Editing Manhattan (section)

=== Lenape settlement ===
Manhattan was historically part of the [[Lenapehoking]] territory inhabited by the [[Munsee]], [[Lenape]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Smithsonian |title=The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-native-new-yorkers-can-never-truly-reclaim-their-homeland-180970472/ |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=Smithsonian Magazine }}</ref> and [[Wappinger]] [[Native Americans in the United States|tribes]].<ref name="nb">[[Nathaniel Benchley|Benchley, Nathaniel]]. [http://www.americanheritage.com/24-swindle "The $24 Swindle"] ''[[American Heritage (magazine)|American Heritage]]'', 1959, Vol. 11, Issue 1. Accessed January 5, 2024.</ref> There were several Lenape settlements in the area including [[Sapohanikan]], [[Nechtanc]], and [[Konaande Kongh]], which were interconnected by a series of trails. The primary trail on the island, which would later become [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], ran from what is now [[Inwood, Manhattan|Inwood]] in the north to [[Battery Park]] in the south.<ref>[https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/NY-01-061-9060 Broadway], [[Society of Architectural Historians]]. Accessed November 30, 2023. "Predating the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, Broadway was initially a Native American trading trail running the length of Manhattan. Various indigenous peoples living on the island—including Lenni Lenape, Delaware Lenape, and Wickquasgeck—used the route, known as the Wickquasgeck Trail, to exchange goods with each other. Following Dutch settlement in 1609 and the establishment of Fort Amsterdam in lower Manhattan, the Wickquasgeck Trail's southern endpoint became a site for trading between the indigenous peoples and the European colonists."</ref> There were various sites for [[fishing]] and planting established by the Lenape throughout Manhattan.<ref name=":1" />

==== Toponymy ====
{{further|Etymology of Manhattan}}
The [[etymology]] of the name ''Manhattan'' is most likely, via [[loanword|loaning]] by [[Dutch language|Dutch]], from the [[Lenape]]'s local language [[Munsee language|Munsee]], ''manaháhtaan'' (where ''manah-'' means "gather", ''-aht-'' means "[[bow (archery)|bow]]", and ''-aan'' is used to form verb [[word stem|stems]]). The Lenape word has been translated as "the place where we get bows" or "place for gathering the (wood to make) bows". According to a Munsee tradition recorded by [[Albert Anthony|Albert Seqaqkind Anthony]] in the 19th century, the island was named for a grove of [[hickory tree]]s that was considered ideal for bowmaking. An alternate theory claims a "[[Delaware languages|Delaware]] source akin to Munsee ''munahan'' ("island")."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Goddard|first=Ives|author-link=Ives Goddard|date=2010|title=The Origin and Meaning of the Name "Manhattan"|url=http://repository.si.edu/xmlui/handle/10088/16790|journal=New York History|volume=91|issue=4|pages=277–293|hdl=10088/16790|issn=0146-437X|via=Smithsonian Research Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/Manhattan#etymonline_v_6797
 |title=Manhattan
 |website=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]
 |author=Douglas Harper
 |date=2023
 |access-date=December 30, 2024
}}</ref>