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

Full title: Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York
ISBN: 9781571781079
ISBN 10: 1571781072
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Publisher: Council Oak Books
Num. pages: 496
Binding: Hardcover
Language: en
Published on: 2002

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Synopsis

Introduction -- Natives Of New York City -- Naming Of Things ; How Green Was Manhattan ; Paradise For The Living ; Walk Around Old Manhattan ; Exploring The Ancient City : The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens And Staten Island ; Verrazzano And His Legacy ; We Belong To The Earth ; Two-colored Snake : A History Of The Dutch Occupation Of New York ; World Of The Lenape ; Sweet And Full Of Meaning : The Languages Of Manhattan -- Legendary Hudson Valley -- Native New Yorkers East Of The Hudson River : A Trip Through Westchester, Putnam, And Dutchess Counties ; Head Of The Wolf : Orange And Ulster Counties ; Walk Down The Minisink Trail ; Native New Yorkers Of Stony Country : Rockland County ; Native New Yorkers Of The North--the Mohican : Dutchess, Columbia, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Schenectady, Albany, And Greene Counties -- Long Island Long Ago -- Mysteries Of Long Island ; Thirteen Tribes Of Long Island -- Conclusion -- Lenape Exodus -- Epilogue -- Munsee Vocabulary -- Twelve Levels Of Algonquin History In New York State -- Verrazzano Diary Letter To Francis I Of France -- Munsee Letter To President Zachary Taylor -- Nimham Lineage -- Time Line Of Lenape History. Evan T. Pritchard. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [471]-477) And Index.