The Native Americans Who Built NYC

Ajouté : 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]The Lenape tribe, they were the original [music] inhabitants of the island of Manhattan. And the reason why we call [music] it Manhattan is because it was named Manahatta.

[00:00:11]Was the [music] original name of the land that we're standing. So, the iron workers were known >> [music] >> a good portion of them for being Native Americans [music] and uh otherwise known as skywalkers.

[00:00:28]And they built [music] a lot of the tall buildings that you see here in the city. So, the iron workers are from the Mohawk Nation. Other native nations in northern [music] New York state and Canada have all helped to build the famous [music] landmarks that you see here in the city.

[00:00:46]And this is something that spans six generations and essentially [music] it is a family business for some of them.