Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York

Evan T. Pritchard

Council Oak Books, 2002 - History - 490 pages

A thousand years before Columbus the area that is now New York City was inhabited by the Lenape Indians. In many respects this Algonquin tribe created the template by which the modern city that emerged was designed. Broadway, which followed the high ridge of the island, was the Mohican Trail; Routes 80 and 78 were ancient pilgrimage trails, Greenwich Village was an actual Indian village that stood on the banks of Manetta Creek.

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An author of Micmac descent who is currently professor of Native American history at Marist College (Poughkeepsie, NY), Pritchard has produced what is ostensibly a scholarly monograph on the history ...

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I read the book and found it a great primer to the reading of "The Island at the center of the World" Russel Shorto.
It was interesting and mostly plausible per my newbie Native American knowledge, however, The Lenape tribe members do not see it as a factual piece, in fact it has often been called a fairytale.
I will take the time to research their views and make my own conclusions.
My daughter is presently reading the book and I will also get her opinion.  

Contents

• PART I THE NATIVES OF NEW YORK CITY: 15
• How GREEN WAS MANHATTAN: 35
• A PARADISE FOR THE LIVING: 51
• A WALK AROUND OLD MANHATTAN: 67
• EXPLORING THE ANCIENT CITY The Bronx Brooklyn Queens and Staten Island: 95
• VERRAZZANO AND HIS LEGACY: 115
• WE BELONG TO THE EARTH: 133
• THE TWOCOLORED SNAKE A History of the Dutch Occupation of New York: 155
• THE WORLD OF THE LENAPE: 173
• SWEET AND FULL OF MEANING The Languages of Manhattan: 189
• PART II THE LEGENDARY HUDSON VALLEY: 215
• THE HEAD OF THE WOLF Orange and Ulster Counties: 229
• A WALK DOWN THE MINISINK TRAIL: 243
• NATIVE NEW YORKERS OF STONY COUNTRY Rockland County: 263
• NATIVE NEW YORKERS OF THE NORTH THE MOHICAN Dutchess Columbia Rensselaer Washington Saratoga Schenectady Albany and Greene...: 273
• PART III LONG ISLAND LONG AGO: 305
• THE THIRTEEN TRIBES OF LONG ISLAND: 319
• CONCLUSION: 343
• EPILOGUE: 369
• MUNSEE VOCABULARY: 383
• TWELVE LEVELS OF ALGONQUIN HISTORY IN NEW YORK STATE: 391
• THE VERRAZZANO DIARY LETTER TO FRANCIS I OF FRANCE: 394
• TIME LINE OF LENAPE HISTORY: 415
• NOTES: 432
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 471
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: 478
• INDEX: 480

Popular passages

Page 54 - I swear to your Majesties, that there is not a better people in the world than these ; more affectionate, affable, or mild. They love their neighbors as themselves and they always speak smilingly.

Page 42 - Only after the last tree has been cut down, Only after the last river has been poisoned, Only after the last fish has been caught, Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.

About the author

Evan T. Pritchard is a descendant of the Micmac people (part of the Algonquin nations) is the founder of the Center for Algonquin Culture. He is currently professor of Native American history at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he also teaches ethics and philosophy. He is the author of Henry Hudson and the Algonquins of New York and No Word for Time: The Way of the Algonquin People, among others.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York
• Author: Evan T. Pritchard
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Council Oak Books, 2002
• ISBN: 1571781072, 9781571781079
• Length: 490 pages
• Subjects: History / Expeditions & Discoveries; History / Native American; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies