Learn more about the HISTORY OF LENAPE PEOPLES IN THIS REGION IN A
CONVERSATION WITH NANTICOKE-LENAPE TRIBAL HISTORIANS, including Cara
Blume, whose research was the foundation for federal recognition
claims by DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY LENAPE TRIBES, Curtis Zunigha from
the Delaware Tribe of Indians and the Reverend John Norwood, first
principal justice of the Tribal Supreme Court. Along with local tribal
HISTORY, the Historical Society will also join to discuss its Native
American collections and important archival questions about erasure
and self-representation.
This event is part of the Free Library’s One Book, One Philadelphia
[https://libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/onebook/obop20/] program.
Events inspired by Tommy Orange’s novel There Therewill take place
citywide from January 22 through March 18, 2020.
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SPEAKER'S BIOS:
CARA LEE BLUME (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape) holds a Ph. D. in anthropology
from the Catholic University of America. During her 35-year career
with the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation, she has served as
cultural heritage program manager as well as archaeologist and
historic preservation specialist. Her research has focused on the
history of the Lenape and Nanticoke tribal communities in Delaware
since contact with Europeans; use of the U.S. Census to identify
native communities in Delaware; and segregation and the preservation
of tribal identity in Delaware. Her research also served as the
foundation for federal recognition claims by Delaware and New Jersey
Lenape tribes.
PASTOR JOHN NORWOOD is a Nanticoke Lenni-LENAPE TRIBAL JUDGE, served
as a Tribal Councilman for fifteen years, and is the founding Pastor
of Ujima Village Christian Church, a non-denominational congregation
in Ewing, New Jersey. He serves as government liaison for the
Confederation of Sovereign Nanticoke-LENAPE TRIBES, a union of the
three interrelated tribal nations of Nanticoke and LENAPE PEOPLE
REMAINING IN THE AREA OF THE DELAWARE BAY, and as a tribal delegate to
the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). Author of _We are
Still Here_, Pastor Norwood is devoted to promoting awareness of his
tribal history as well as present issues.
CURTIS ZUNIGHA, an enrolled member in the Delaware Tribe of Indians in
Oklahoma, is director of Cultural Resources at the tribe and has
served for over 30 years in many capacities of culture and community,
including as Chief of the Delaware Tribe of Indians from 1994 to 1998.
He is a co-founder and co-director of the Lenape Center, a nonprofit
corporation based in New York City which promotes the history and
culture of the Lenape people (a.k.a. Delaware Indians) through the
arts, humanities, and social identity. As a tradition-bearer of the
Lenape culture he has proficiency in language, history, customs,
singing and leading Lenape social dances.
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