THE QUEENS NEW YORKER EPISODE 271: LONG ISLAND PART 2

Following the European colonization of the Americas, including Long Island, the Algonquian peoples found themselves increasingly marginalized, their ancient hunting grounds cleared for agriculture, and their economic systems integrated into the European market, particularly through their labor and the dwindling fur and wampum trades. By the 18th century, most native lands had been seized, leaving only small parcels, and many Indigenous people were relegated to roles as domestics, laborers, guides, and seamen.[1 PICTURE: By P.F. Collier & Son - Map of New York City in The New Encyclopedic Atlas and Gazetteer of the World. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1917, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5040320