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Long Journey Home: Oral Histories of Contemporary Delaware Indians

Long Journey Home: Oral Histories of Contemporary Delaware Indians

Hardcover

Native American History

ISBN10: 0253349680
ISBN13: 9780253349682
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: Dec 1 2007
Pages: 448
Weight: 2.20
Height: 1.60 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

Through first-person accounts, Long Journey Home presents the stories of the Lenape, also known as the Delaware Tribe. These oral histories, which span the post-Civil War era to the present, are gathered into four sections and tell of personal and tribal events as they unfold over time and place. The history of the Lenape is one of forced displacement, from their original tribal home along the eastern seaboard into Pennsylvania, continuing with a series of displacements in Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, and the Indian Territory. For the group of Lenape interviewed for this book, home is now the area around Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The stories of their long journey have been handed down and remain part of the tribe's collective memory and bring an unforgettable immediacy to the tale of the Lenape. Above all they make clear that the history of seven generations remains very much alive.

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