Lenape French and Indian War (a part of the Seven Years' War in Europe). The Lenape's quick adoption of trade goods, and their need to trap furs to meet high European demand, resulted in their disastrous over-harvesting of the beaver population in the lower Hudson Valley. With the fur sources exhausted, the Dutch shifted their operations to present-day upstate New York. The Lenape who produced wampum in the vicinity of Manhattan Island temporarily forestalled the negative effects of the decline in trade. Lenape population fell sharply during this period, due to high fatalities from epidemics of infectious diseases carried by Europeans,
Woody Island (Alaska) except for a wilderness area belonging to Alaska State Parks. The island is designated as the Lesnoi Alaska Native Village Statistical Area. Woody Island (or Lesnoi) first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the unincorporated village of "Lesnova." Of 157 residents, 99 were Inuit, 56 were Creole (Mixed Russian and Native) and 2 were White. It did not appear on the 1890 census. It returned in 1900 as "Wood Island Settlement." In 1910-40, it returned as "Wood Island." In 1950-80, it returned as Woody Island. It was designated an Alaskan Native Village Statistical Area (ANVSA) in 1980. It did