Henry Hudson and the Algonquins of New York Native American Prophecy & European Discovery, 1609

As New York observes the 400-year anniversary of Henry Hudson's 1609 discovery of Manhattan Island, Algonquin historian Evan T. Pritchard (Native New Yorkers) chronicles the event from the perspective of the people who met Hudson's boat, finally giving the Natives their voice in this recounting of a watershed moment in American history. Using all available sources (including oral history passed down to today's Algonquins) Pritchard tells the story from various perspectives . . . that of Hudson's "body guard, scribe, and personal Judas, Robert Juet," that of Hudson himself, and that of the Eastern Algonquins who greeted Hudson as the fulfilment of ancient prophecies. Evan Pritchard is the author of Native New Yorkers, No Word for Time, and Native American Stories of the Sacred, the director of the Center for Algonquin Culture in Pine Hill, NY, adjunct professor of Native American Studies at Pace University and Vassar College. Of both European and Micmac Algonquin ancestry, he has worked with elder William Commanda for many years to learn and record Algonquin lore and traditional culture.

Evan T. Pritchard is a descendant of the Micmac people (part of the Algonquin nations) is the founder of the Center for Algonquin Culture. He is currently professor of Native American history at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he also teaches ethics and philosophy. He is the author of Native New Yorker: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York and No Word for Time: The Way of the Algonquin People, among others.