Stereotypes of indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States own tribal gaming operations/establishments and many tribal groups have issues related to tribal ancestry, such as not being able to obtain paychecks unless they can not prove their tribal membership roll. The "purchase" of Manhattan island from Indians is a cultural misunderstanding. In 1626 the director of the Dutch settlement, Peter Minuit, traded sixty guilders worth of goods with the Lenni Lenape, which they would have accepted as a gifts in exchange for allowing the settlers to occupy the land. Native Americans had no conception of private ownership of natural resources. The story told by John Smith of his rescue
Woody Island (Alaska) not appear on the 1990 or 2000 censuses. It last returned on the 2010 census as the ANVSA of Lesnoi, but reported 0 residents. Woody Island (Alaska) Woody Island is located in Chiniak Bay, east of Kodiak, Alaska. It was originally settled by the native Alutiiq people who called themselves Tangirnarmiut, "the people of Tangirnaq." They inhabited and used Woody Island for thousands of years. The Russians established an agricultural colony on Woody Island in 1792. It was officially designated Wood Island in 1894 by the US Post Office and was the primary coastal settlement for commerce and trade for