This is the Delaware (Lenape) Indian calendar for 2024. Enjoy.
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The original version of this article without annotations was published in Many Trails: Indians of the Lower Hudson Valley, Katonah Gallery, 1983
This article is about the beliefs of the Lenape people about the Creator and lesser spirits.
This article is about the beliefs of the Lenape people about the Creator and lesser spirits.
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An interesting paper by historian Francis Jennings about the fraudulent Walking Purchase.
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The Native Languages of North America by Jim Rementer There was a time in America when the skies would darken as the huge flocks of passenger pigeons flew over. Now they are all gone. The flashes of green and yellow from the flocks of... more
The Native Languages of North America by Jim Rementer There was a time in America when the skies would darken as the huge flocks of passenger pigeons flew over. Now they are all gone. The flashes of green and yellow from the flocks of Carolina parakeets circling above the trees have also disappeared from this land. So too have the sounds of the languages of the Yahi, the Biloxi, the Ofo, the Miami, the Piskataway, the Powhatan, and many other tribes. No speakers are left.
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This is a calendar for 2022 featuring twelve things made by the Lenape or Delaware Indians.
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A book long since out of print that gives the culture and history of the Delaware (Lenape) Indians. Also stories and interviews with tribal members. This was written by William W Newcomb, Jr.
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A look at a Lenape family from years ago and their possible descendants.
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This is the Lenape Talking Dictionary as it looked in 2009. It is a dictionary of Lenape words and sound files so that it is in fact a dictionary that talks. The people who call themselves Lenape, whose name means "The People" are perhaps... more
This is the Lenape Talking Dictionary as it looked in 2009. It is a dictionary of Lenape words and sound files so that it is in fact a dictionary that talks. The people who call themselves Lenape, whose name means "The People" are perhaps better known as the Delaware Indians because at the time of the arrival of the white people they were living along the Delaware River in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Since then they were pushed into western Pennsylvania, then northeastern Ohio, then Central Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, and finally Oklahoma where their tribal headquarters is now located in Bartlesville, a city just about 50 miles north of Tulsa.
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While I am not the author of this paper I knew the authors and the publication was in a specialized journal. Note that the use of the word squaw in the piece was written in the 1700's and simply meant Indian woman and did not have a... more
While I am not the author of this paper I knew the authors and the publication was in a specialized journal. Note that the use of the word squaw in the piece was written in the 1700's and simply meant Indian woman and did not have a derogatory meaning at that time..
SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY records make clear that the most important Delaware Indian village on the Brandywine was situated, not along the lower reaches of the 0 0 1 F stream, but in the big bend near the present Delaware-Pennsylvania boundary. 1
SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY records make clear that the most important Delaware Indian village on the Brandywine was situated, not along the lower reaches of the 0 0 1 F stream, but in the big bend near the present Delaware-Pennsylvania boundary. 1
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Although I did not write this article I found it of interest as it dealt with my ancestor who had an orchard in part of what is now Philadelphia. I thought readers might be interested in the facts presented in this difficult to find... more
Although I did not write this article I found it of interest as it dealt with my ancestor who had an orchard in part of what is now Philadelphia. I thought readers might be interested in the facts presented in this difficult to find short article entitled Stately Row of Pear Trees..
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Much has been written about the clothing of the American Indians, but not much was written about the capes or mantles of feathers worn by many tribes in the eastern and southeastern United States. Perhaps this is because most tribes... more
Much has been written about the clothing of the American Indians, but not much was written about the capes or mantles of feathers worn by many tribes in the eastern and southeastern United States. Perhaps this is because most tribes stopped making them by the early 1800s, and also because the material from which they were made was very perishable and subject to insect damage. Early written evidence for use of capes made of turkey feathers, as well as other types of feathers, has been documented for the Lenape or Delaware Indians. They continued to be made into the late 1700s or perhaps early 1800s as recorded by the Moravian missionaries and memories of them were passed down through oral tradition.
