New York
Red Jacket, Seneca Sachem
In 1830 Red Jacket, the most famous Seneca orator, died in New York at the age of 74. Seneca writer, historian, and archaeologist Arthur Caswell […]
New York
Reclaiming Mohawk Land
The history of Indian nations within the United States has been one of loss of Indian land and sovereignty. There have been some attempts to […]
The Ancestors of the Iroquois
When the Dutch and the French, and later the English, began to enter into what would become New York State searching for trading partners in […]
New Amsterdam and the Indians
As a part of their exploitation of the natural resources of the Americas, the Dutch West India Company laid out New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island […]
The Governor Kieft War
In 1639, the Dutch West India Company resolved to exact tribute from local Indians around New Amsterdam, stating that these Indians were under Dutch protection. […]
The Dutch and the Indians
The Dutch, whose presence in North America was not of long duration (about 40 years), were interested primarily in trade and viewed Indians as something […]
The Dutch, the Indians, and Fort Orange
Henry Hudson sailed into New York harbor in 1609. He sailed past the island known to the local Indians as Manna-hata and then up the […]
Indian Justice in New York
( – promoted by navajo) When one person kills another, it is often considered to be murder and certain legal sanctions can be brought against […]