Lenape Nation - A Tribal Community

""""For over 10,000 years the area now known as Pennsylvania has been the homelands of the Lenape tribe. The early recorded history of Pennsylvania is deeply rooted in the relationship between the Lenapes and the Europeans who settled here. There has been a rich exchange in culture, as well as early and continuing conflicts between those ways of life. As with all triumphs and tragedies, it continues to require thoughtful reflection. The Lenape people have survived displacement and upheaval. The very fact that they are still here is significant.

Today the Lenape Nation is active in the revival of tradition and community. For decades the Lenapes have been teaching in the public and private school systems and continue today to offer a very unique and insightful view on the culture and history of Pennsylvania, to all age groups. The Lenape Nation encourages partnerships among people and organizations in the Commonwealth, in order to foster cultural, historical and environmental education and preservation, and in many cases, a "re-education." Today the Lenape Nations enjoys a formal partnership with over 17 organizations who are committed supporters of the tribe.

We are in a time of renewal, and a time of great change. Our ancestors left many teachings for us to learn by and to share with others. Those teachings often focus on respect and commonality among all living things. It is often said that we cannot know our future if we do not know our history. The history ,and story, of our people is a long and winding story that continues into the present day. """"

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The Lenape nation Cultural Center in Easton will be closed tomorrow, January 21, because of inclement weather.

If you have verifiable Lenape Ancestry and would like to enroll in the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania you can download our enrollment form here.

Visit the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania
Cultural Center
Open Saturdays 11AM - 3PM
Corner of 2nd and Northampton Streets, Easton, PA

View photos of the opening day of the exhibit

Shown at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology from September 13, 2008 - July 11, 2010, NOW MOVED TO THE LENAPE NATION OF PA CULTURAL CENTER, 2ND AND NORTHAMPTON STREETS, EASTON, PA

Free Admission with optional Donation.

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WHEREAS, The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania are the indigenous peoples and caretakers of this Land, and

WHEREAS, the Tribal Council of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania acting on behalf of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, and

WHEREAS, The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania recognizes the effort and international recognition that the United Nations General Assembly has shown by its adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 13 September 2007, believing that the principles and the Articles of the Declaration are also embraced by the members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania affirms its inherent right of self-determination, therefore be it

RESOLVED that the Council of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania hereby recognizes and affirms the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted by the United Nations Council on September 13, 2007 as a minimum expression of the indigenous right of the members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania.

CERTIFICATION
Passed and approved by the Council of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania on the 15th day of June, 2011 at the Tribal Office and Headquarters in Easton Pennsylvania by a unanimous vote of it members.

Our Core Group from left to right: Richard McNutt, Sherri Labar, Louise Wilkins, Jane Simon, Dave Simon, Shelley DePaul, Todd Malora

Visit our "Treaty Signing" page for an updated list of 2010 Treaty Signers (updated August 22, 2010)