#lenape — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #lenape, aggregated by home.social.
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Before Tottenville had its name, the Lenni Lenape called this place Aquehonga Monocknong — sandy banks and spirited forest. Their matrilineal society was remarkably progressive: women elders could remove male leaders they deemed unfit. They lived communally, moved with the land's rhythms, and thrived on the abundant oysters of Raritan Bay.
#IndigenousHistory #Lenape #NativeAmerican #StatenIsland #LocalHistory
https://medium.com/@AngieMangino/the-lenape-20afbde43ddc?sk=f9cdd259fe38299fdc342b59935b9e57 -
Mannahatta Project (Landscape ecology 🏞️)
The Mannahatta Project is a Wildlife Conservation Society research project in historical ecology led by landscape ecologist Eric W. Sanderson that principally ran for 10 years from 1999-2009, reconstructing the island at the point of first contact between the Dutch ship Halve Maen and the Lenape in 1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannahatta_Project
#MannahattaProject #Lenape #LandscapeEcology #ResearchProjects #MapsOfNewYorkCity #HistoryOfManhattan