On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren Townsend Camilla
On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren Townsend Camilla The Lenape tribe, also known as the Delaware Nation, lived for centuries on the land that English colonists later…
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On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren Townsend Camilla
The Lenape tribe, also known as the Delaware Nation, lived for centuries on the land that English colonists later called New Jersey. These reluctant migrants were not able to carry much from their ancestral homeland, but they managed to preserve the myths and fables that had been passed down for generations.On the Turtle's Back is the first collection of Lenape folklore, originally compiled by anthropologist M. R. 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.
In it, the Delaware share their cherished tales about the world's creation, epic heroes, and ordinary human foibles. Harrington over a century ago, but never published until now. It features stories told to Harrington by two Lenape couples, Julius and Minnie Fouts and Charles and Susan Elkhair, who sought to
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