How knickerbockers became NYC’s name for the Knicks—traced from Washington Irving’s 1809 satire to the Lenape homeland of New Amsterdam. Verified history.
Tag: Lenape Manhattan history
Flashback: A Tour of 1940s New York City
Discover the Indigenous history beneath 1940s NYC landmarks—Lenape homelands, Mohawk skywalkers of the Empire State Building, and Haudenosaunee lands of the Erie Canal.