Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Recorded May 23, 2024

English settlers in early New York were always learning, whether they liked it or not. This education about their surroundings took many forms, but often the lessons came from Indigenous delegates who explained how they lived on the land, organized their societies, and interacted with the physical and spiritual world. Understanding what settlers learned -- or refused to learn -- in early New York can help illuminate ways in which Indigenous activists today can educate Americans about how to follow new paths towards a more just, equitable, and sustainable future.

Join Jeffers Lennox is the 2023-24 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at the New-York Historical Society.

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