On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren

On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their GrandchildrenThe Lenape tribe, also known as the Delaware Nation, lived for centuries on the land that English colonists later called New Jersey. But once America gained its independence, they were forced to move further west: to Indiana, then Missouri, and finally to the territory that became Oklahoma. These reluctant migrants were not able to carry much from their ancestral homeland, but they managed to preserve the stories that had been passed down for

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He expressed the belief that ceremony has the power to unify and to heal for people of all backgrounds

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author of The Line Becomes a River

and art from illustrator Nicole Neidhardt

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The White Earth Nation of Anishinaabeg Natives ratified a new constitution in 2009