For Native American Heritage Day 2023, this video tells the story of the Native artifacts found on the grounds of the White House and what we need to do to get them displayed publically.
https://youtu.be/oFEJ9SoR2eM
There were American Indians, the Anacostans, living on Capitol Hill before the city was built - we need to commemorate that part of our history! See also: http://onceasitwasdc.org
Friday, November 24, 2023
Thursday, November 16, 2023
New working link for "Manahatta to Manhattan"
Friend of the DCNHP, Tony Scialli, brought to my attention that the play "Manahatta" opened today in NYC. Perhaps more about that in the future, after Tony sees the play in December, but this note got me to look at the story I tell in Native History of Washington, DC:(p.120) (see text below).
When I checked the online link for the pdf of "Manahatta to Manhattan," I found it had been changed. The new working link is: ManahattaFINAL.indd (ospi.k12.wa.us)
Here's how the strange story is told in the book -
"In 2018, I came across a publication of the NMAI, which has a museum
in New York City as well as Washington. The article that I found online was
“Manahatta to Manhattan,” an excellent retelling of the Native American
people of the Lenape tribe who once lived in Manhattan. In a letter I
wrote to Kevin Grover on October 15, 2018, I cited that document on the
Manahatta and pointed out that it contrasts sharply with the absence of a
similar story about the Native tribe of Washington, DC.142 Oddly, when I
later went back to look for the Manahatta document, I found it was no longer
available on the website of the NMAI. It can still be viewed online from a
website in Washington State."
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