To be stewards of the earth, not owners: this was the way of the Lenape. Considering themselves sacred land keepers, they walked gently; they preserved the worl

Describes the origins, history, and culture of the Native Americans who lived in and near what is now New York state, and whose languages were included in the A

Reflecting the latest scholarship, this book looks at the different groups of Native Americans who lived on the land that would one day become New York State. �

Indian Affairs in Colonial New York is a standard in the study of Indian-European relations in seventeenth-century New York. First published in 1960, it remains