grandmother of 10 and great grandmother of four.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Padoquohan Medicine Lodge, Inc. PO Box 5078, Southampton, New York 11969.
