[National Park Service (2021)] DUTCH AND NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE IN THE HUDSON VALLEY WHITE PAPER Prepared for the Hudson River Valley Greenway By: Allison Jungkurth July 17, 2018 Indigenous Peoples of the Hudson Valley Prior to European arrival, the Hudson River Valley was home to a thriving network of diverse Native American societies. The lower river valley was home to the Munsee Indians, a br…

[National Park Service (2021)] Dutch colonial settlement in the upper Hudson River Valley. Goods from Beverwijck were transported down the Hudson River to other Dutch settlements, including the village of Esopus in the mid-Hudson Valley and New Amsterdam at the southern tip of Manhattan. Esopus, later renamed Wiltwijck and finally Kingston, attracted settlers as a fertile place to grow wheat and o…

[National Park Service (2021)] was the site of the annual Lake Mohonk Conference of Friends of the Indian. Government officials, academics, philanthropists, and Indian leaders gathered to discuss ways to improve the Native Americans’ status in New York. The Van Schaick Mansion (1735) lies on an island which was likely the home to the Mohican village site “Moenemin’s Castle,” at the confluence of t…

[National Park Service (2021)] of Albany, and to pick up information to plan the rest of your visit to the city. The New York State Museum hosts an exhibit on the culture of the Haudenosaunee Indians in upstate New York, as well as a Mohican display and a new exhibit on the city’s origins as the Dutch trading post Fort Orange. The Papscanee Island Nature Preserve is named for 17th-century Mohican …

[National Park Service (2021)] Hill Park offers hiking trails and recreation areas amid the last natural forest and salt marsh in Manhattan. The Shorakkopoch Rock landmark commemorates Peter Minuit’s infamous exchange with the Lenape to allow Dutch settlement on Manhattan, which took place on this site in 1624. Around the corner, the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum is the oldest surviving Dutch homestead…