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The city of Augsburg, Germany, is about 80 km or an hour's drive northwest of Munich. The city was founded in 15 BC by Drusus and Tiberius as Augusta Vindelicorum on the orders of their stepfather Emperor Augustus. This garrison camp soon... more
The city of Augsburg, Germany, is about 80 km or an hour's drive northwest of Munich. The city was founded in 15 BC by Drusus and Tiberius as Augusta Vindelicorum on the orders of their stepfather Emperor Augustus. This garrison camp soon became the capital of the Roman province of Raetia.
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An ethnobotany of Lenape or Delaware plant usage written by George Hill, and later working with Jim Rementer enlarged and photos added.
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Language Revival
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Foods that came from American Indians
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In considering possible subjects to write about the Delaware Indians, I reviewed the literature to see if there was any topic not already covered by others in the past. It occurred to me that no one had ever mentioned, at least in any... more
In considering possible subjects to write about the Delaware Indians, I reviewed the literature to see if there was any topic not already covered by others in the past. It occurred to me that no one had ever mentioned, at least in any great detail, the subject of humor among the Lenape (Delaware Indian)1 people. Over the years and in a variety of media: books, motion pictures, and now television, American Indians have generally been characterized as stoic people quite devoid of a sense of humor. This paper will help dispel some of that myth.
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This is basically a grammar of the Southern Unami dialect of Lenape. This is the dialect once spoken in southern New Jersey, southeastern Pennsylvania, and northern Delaware. It was later spoken by both Delaware groups in Oklahoma.
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This paper written by Jason Baird Jackson is about the use of coconuts for rattles by the Lenape or Delaware Indians in Oklahoma. I contributed photos and information.
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Originally published in 1905, this collection of twenty-two Delaware Indian stories has long been sought out both by scholars and individuals. Beyond the lessons, the book introduces the richness of the original Delaware language to an... more
Originally published in 1905, this collection of twenty-two Delaware Indian stories has long been sought out both by scholars and individuals. Beyond the lessons, the book introduces the richness of the original Delaware language to an English-speaking audience: four of ...
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Much has been written about the clothing of the American Indians, but not much was written about the capes or mantles of feathers worn by many tribes in the eastern and southeastern United States. Perhaps this is because most tribes... more
Much has been written about the clothing of the American Indians, but not much was written about the capes or mantles of feathers worn by many tribes in the eastern and southeastern United States. Perhaps this is because most tribes stopped making them by the early 1800s, and also because the material from which they were made was very perishable and subject to insect damage. Early written evidence for use of capes made of turkey feathers, as well as other types of feathers, has been documented for the Lenape or Delaware Indians. They continued to be made into the late 1700s or perhaps early 1800s as recorded by the Moravian missionaries and memories of them were passed down through oral tradition.
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Lenape (also known as Delaware), an important language of the Algonquian family, was spoken originally in all of New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware, and southeastern New York. The tribe was relocated in stages through... more
Lenape (also known as Delaware), an important language of the Algonquian family, was spoken originally in all of New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware, and southeastern New York. The tribe was relocated in stages through western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, central Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, and finally Oklahoma. Members of the tribe preserved the language into the 20th century, with the last native speaker remaining fluent until her death in 2000. The author was adopted informally into a Delaware-speaking household in 1963 and over the years gained increasing fluency in the language. The co-author began working with the author’s adoptive aunt, Nora Thompson Dean (Touching Leaves Woman)1907-1984), as a graduate student and continued working jointly with another fluent speaker and with the author after the aunt’s death. Over his years of working with the aunt and other speakers, the author compiled a library of tape recordings which have become the nucleus of the Lenape ...
