Native Americans in the Hudson River Valley

Bibliography and Online Resources

General Resources Online

The Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian is a diverse and multifaceted cultural and educational enterprise, the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is an active and visible component of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex: https://americanindian.si.edu/

Native Land Digital is a Canadian not-for-profit organization, incorporated in December 2018. Native Land Digital is Indigenous-led, with an Indigenous Executive Director and majority Indigenous Board of Directors who oversee and direct the organization. One of the resources they offer is a world map that allows users to locate themselves and identify "Who's Land Am I On?"  https://native-land.ca/

 

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Online Resources

•    Haudenosaunee Guide for Educators from the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian: https://americanindian.si.edu/sites/1/files/pdf/education/HaudenosauneeGuide.pdf
•    Haudenosaunee Confederacy: https://www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/
•    Native Land digital resources on Haudenosaunee: https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/mohawk/

 

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Bibliography

Bonaparte, Darren. Creation and Confederation: The Living History of the Iroquois. Mohawk Territory: The Wampum Chronicles, 2006.

Glatthaar, Joseph T. and James Kirby Martin. Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006.

Hauptman, Laurence M., Coming Full Circle: The Seneca Nation of Indians, 1848-1934. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 2019.

Hauptman, Laurence M., "Four Eastern New Yorkers and Seneca Lands: A Study in Treaty Making," The Hudson Valley Regional Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, March 1996

Hauptman, Laurence M., In the Shadow of Kinzua: The Seneca Nation of Indians since World War II. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. 2014.

Hauptman, Laurence M., Seven Generations of Iroquois Leadership: The Six Nations Since 1800. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. 2008.

Hauptman, Laurence M., "The Recognizable Ramapough: Chief Butch Redbone's Quest for Federal and State Acknowledgement," The Hudson River Valley Review,    Vol. 28, No. 2, Spring    2012

Nammack, Georgiana C., Fraud, Politics, and the Dispossession of the Indians, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 1969.

Rice, Brian. The Rotinonshonni: A Traditional Iroquoian History Through the Eyes of Teharonhia:Wako and Sawiskera. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. 2013.

Ruttenber, E. M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River: Their Origin, Manner and Customs, Tribal and Sub-Tribal Organizations, Wars, Treaties, Etc., Etc. Orignally Published 1872. Kennikat Press reprint. 1971.

Snow, Dean R., Gehring, Charles T., and Starna, William A., Editors. In Mohawk Country: Early Narratives about a Native People. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. 1996.

Trelease, William A. Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 1997.

Wonderley, Anthony, and Sempowski, Martha L. Origins of the Iroquois League: Narratives, Symbols, and Archaeology. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. 2019.

 

Mohican Online Resources

•   The Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians: https://www.mohican.com/

•    Brief History of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community: https://www.mohican.com/brief-history/

•    Hendrick Aupaumut's Letter to the New York State Legislature https://omeka.hrvh.org/exhibits/show/hendrick-aupaumut/introduction

 

Mohican Bibliography

Dunn, Shirley W. The Mohicans and their Land: 1609-1730. Fleischmanns: Purple Mountain Press. 1994.

Frazier, Patrick. The Mohicans of Stockbridge. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 1992.

Ruttenber, E. M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River: Their Origin, Manner and Customs, Tribal and Sub-Tribal Organizations, Wars, Treaties, Etc., Etc. Orignally Published 1872. Kennikat Press reprint. 1971.

Trelease, William A. Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 1997.

 

Munsee Lenape Online Resources

•   Native Land Digital resources on Munsee Lenape: https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/munsee-lenape/
•   Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians: https://www.mohican.com/
•   Ramapo Munsee Lenape Network: https://ramapomunsee.net/
•   The Written Record of the Voyage of 1524 of Giovanni da Verrazano as recorded in a letter to Francis I, King of France, July 8th, 1524: http://www.columbia.edu/~lmg21/ash3002y/earlyac99/documents/verrazan.htm
•   Multilingualism and Education in Wisconsin: https://www.teachlangwisconsin.com/mohegan/munsee/lenape
•   “Remembering Pavonia” - Dutch soldiers attack Native Americans across the Hudson River: https://www.publichistoryproject.org/remembering-pavonia/

 

Munsee Lenape Bibliography

Dunn, Shirley W. The Mohicans and their Land: 1609-1730. Fleischmanns: Purple Mountain     Press. 1994.

Grumet, Robert S. The Munsee Indians: A History. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 2009.

Hauptman, Laurence M. The Native Americans: A History of the First Residents of New Paltz and Environs. Poughkeepsie: Mid-Hudson Library System. 1997.

Lenik, Edward J. Indians in the Ramapos: Survival, Persistence and the Presence. Ringwood: The North Jersey Highlands Historical Society. 1999.

Ruttenber, E. M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River: Their Origin, Manner and Customs, Tribal and Sub-Tribal Organizations, Wars, Treaties, Etc., Etc. Orignally Published 1872. Kennikat Press reprint. 1971.

Trelease, William A. Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 1997.

 

Schaghticoke Online Resources

•    The official website of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation (STN), a Native American Eastern Woodland Tribe rooted on land in present day Kent, Connecticut (Quinnehtukqut): http://schaghticoke.com/
•    Schaghticoke First Nations, Inc.: https://www.schaghticoke.info/
•    Native Land digital resources on the Schaghticoke: https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/schaghticoke/

 

Schaghticoke Bibliography

King, David C. The Indians of the Berkshires and the Hudson River Valley. Troy: The Troy Book Makers. 2014.

Ruttenber, E. M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River: Their Origin, Manner and Customs, Tribal and Sub-Tribal Organizations, Wars, Treaties, Etc., Etc. Orignally Published 1872. Kennikat Press reprint. 1971.

Trelease, William A. Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 1997.

Wappinger Online Resources

•  Native Land digital resources on the Wappinger: https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wappinger-2/

•   Mount Gulian Historical Site and the Wappinger: https://mountgulian.org/history/the-wappinger-people/

•   Wappinger Sachem Daniel Nimham: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/daniel-nimham

 

Wappinger Bibliography

Ruttenber, E. M. History of the Indian Tribes of Hudson's River: Their Origin, Manner and Customs, Tribal and Sub-Tribal Organizations, Wars, Treaties, Etc., Etc. Orignally Published 1872. Kennikat Press reprint. 1971.

Trelease, William A. Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 1997.