• #432 The Lenape Nation: Past, Present and Future

  • May 24 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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#432 The Lenape Nation: Past, Present and Future

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  • Consider the following show an acknowledgment – of people. For the foundations of 400 years of New York City history were built upon the homeland of the Lenni-Lenape, the tribal stewards of a vast natural area stretching from eastern Pennsylvania to western Long Island.

    The Lenape were among the first in northeast North America to be displaced by white colonists -- the Dutch and the English. By the late 18th century, their way of life had practically vanished upon the island which would be known by some distorted vestige of a name they themselves may have given it – Manahatta, Manahahtáanung or Manhattan.

    But the Lenape did not disappear. Through generations of great hardship, they have persevered.

    In today’s show, we’ll be joined by two guests who are working to keep Lenape culture and language alive throughout the United States, including here on the streets of New York

    -- Joe Baker, enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and a co-founder of the Lenape Center, an organization creating and presenting Lenape art, exhibitions and education in New York.

    -- Ross Perlin, linguist and author of Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
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