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On the Turtle''s Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren

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By (author): Camilla Townsend Nicky Kay Michael

The Lenape tribe, also known as the Delaware Nation, lived for centuries on the land that English colonists later called New Jersey. 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. These reluctant migrants were not able to carry much from their ancestral homeland, but they managed to preserve the stories that had been passed down for generations. 
 
On the Turtles Back is the first collection of Lenape folklore, originally compiled by anthropologist M. R. Harrington over a century ago but never published until now. In it, the Delaware share their cherished tales about the worlds creation, epic heroes, and ordinary human foibles. It features stories told to Harrington by two Lenape couples, Julius and Minnie Fouts and Charles and Susan Elkhair, who sought to officially record their legends before their language and cultural traditions died out. More recent interviews with Lenape elders are also included, as their reflections on hearing these stories as children speak to the status of the tribe and its culture today. Together, they welcome you into their rich and wondrous imaginative world. 

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Product Details
  • Weight: 458g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Sep 2023
  • Publisher: Rutgers University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781978819153

About Camilla TownsendNicky Kay Michael

CAMILLA TOWNSEND is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. She has published widely on Indigenous history and language in the Americas. Her books include Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma (2004) and most recently Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs (2021) which won the 2020 Cundill Prize in History.  NICKY KAY MICHAEL is a member of the Delaware tribe who earned her BA in American studies from Stanford and PhD in history from the University of Oklahoma. She is currently the interim president of Bacone College in Muskogee Oklahoma where she is also the executive director of Indigenous studies and curriculum. She is serving a seven-year term on the Delaware tribal council.  

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