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2 The Delaware Community The original homeland of the Lenape or Delaware Indians was New Jersey, northern Delaware, southeastern New York, and eastern Pennsylvania, where Rementer grew up Late In 1960 while going over some documents at... more
2 The Delaware Community The original homeland of the Lenape or Delaware Indians was New Jersey, northern Delaware, southeastern New York, and eastern Pennsylvania, where Rementer grew up Late In 1960 while going over some documents at the Library of the American Ph1losoph1cal Society In Philadelphia, he found some letters to Frank Speck from a Delaware man named Fred Washington. He wrote to him on the chance that he might still be at the same address and, after a brief correspondence, expressed an interest in coming to Oklahoma. Mr. Washington said to come ahead, and in the summer of 1961 Rementer got on a bus and headed for Oklahoma
This is a series of interviews with Touching Leaves (Nora Thompson Dean). They were published in the newspaper in Dewey, Oklahoma, where she lived. The interviews were done by Sue Smith.
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This is a calendar prepared for the year 2024 featuring various flowers. Most of the photographs are by the author but three are by a friend named Paul and his photographs are noted underneath the photo. Enjoy!
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Flower Calendar 2023 The Calendar shows various types of flowers photographed over time. Information under... more
Flower
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2023
The Calendar shows various types of flowers photographed over time. Information under the photo will tell what it is and the botanical name (if known). This year some friends shared photos they took for the calendar, and I would like to say Thank you for sharing.. One was M. Ashman who shared photos taken in Arizona, and the other Paul Hisaw who shared photos taken here in Oklahoma, and Indra Zuno sent photos from California. The other images are some I took.
To use as a wall calendar I suggest printing it on legal size paper (8.5 x 14”), so set your printer for that size paper. Feel free to share this calendar with your friends and relatives.
Enjoy it throughout 2023 and I sincerely hope it will be a good year for all of us. Stay well,
Jim Rementer
Calendar
2023
The Calendar shows various types of flowers photographed over time. Information under the photo will tell what it is and the botanical name (if known). This year some friends shared photos they took for the calendar, and I would like to say Thank you for sharing.. One was M. Ashman who shared photos taken in Arizona, and the other Paul Hisaw who shared photos taken here in Oklahoma, and Indra Zuno sent photos from California. The other images are some I took.
To use as a wall calendar I suggest printing it on legal size paper (8.5 x 14”), so set your printer for that size paper. Feel free to share this calendar with your friends and relatives.
Enjoy it throughout 2023 and I sincerely hope it will be a good year for all of us. Stay well,
Jim Rementer
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Flower Calendar 2023 The Calendar shows various types of flowers photographed over time. Information under the photo will tell what it is and the botanical name (if known). This year some friends shared photos they took for... more
Flower Calendar 2023
The Calendar shows various types of flowers photographed over time. Information under the photo will tell what it is and the botanical name (if known). This year some friends shared photos they took for the calendar, and I would like to say Thank you for sharing.. One was M. Ashman who shared photos taken in Arizona, and the other Paul Hisaw who shared photos taken here in Oklahoma, and Indra Zuno sent photos from California. The other images are some I took.
To use as a wall calendar I suggest printing it on legal size paper (8.5 x 14”), so set your printer for that size paper. Feel free to share this calendar with your friends and relatives.
Enjoy it throughout 2023 and I sincerely hope it will be a good year for all of us. Stay well,
Jim Rementer
The Calendar shows various types of flowers photographed over time. Information under the photo will tell what it is and the botanical name (if known). This year some friends shared photos they took for the calendar, and I would like to say Thank you for sharing.. One was M. Ashman who shared photos taken in Arizona, and the other Paul Hisaw who shared photos taken here in Oklahoma, and Indra Zuno sent photos from California. The other images are some I took.
To use as a wall calendar I suggest printing it on legal size paper (8.5 x 14”), so set your printer for that size paper. Feel free to share this calendar with your friends and relatives.
Enjoy it throughout 2023 and I sincerely hope it will be a good year for all of us. Stay well,
Jim Rementer
This is a new list of artwork done by Delaware Indian artists from northeastern Oklahoma. It is hosted on the tribal website at the link given below.
