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History of Long Island : ウィキペディア英語版 | History of Long Island
Long Island has had a long recorded history from the first European settlements in the 17th century to today. Much influenced by construction of railroads in the 19th century, it experienced growth in tourism as well as the development of towns and villages into some of the first modern suburbs in the United States. ==American Indian settlements== At the time of European contact, the Lenape people (named the ''Delaware'' by Europeans) inhabited the western end of the Island, and spoke the Munsee dialect of the Algonquian language family. Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European to record an encounter with these people when he entered what is now New York Bay in 1524. The eastern portion of the island was inhabited by speakers of the Mohegan-Montauk-Narragansett language group of the same language family, representing their ties to the aboriginal peoples inhabiting what is now Connecticut and Rhode Island. The area was central to the production of Wampum, providing the resources necessary for its creation. Decades after the decline in population of Native American on Long Island, amateur anthropologist Silas Wood published a book claiming that there had been several homogenous "tribes" traditional to Long Island; they erroneously became collectively known as the Metoac, a word that has no known Native American origin and means nothing in any indigenous language on Long Island. Modern scientific scholarship has shown that there were two linguistic groups representing two cultural identities on the island, as noted above, not "13 tribes" as asserted by Wood.〔Strong, John A. ''Algonquian Peoples of Long Island'' Heart of the Lakes Publishing (March 1997). ISBN 978-1-55787-148-0〕〔Bragdon, Kathleen. ''The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast''. Columbia University Press (January 15, 2002). ISBN 978-0-231-11452-3.〕 The Montaukett and Shinnecock nations, two Native American groups with ties to aboriginal inhabitants, still live on the island. A Native American name for Long Island is ''Paumanok'', meaning "The Island that Pays Tribute". More powerful tribes in the surrounding areas forced the relatively peaceful Long Islanders to give tributes and payment to avoid attacks.〔(Richmond Hill Historic Society ) Tributary tribes〕
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