Shinnecock Hills is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Ownership of the area has been the subject of a 2005 lawsuit filed by the Shinnecock Indian Nation.

[7] In 2005 the nation filed a lawsuit against the state seeking the return of 3,500 acres (1,400 ha) in Southampton around the tribe's reservation and billions of dollars in reparations.

The disputed property includes the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, which Native American representatives say is the location of tribal burial grounds.

The suit charges that a group of powerful investors conspired to break the lease in 1859 by sending the state legislature a fraudulent petition from a number of Shinnecock tribesmen.

The town of Southampton is claimed to have spent over $732,000 in legal fees in relation to this lawsuit.