Category: Lenni Lenape

The Lenape people are Indigenous to the Delaware Valley, and unless you are descended from the Lenape or other Native American tribes, you are not Indigenous. From parts of New York and eastern Pennsylvania to New Jersey and the coast of Delaware, the Lenape lived in this region for thousands of years.

They were the first inhabitants of the lands now known as Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where many of the county parks, historic sites, nature centers and place names acknowledge the Lenape’s role as the original caretakers of this land through exhibits and signage.

To learn more about the Lenape and their culture, join Jennie Dancing Butterfly, cultural historian and member of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, Native Americans of the Northeastern Woodlands, as she discusses Lenape culture and language from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Schuylkill County Historical Society, 305 N. Centre St., Pottsville.

Jennie Dancing Butterfly is a Lenape woman who grew up in Berks County. Both of her parents were members of Turtle Island Chautauqua in Lancaster County and participated in the teachings of Doris Riverbird and Chief Carl White Eagle. She incorporates her parents’ knowledge with experience from her own life’s journey, while learning about her culture and heritage.

She will provide a display of her parents’ regalia, as well as her own, and will also talk about the Lenape language (Unami dialect) and being part of revitalization efforts. A certified instructor, she has been studying the language for four years. The program will be highlighted by traditional Lenape stories.

This event is free for historical society members and $5 for nonmembers.

In addition, the society is looking for volunteers to help in the gift shop, scan photos, set up displays, assist with events, record programs, and do whatever it takes to preserve…

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On September 13 and 14, the park will host the United Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow, its first intertribal gathering since 1972.

The Second United Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow returns to Prospect Park this weekend. Photo by Stephanie Stonefish Ryan via Prospect Park Alliance

by Brooklyn Paper

by Kirstyn Brendlen, Brooklyn Paper

A historic Lenape tradition is returning to Prospect Park this weekend after decades away.

On September 13 and 14, the park will host the United Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow, its first intertribal gathering since 1972 and the second-ever Lenape Pow Wow in New York City.

The weekend welcomes indigenous Lenape communities back to their ancestral homeland and celebrates Lenape culture and heritage with dancing and music, food, art, and artisan crafts.

“Reviving the Pow Wow tradition in Prospect Park provides the Lenape/Lunáapeew who were forced to relocate across the continent back to their ancestral homelands to reunite and celebrate, and offers Brooklynites of all backgrounds the chance to immerse themselves in the cultures of the original stewards of this land,” said Morgan Monaco, President of Prospect Park Alliance, in a statement.

The event will feature drummers, dancers, and art. Photo by Bob Levine via Prospect Park Alliance

The Lenape, also known as the Lunáapeew, are indigenous to New York City, and lived across the five boroughs — including in Brooklyn. Conflict with American settlers, war, and disease killed thousands, and the Lenape were eventually forced out of their homeland.

From 1916 to 1972, Prospect Park hosted regular intertribal Pow Wows, gatherings where Lenape/Lunáapeew gathered with neighboring tribes to socialize and celebrate. Now,…

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A Pow Wow will bring Indigenous culture and arts back to Prospect Park this weekend.

Photo courtesy of Stephanie Stonefish Ryan/Prospect Park Alliance

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A historic Lenape tradition is returning to Prospect Park this weekend after decades away. 

On Sept. 13 and 14, the park will host the United Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow, its first intertribal gathering since 1972 and the second-ever Lenape Pow Wow in New York City. 

The weekend welcomes indigenous Lenape communities back to their ancestral homeland and celebrates Lenape culture and heritage with dancing and music, food, art and artisan crafts. 

“Reviving the Pow Wow tradition in Prospect Park provides the Lenape/Lunáapeew who were forced to relocate across the continent back to their ancestral homelands to reunite and celebrate, and offers Brooklynites of all backgrounds the chance to immerse themselves in the cultures of the original stewards of this land,” said Morgan Monaco, President of Prospect Park Alliance, in a statement. 

The event will feature drummers, dancers, and art. Photo courtesy of Bob Levine/Prospect Park Alliance

The Lenape, also known as the Lunáapeew, are indigenous to New York City, and lived across the five boroughs — including in Brooklyn. Conflict with American settlers, war, and disease killed thousands, and the Lenape were eventually forced out of their homeland. 

