#OTD #TDIH #May24, 1626: #PeterMinuit buys #Manhattan for the #Dutch from the #LenapeNativeAmericans.
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Nieuw Amsterdam

#PeterMinuit arrived in what is now NYC #OnThisDay in 1626; he supposedly bought #Manhattan for 60 guilders, but Native Americans didn't have the same concept of property ownership as the Dutch & so the Lenape didn't understand the exchange as a sale in our sense...
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“On November 6, 1626, the island of Manahahtàanung “the place we’re gathering wood to make bows”, was sold to the Shuwankook. “The salty people” brought 400 years of devastation, disease, war, forced removal, oppression, murder, division, suicide, and generational trauma for the Lenape people.” From a proclamation by today’s Lenape leaders refuting the “Schagen Letter”, in which Pieter Schagen, a Dutch government official, announced to the West India Company Directors the purchase of Manhattan by Peter Minuit.

November 6, 1626, Manahahtàanung was sold to Peter Minuit by the Lenape people for 400 years of devastation, disease, war, forced removal, oppression, murder, division, suicide… #oiloncanvas, 2025, 29x21”, 73x53cm. More on ALT. #manhattan #peterminuit #messageintree #bsky.art @bsky.art #lenape

On November 5, 1626, the island of Manahahtàanung “the place we’re gathering wood to make bows”, was sold to the Shuwankook. “The salty people” brought 400 years of devastation, disease, war, forced removal, oppression, murder, division, suicide, and generational trauma for the Lenape people.” From a proclamation by today’s Lenape leaders refuting the “Schagen Letter”, in which Pieter Schagen, a Dutch government official, announced to the West India Company Directors the purchase of Manhattan by Peter Minuit.

November 5, 1626, Manahahtàanung (the place we’re gathering wood to make bows) was sold to the Shuwankook (the salty people), bringing 400 years of devastation and war for the Lenape people. #manhattan #peterminuit #lenapehoking #bsky.art #oiloncanvas 2025, 29 x 21 inches, 73 x 53 cm. @bsky.art

Nieuw Amsterdam vs. contemporary New York City

#PeterMinuit arrived in what is now NYC #OnThisDay in 1626; he supposedly bought #Manhattan for 60 guilders, but Native Americans didn't have the same concept of property ownership so the Lenape he met almost certainly didn't understand the exchange as a sale...

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