Chief Adam Waterbear DePaul, Tribal Storykeeper and Director of Education of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, will discuss the past and present of the Lenape people in Pennsylvania and the surrounding area. This will include pre-colonial life, relationships with William Penn, the era of Penn's Sons and the Walking Purchase, the Lenape diaspora and where they are today. He will also talk of the Lenape who remained in their homeland and how they remained, and what the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania is doing today to revitalize Lenape culture and continue their role as caretakers of the environment. 

Adam will invite discussion and questions from the audience after the presentation.

The cost is $5 donation per person at the door for non-members and free for members of Friends of DWGNRA.  Anyone under 18 is also free of charge.

Please join us!

Let us know you are coming!  Pre-register by going to the registration page at http://www.friendsofdewanps.org/the-past-and-present-of-the-lenape.html.  Or drop us an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..