From 1916 to 1972, Prospect Park hosted regular intertribal Pow Wows, gatherings where Lenape/Lunáapeew gathered with neighboring tribes to socialize and celebrate. Now, the Prospect Park Alliance is working with the Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective and the…

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One of the furthest corners of the far Northeast holds some of the oldest historical sites in Philadelphia. The former Byberry and Moreland Townships were a longtime home of a significant Lenape population, the location of Byberry Friends Meeting, one of the oldest Quaker meetings in Philadelphia, as well as an important abolitionist site and an early Black burial ground.

Now, a project coordinated by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia aims to knit these sites together under a unified theme, the Poquessing Trail of History, named after the creek that forms a boundary between Philadelphia and Bucks County. “Assets that have been protected and stewarded are finally getting some attention,” said project coordinator Aislinn Pentecost-Farren.

Detail of a map in Thomas Companius Holm’s Short Description of New Sweden, published in 1702 and based in part on Peter Lindestrom’s journal of his 1654-1655 survey of the region. “Poanpissing” (Poquessing) Creek is at mid-left, on the right bank of the Delaware River. The map is oriented with north on the bottom; the Poquessing Creek, shown on the right side of the river in this map, is on the west side. | Image and text courtesy of Poquessing Trail of History

“People in this area are used to being overlooked in the historical narrative,” noted project director Jack McCarthy. “In general, the Northeast hasn’t gotten a lot of attention, so it’s fun to bring it to life.”

The project connects a number of stakeholders in the Byberry neighborhood: historic preservation groups, a religious congregation, a state park, a city park, and a Native American tribe. “Everybody was enthusiastic and supportive. Everyone saw the value of working collectively,” recalled McCarthy. “There were a few logistical challenges, like working at a distance with the Delaware Band,…

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Saturday, Sep. 6

Soccer Coaches Association of NJ Back 2 School Kickoff

South Brunswick 3, Lacey 1 – Box Score

Harrison 3, Robbinsville 0 – Box Score

Regular Season

BIG NORTH

Teaneck 7, Passaic Charter 0 – Box Score

Glen Ridge 4, Paramus 2 – Box Score

Bergen Catholic 1, Old Bridge 0 – Box Score

River Dell 2, Pascack Valley 0 – Box Score

St. Joseph (Met.) 2, Passaic Tech 0 – Box Score

Wayne Hills 1, Montville 0 – Box Score

Fair Lawn 4, Wyoming Valley West (PA) 2 – Box Score

Don Bosco Prep 1, Hough (NC) 1 – Box Score

COLONIAL

Clayton 5, Gloucester 1 – Box Score

Moorestown 1, Haddonfield 0 – Box Score

CVC

Princeton 1, Lenape 0 – Box Score

Steinert 2, Nottingham 1 – Box Score

Allentown 2, Trenton 1 – Box Score

Howell 3, West Windsor-Plainsboro North 2 – Box Score

Freehold Borough 1, West Windsor-Plainsboro South 0 – Box Score

Lawrence 4, Hightstown 1 – Box Score

St. Anthony’s (Melville, NY) 3, Hopewell Valley 1 – Box Score

GMC

Colonia 1, Sayreville 0 – Box Score

J.P. Stevens 3, Edison 2 – Box Score

Piscataway 3, Perth Amboy 2 – Box Score

North Brunswick 2, East Brunswick 0 – Box Score

Iselin Kennedy 2, Timothy Christian 1 – Box Score

West Orange 6, South Plainfield 0 – Box Score

St. Thomas Aquinas 2, Woodbridge 0 – Box Score

Monroe 1, Christian Brothers 0 – Box Score

Bergen Catholic 1, Old Bridge 0 – Box Score

St. Joseph (Met.) 2, Passaic Tech 0 – Box Score

HCIAL

Scotch Plains-Fanwood 3, Union City…

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Lenape vs Cherokee (New Jersey) High School Football Game Preview, Main Roster and Record – 9/4/2025 – Automotive Design icon.classList.add(‘activated’)); } })(); ]]> { const lazyloadBackgrounds = document.querySelectorAll( `.e-con.e-parent:not(.e-lazyloaded)` ); const lazyloadBackgroundObserver = new IntersectionObserver( ( entries ) => { entries.forEach( ( entry ) => { if ( entry.isIntersecting ) { let lazyloadBackground = entry.target; if( lazyloadBackground ) { lazyloadBackground.classList.add( ‘e-lazyloaded’ ); } lazyloadBackgroundObserver.unobserve( entry.target ); } }); }, { rootMargin: ‘200px 0px 200px 0px’ } ); lazyloadBackgrounds.forEach( ( lazyloadBackground ) => { lazyloadBackgroundObserver.observe( lazyloadBackground ); } ); }; const events = [ ‘DOMContentLoaded’, ‘elementor/lazyload/observe’, ]; events.forEach( ( event ) => { document.addEventListener( event, lazyloadRunObserver ); } ); ]]>

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Jakob Velasco scored a pair of goals with one assists for Lenape Valley in its 4-0 shutout against Hopatcong in its season opener in Stanhope.

