Question

Describe the relationship that existed between the Dutch and Indigenous people living in North America.

Answer 1

In 1626, the Dutch West India Company sent Peter Minuit (MIN yu-what) to New Netherland as the colony's governor. Wanting peaceful relations with the Indians, the company told Minuit that any native peoples on Manhattan Island “must not be expelled with violence or threats but be persuaded with kind words . . . or should be given something.”Following orders, Minuit offered the island's Indians iron pots, beads, and blankets worth about $24 in exchange for their land. The American Indians didn't believe that anyone could own land. Laughing at the foolishness of the white men, they made the trade.

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Answer 2

Well, I don't know much, but what I can say is that

Unlike the Spanish and English, the French and Dutch fostered good relationships with Native Americans. The French in particular created alliances with the Hurons and Algonquians. Both the Dutch and the French relied on marriages with Native Americans to expand their fur trading operations.