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The hamlet of Monsey derived its name from the Munsee branch of the Lenape Native Americans who populated the area before the arrival of Dutch and British colonists.

“Being able to rename these areas in our homelands is a great honor but also an opportunity to take back our history and to right a wrong,” said Heather Bruegl, the director of cultural affairs for the Stockbridge Munsee Community.

Brian Cruey, a regional director for the trustees, thanked the Stockbridge Munsee Community for “helping us set the record straight.”

Included is a welcome sign and land acknowledgment in the Lenape dialects of Unami and Munsee as well as English.

Plass is Menominee and Stockbridge/Munsee, and grew up on the Menominee Indian Reservation.