Inwood, Manhattan Inwood, Manhattan Inwood is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, at the northern tip of Manhattan Island, in the U.S. state of New York. On May 24, 1626, according to legend, Peter Minuit, the director general of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, bought the island from the Lenape Indians for 60 Dutch guilders and, the story goes, some trinkets. On the southern tip of the island Minuit founded New Amsterdam. A plaque (on a rock) marking what is believed to be the spot of the sale is in Inwood Hill Park, the only natural forest
Native American peoples of Oregon boarding schools, which were meant to assimilate the children to white settler culture which could be brought back to their home communities. In 1850, Anson Dart was appointed the Superintendent for Indian Affairs in the Oregon Territory. In order to pursue the interests of the United States, Dart worked to craft the Anson Dart Treaties. These treaties promised reservation land, school, medical care, and safety from settler aggression. In return, the United States would absorb a vast amount of land. In particular, Congress was interested in removing native peoples from the fertile land in the Willamette Valley. Congress eventually rejected