The New Amsterdam History Center invites you to a presentation

by  MAEVE KANE

Associate Prof. of History at the State University of New York at Albany

on

Munsee Lenape Sovereignty and Survival from the 17th Century to the Present

6 PM to 7:30 PM

Wednesday November 5, 2025

Maeve’s talk will provide an overview of Munsee Lenape culture and history in the seventeenth century, early encounters with the Dutch, and the long history of Munsee sovereignty and survivance in the present. Encounters between Munsee Lenape and Dutch settlers in the early Hudson Valley and Manhattan region often centered on clothing: understanding one another's culture and diplomatic overtures through what was worn and what was exchanged. The exchange of clothing in the seventeenth century became a pathway for disease to enter Indigenous homes, and clothing became a site of conflict over gendered labor, religious conversion, and land use.  Munsee, Mahican, and other Indigenous women were especially important to how their communities managed the pressures of colonialism through their purchases, caretaking, and labor.

This event will be held on Zoom