FREE PRESENTATION: “A History of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware”

Kent, DE

“A History of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware”
Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.
Delaware Public Archives – 121 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. N. – Dover, DE 19901 www.archives.delaware.gov

Presenter: Chief Dennis Coker

The Delaware Public Archives will commemorate Native American Heritage month with a presentation by Dennis J. Coker, Principal Chief of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware. The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware, representing the ‘First People of the First State,’ is located in northern Kent County in and around the town of Cheswold. Its’ people, who are ethnically distinct, have been known historically as the Delaware Moors. Chief Coker will present historical information about the Lenape Indian Tribe and discuss how the elders of the Cheswold Lenape community decided in the 1990s to celebrate their unique history and form the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware.

This program is free to the public and no reservation is required unless otherwise noted. For more information contact Tom Summers (302) 744-5047 or email thomas.summers@delaware.gov

Weather – Should this program be cancelled due to weather, it will be announced on our website. archives.delaware.gov