Helpful Links
Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania Website This website chronicles the Lenape Nation history, the Lenape Museum, and the activities they are planning for 2014, including the Treaty of Renewed Friendship. www.lenape-nation.org/1st-project |
Penn Treaty Museum Website
This website includes the history of William Penn, Pennsylvania, and the Leni Lenape people, including their homeland, population, language, and history. www.penntreatymuseum.org/americans.php |
Official Website of the Delaware Tribe of Indians
This section provides tribal members access to the tribe’s major administrative documents, including the tribal constitution, trust bylaws, and memorandum of agreement between the Delaware Tribe and Cherokee Nation following the reinstatement of federal recognition. It also includes results of recent tribal elections.
(Delaware tribe currently living in Oklahoma and Kansas. Includes information on their government and current events)
This section provides tribal members access to the tribe’s major administrative documents, including the tribal constitution, trust bylaws, and memorandum of agreement between the Delaware Tribe and Cherokee Nation following the reinstatement of federal recognition. It also includes results of recent tribal elections.
(Delaware tribe currently living in Oklahoma and Kansas. Includes information on their government and current events)
Recommended Reading
• Pritchard, E. T. (2005). Native American stories of the sacred: retold and annotated. Woodstock, Vt.: SkyLight Paths Pub.. - This volume includes teaching tales from Native Americans that highlight the sacredness of all life and reflect the belief that we each are a part of the whole.
www.amazon.com/Native-American-Stories-Sacred-Illuminations/dp/1594731128
• Schutt, A. C. (2007). Peoples of the river valleys: the odyssey of the Delaware Indians. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. - A history of the Delaware peoples focusing on the period 1609 to 1783 examining important themes in Native American history.
www.amazon.com/Peoples-River-Valleys-Delaware-American/dp/0812220242
• Treuer, A. (2012). Everything you wanted to know about Indians but were afraid to ask. Saint Paul, MN: Borealis Books. - Questions and answers from an Ojibwe author about Native American history and what Native people are doing today.
www.amazon.com/Everything-Wanted-About-Indians-Afraid/dp/0873518616
• Wilson, J. (1998). The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America. New York, NY: First Grove Press Edition. -A history of the Native American’s struggle for survival against the tide of invading peoples of various cultures.
www.amazon.com/Earth-Shall-Weep-History-America/dp/080213680X
• Williams, L. F., Wierzbowski, W. S., & Preucel, R. W. (2005). Native American Voices on identity, art, and culture: objects of everlasting esteem. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. - The volume contains pictures of objects found in Penn Museum’s collection along with reflections, stories, and poetry about the objects from present day Native Americans
www.amazon.com/Native-American-Voices-Identity-Culture/dp/1931707804
Harrington, M. R. (1963). The Indians of New Jersey: Dickon among the Lenapes. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. - Story of the Lenape Indians presented by Dr. Harrington, who describes their culture, crafts, and language as no other book has done.
www.amazon.com/Indians-New-Jersey-Dickon-Lenapes/dp/0813504252