Big Indian, New York

Big Indian is a hamlet within the Town of Shandaken in Ulster County, New York, United States.

It is located along State Route 28, within the Catskill Park, 17 miles (27 km) west of Woodstock.

Once a Munsee Native American man named Winneesook (the name means "snowfall") lived near Marbletown, New York; because of his height of about seven feet, he was also called Big Indian.

After Winneesook's death and burial, Gertrude and her children moved to the site; the hamlet of Big Indian later developed at that location.

Local lore holds that the pine tree stood until the railroad through Big Indian was built in the 1880s.