The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland
Title
The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland
Creator
Colleen Connolly
Description
When the Dutch arrived in the 17th century in what’s now New York City, their encounters with the indigenous peoples, known as the Lenape, were, at first, mostly amicable, according to historical records. They shared the land and traded guns, beads and wool for beaver furs. As the myth goes, the Dutch even “purchased” Manahatta island from the Lenape in 1626. The transaction, enforced by the eventual building of wall around New Amsterdam, marked the very beginning of the Lenape’s forced mass migration out of their homeland...
Connolly, Colleen. October 5, 2018. "The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland" in Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-native-new-yorkers-can-never-truly-reclaim-their-homeland-180970472/
