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

Upcoming Events

The 2014 Rising Nation River Journey will take place August 1 to August 16th.

Check our Rising Nation Journey Page for updates!

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Join Chief Bob Red Hawk and Assistant Chief Shelley DePaul of the Lenape People for a Celebration of World Ocean Day

June 8th, 2013

10AM - Paddle and boat parade from Higbee Beach on the south jetty of Cape May Canal to Sunset Beach at the end of Sunset Blvd.
12 Noon - Lunch

1PM - Until 4M - Join us on Sunset Beach for a blessing of the ocean and celebration with speakers from area nature conservancies and waterways, Native dancing, drumming, and storytelling. Welcoming at 1PM by Mayor Michael Beck of Lower Township.

Bob and Shelley also invite area environmental groups, historical societies, scouts, and other concerned organizations and individuals to attend a gathering on Thursday June 6th at 1PM at Cape May Point State Park classroom to meet and discuss ways to partner as caretakers of area waterways and habitat.

Kayaks can be obtained from Bob Lubberman, Birding by Boat on the Osprey, 609-898-3500

Lenape Nation website: www.lenapenation.org.

Awakening the Dreamer Symposium
at Saint Mary By the Sea
May 17-19, 2013 Cape May, NJ
view brochure

Sacred Waters Honor Journey
June 8, 2012

Delaware River Sojourn - June 22-29 2013

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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)

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

Awakening the Dreamer Symposium at Saint Mary By the Sea May 17-19, 2013 Cape May, NJ view brochure

Awakening the Dreamer Symposium
at Saint Mary By the Sea
May 17-19, 2013 Cape May, NJ
view brochure