Native Americans and the Hudson River Valley Prehistory

Archaeological evidence has indicates the Hudson Valley was inhabited for nearly 7,000 years before the Dutch began to settle here. These native peoples - generally known as the Mahicans, after the Native American name for the Hudson: Mahicanituk, and the Lenape or Delaware - have left their own history and legacies throughout the valley that was their home. Our knowledge of their culture grows with each field-season, as archaeologists, anthropologists, and tribal associations around the Valley systematically recover additional information about their material culture, subsistence, and habitation patterns.

Lesson plans on Native Americans in the Hudson River Valley will survey the various indigenous residents of the Valley throughout the eras, and will also serve as an introduction to recent archaeology in the Valley.

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