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This online lesson provides Native perspectives, images, documents, and other sources to help students and teachers understand how the 17th century fur trade brought together two cultures, one Native and the other Dutch, with different values and ideas about exchange. Examine these differences to determine whether the exchange that took place on Manhattan in 1626 was really a land sale or not.

Subjects or Themes

Native American/US History

Project Language(s)

English

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Geographic Location

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Content Type

Multimedia Teacher and Student Resources

Target Audience(s)

Creators

The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian

Year(s)

2021

Host Institution / Affiliation / Project Location

National Museum of the American Indian