Join the New Amsterdam History Center and Friends of Olmsted-Beil House for a presentation that traces the early days of Staten Island. We will examine the famous Indian Deeds, the 1625 arrival of the Animal Fleet, the Peach War, and the transformation of Staten Island as a European style pastoral farming community. This online presentation will be illustrated with documents, maps, and 3D models.
Thursday, February 20, 2025
6:30 to 8:00 PM
This is a virtual presentation-RSVP Link TBA.
Toya Dubin helped to launch the NAHC’s Mapping Early New York, a detailed encyclopedia of Dutch Colonial History linked to 3D models and maps of the Castello Plan, the earliest map of New Amsterdam. Ms. Dubin is President of Hudson Archival, responsible for the digitization of the Dutch Documents collection at the New York State Archives. She lives in the Hudson Valley surrounded by Dutch history.
Drew Shuptar-Rayvis (Pekatawas MakataWai’U “Black Corn”) holds a cum laude Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Sociology from Western Connecticut State University and a Certificate Degree in Archaeology from Norwalk Community College. He was the first garden manager of Western Connecticut State University’s Permaculture Garden, and practices Native horticulture. Elected by his Paramount Chief Norris Howard Senior and council member Norris Howard Junior as Cultural
Ambassador of the Pocomoke Indian Nation of Maryland, he is the Algonkian Historical Consultant for the New Amsterdam History Center and his work for the Maryland State Archives involved collecting oral histories for the MAYIS project.
Major Funding for the Mapping Early New York Project is provided by:
Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation
The Society of Daughters of Holland Dames
The First Families of New York
Ken Chase
The Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
The supporters of the New Amsterdam History Center
Funding for Friends of Olmsted-Beil House is provided by:
