The Lenape People in the Hudson Valley

“The Lenape People in the Hudson Valley” (Saturday, Nov. 15, 1 p.m., at Mount Gulian Historic Site, Beacon): For more than 12,000 years, the ancestors of the Lenape culture lived and thrived in Lenapehoking, the land of the Lenape, which included the Hudson Valley. Local tribes such as the Wappinger, Esopus and Tappan encountered Henry Hudson along the Mahicannituck in 1609. The Mount Gulian property was identified as the site of temporary Lenape encampments, and was also the site of the Rombout Patent of 1683, which was the selling of much of Dutchess County by the Lenape to colonial settlers. Interaction with the Europeans forced the Lenape to develop survival strategies, resulting in a group leaving the area to live elsewhere. This talk, given by Harv Hilowitz, a Contributing Scholar for the Maritime Museum in Kingston, will focus on Lenape life-ways before the Contact Period and delve into the Lenape diaspora, and the current renaissance and return to the area. To purchase tickets, call (845) 831-8172 or email info@mountgulian.org. Payment may be made the day of the event.