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"Indian Peter" dressed as a Delaware Indian Peter Williamson (1730 – 19 January 1799), also known as " Indian Peter ", was a Scottish memoirist who was part-showman, part-entrepreneur and inventor. Born in a croft in Aberdeenshire, he was forcibly taken to North America at an early age, but succeeded in returning to Scotland where he ...
The Council of Lenape Elders works to sustain traditional dances, culture, and the tribal language, and works with the Delaware Gourd Society. The tribe maintains a Delaware Center, on an 80-acre (320,000 m 2) parcel of land in Bartlesville. [5] Delaware artists are known for their wood carving and ribbon work skills.
The Walam Olum, Walum Olum or Wallam Olum, usually translated as "Red Record" or "Red Score", is purportedly a historical narrative of the Lenape (Delaware) Native American tribe. The document has provoked controversy as to its authenticity since its publication in the 1830s by botanist and antiquarian Constantine Samuel Rafinesque .
The Enduring South: Subcultural Persistence in Mass Society (1986) (ISBN 0-8078-4162-5) Reed, John Shelton. My Tears Spoiled My Aim: And Other Reflections on Southern Culture (1993) (ISBN 0-8262-0886-X) Reed, John Shelton and Dale Volberg Reed, 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the South (1996) Smith, Jon.
The power of the Gospel: Zeisberger preaching to the Indians by Christian Schussele (1862). The Christian Munsee are a group of Lenape (also known as Delaware), an Indigenous people in the United States, that primarily speak Munsee and have converted to Christianity, following the teachings of Moravian missionaries.
[3] [4] [5] They eventually reestablished their Christian Indian community in what is today southern Ontario. [6] At first temporarily settling near present-day Amherstburg, Ontario , in 1792, Zeisberger obtained permission from the British colonial authorities for the community to inhabit a site on the Thames River , near where it is located ...
A lot has changed in 95 years since the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade first debuted. We're taking a look back at the tradition's humble beginnings.
Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, New York, advocated for an American Indian Day in the 1910s and persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to take a day to commemorate the Native American culture in 1912. [1] It was recognized annually for three years.