Before Colonization

This online mapping tool was created by Native Land Digital (NLD). NLD is an Indigenous-led non-profit that provides a digital map of Indigenous territories, languages, and treaties globally. Search for your address to learn the names of the tribe(s) that were the original inhabitants of your woods. Map data provided by Native Land Digital. Used with permission for educational and non-commercial purposes.

This mapping tool illuminates the ecology of New York City before it became the urban jungle of today. The Welikia Project is maintained by the Urban Conservation Team at the New York Botanical Garden.

This collection of illustrations and photographs of New York City covers the story of the region from before the last ice age through the onset of New Amsterdam.