Oliver Boguski and Jacob Segura combined to stop five shots on goal for Lenape valley (1-0) for its first shutout of the season.

Veasco scored first in the first half after collecting a pass from Kevin McGroaty. Johan Zizajkovski found the back of the net later in the first after relieving a pass from Velasco.

Velasco and Jacob Rodriguez each scored unassisted goals in the second half to extend the Lenape Valley lead to 4-0.

Yulian Rengifo made 17 saves for Hopatcong (0-1).

Anthony Gabbianelli can be reached at agabbianelli@njadvancemedia.com.

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Wednesday, Sep. 3

BCSL

Rancocas Valley 1, Cinnaminson 0 – Box Score

Westampton Tech 4, Moorestown Friends 1 – Box Score

Freehold Borough 3, Burlington Township 2 – Box Score

CAPE-ATLANTIC

Mainland 6, Millville 0 – Box Score

St. Augustine 2, Egg Harbor 0 – Box Score

COLONIAL

Haddonfield 2, Kingsway 2 – Box Score

West Deptford 3, Camden Tech 0 – Box Score

Sterling 3, Highland 1 – Box Score

CVC

Hopewell Valley 3, Hun 0 – Box Score

GMC

South River 4, Carteret 1 – Box Score

South Plainfield 3, Metuchen 1 – Box Score

Somerset Tech 4, Edison Magnet 2 – Box Score

Calvary Christian (Old Bridge) 1, Woodbridge Magnet 0 – Box Score

Middlesex 1, Iselin Kennedy 0 – Box Score

Piscataway Magnet 3, Dunellen 2 – Box Score

East Brunswick Magnet 7, Perth Amboy Magnet 3 – Box Score

Highland Park 6, Timothy Christian 0 – Box Score

HCIAL

Midland Park 4, McNair 0 – Box Score

NJIC

Park Ridge 6, Palisades Park 1 – Box Score

Paterson Charter 5, Bogota 1 – Box Score

Elmwood Park 1, Waldwick 0 – Box Score

Wallington 10, Wood-Ridge 1 – Box Score

New Milford 2, Weehawken 1 – Box Score

Becton 4, Saddle River Day 0 – Box Score

Garfield 2, Rutherford 1 – Box Score

Secaucus 3, Eastern Christian 2 – Box Score

Dwight-Englewood 2, Leonia 1 – Box Score

Hasbrouck Heights 3, Butler 1 – Box Score

North Arlington 3, Manchester Regional 2 – Box Score

Harrison 7, Hawthorne 0 – Box Score

Emerson Boro 3, Saddle Brook 0 – Box Score

Cresskill 3,…

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Why Should Delaware Care? 
While the Sussex County-based Nanticoke Indian Tribe faced fundraising setbacks this past month, the Tribe has bounced back and appears to be flourishing ahead of its annual powwow and new cultural center renovations. This momentum for the Delaware tribe stands out amid federal funding cuts for tribal organizations. 

Preparations for the upcoming Nanticoke Indian Tribe powwow – an annual event celebrating the tribe’s culture and traditions that draws more than 10,000 attendees – were not all smooth sailing for the tribe. Just three weeks out from the event, scheduled for Sept. 6 and 7, the Sussex County-based tribe was facing a $30,000 funding shortage. 

Within 10 days of launching a GoFundMe campaign to close that gap, however, more than 130 community members came together to donate the additional money the group needed to fully carry out the annual event. 

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Now, between the flurry of community financial support and the tribe breaking ground on a new community center last week, Nanticoke Assistant Chief Farrah Norwood-Stigall said members of the tribe are feeling the forward momentum heading into their 47th annual powwow. 

“We’re totally excited,” Norwood-Stigall said. “I like to say the powwow is pretty much a living classroom for people.” 

The clothing can help differentiate different Native American tribes. | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY MARTHA CANSECO

Nanticoke powwow history

Slated to be held at Hudson Fields in Milton on Sept. 6-7, the two-day powwow will feature dancing, drum circles, church services, and an all-around effort to educate people about Native American culture, Norwood-Stigall said.

The Nanticoke tribe has its roots…

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