Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in
Pennsylvania tells the story of the Lenape people who remained
in Pennsylvania in secret after many were driven west in the
beginning of the 19th century. Children of the little known
Lenape-European marriages of the 1700s stayed on the Lenape
homelands and continued to practice their traditions covertly.
Hiding their heritage, they avoided discovery by both the
government and their neighbors for more than two hundred years.
More info at www.oneifbylandbuckscounty.com Like nearly half of
all Native American groups in the United States, the Lenape
Nation of Pennsylvania is not recognized by the federal or state
authorities. Today, some groups of Lenape people in Wisconsin
and Oklahoma do have federal or state recognition, as their
histories were well-documented when hostile conditions in 18th
century Pennsylvania pushed them westward. Though the members of
the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania have recently reevaluated
their decision to remain silent abo