Manahahtáanung or Manhattan? Tribal representatives call for apology for Dutch settlement of New York

15/05/2024 16:48 The Guardian

As new exhibition opens in Amsterdam exploring the settlement of North America, original Manhattanites demand apologyRepresentatives for some of the Lenape people have called for an apology and reparations for the 17th-century Dutch “settling” of New Amsterdam, the place that is now New York.Precisely four centuries after the Dutch established a colony at the mouth of the Hudson River, some descendants of Indigenous Americans believe it is time for a fuller story of the wars on their people, slavery, exploitation and dispersal. Continue reading...

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