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Samples of Delaware Indian Humor.
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The town of Wil in Switzerland is located about 30 km or a 25 minute drive west of St. Gallen where the famous monastery is located. A beautiful town.
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Thierhaupten is a small town located about 25 km or a 25 minute drive north of Augsburg, Germany. According to a legend, in the year 750 Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria lost his way in the woods around Thierhaupten and swore to God to build... more
Thierhaupten is a small town located about 25 km or a 25 minute drive north of Augsburg, Germany. According to a legend, in the year 750 Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria lost his way in the woods around Thierhaupten and swore to God to build a monastery (Thierhaupten Abbey) at the place of his rescue. Suddenly a small deer appeared and showed him his way back.
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The town of Muttenz is located about 8 km or a 15 minute drive south of Basel, Switzerland. Following the Protestant Reformation in Basel the church of Muttenz was reformed in 1529. In 1628 one-seventh of the village population died of... more
The town of Muttenz is located about 8 km or a 15 minute drive south of Basel, Switzerland. Following the Protestant Reformation in Basel the church of Muttenz was reformed in 1529. In 1628 one-seventh of the village population died of the plague. Many of the villagers, still subjects of the city of Basel, were poor and when in the middle of the 18th century the opportunity arose to leave the village, many emigrated to the Americas. Here are some scenes from the town.
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The town of Neustadt is located about 50 km or a 45 minute drive west of Heidelberg, Germany. It is a very nice town which we visited and it seems to have a special ambiance. Neustadt an der Weinstraße is officially abbreviated as... more
The town of Neustadt is located about 50 km or a 45 minute drive west of Heidelberg, Germany. It is a very nice town which we visited and it seems to have a special ambiance. Neustadt an der Weinstraße is officially abbreviated as Neustadt a. d. Weinstr., the name can be shortened as Neustadt/Weinstrasse or Neustadt (Weinstrasse). The name means "new city on the wine route," as it lies on the German wine route (German-Weinstrasse) and is located in Rhineland-Palatinate, in Germany. The town was founded early in the 13th Century.
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This account is the result of a quest thus far trying to learn more about a Swiss ancestor. Much of it came about because of the unusual surname of Myrtetus. It began when a cousin sent me an article in German mentioning a man from... more
This account is the result of a quest thus far trying to learn more about a Swiss ancestor. Much of it came about because of the unusual surname of Myrtetus. It began when a cousin sent me an article in German mentioning a man from Switzerland name Myrtetus. I sent it to a friend in Germany for translation and it revealed that his original name was Heidelberger and he was from the town of Wil near St. Gallen and thus the hunt for more information began. Here are the findings about him and his life: Jim Rementer, 2021 Johann Heidelberger was baptized 2 Feb. 1629 in Wil, in northeastern Switzerland. His parents were Sebastian Heidelberger (born 1591) and Barbara Zopf (born 1593). Here is the image from the Baptism Book for the town of Wil of his baptism.
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This article was originally presented as a talk by Nora Thompson Dean on November 7, 1978 at the Boston Avenue Methodist Church in Tulsa. Mrs. Dean (July 3, 1907-November 29, 1984), noted Delaware Indian traditionalist, was introduced by... more
This article was originally presented as a talk by
Nora Thompson Dean on November 7, 1978 at the Boston Avenue
Methodist Church in Tulsa. Mrs. Dean (July 3,
1907-November 29, 1984), noted Delaware Indian traditionalist,
was introduced by Bruce Townsend, Chairman of the Delaware
Tribe of Eastern Oklahoma.
Nora Thompson Dean on November 7, 1978 at the Boston Avenue
Methodist Church in Tulsa. Mrs. Dean (July 3,
1907-November 29, 1984), noted Delaware Indian traditionalist,
was introduced by Bruce Townsend, Chairman of the Delaware
Tribe of Eastern Oklahoma.