Native Americans in the Susquehanna River Valley, Past and Present

This volume describes the Native American presence in the Susquehanna River Valley, a key crossroads of the old Eastern Woodlands between the Great Lakes and the Chesapeake Bay in Northern Appalachia.

ISBN-13: 9781611486605

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: University Press Copublishing Division

Publication Date: 02-25-2015

Pages: 244

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

Series: Stories of the Susquehanna Valley

David J. Minderhout is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania. In addition to his work with Native Americans in Pennsylvania, he has conducted research on creole languages in the southern Caribbean, African American English in the Washington, D.C., public schools, and Pennsylvania German traditional medicine. He is the coauthor of Invisible Indians: Native Americans in Pennsylvania and numerous scholarly articles.

Table of Contents

Contents Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction David J. Minderhout One: Native American Prehistory in the Susquehanna River Valley David J. Minderhout Two: History Timeline David J. Minderhout Three: A Story in Stone: The Susquehanna's Rock Art Legacy Paul A. Nevin Four: Native Americans in the Susquehanna River Region: 1550 to Today David J. Minderhout Five: "Blood Quantum" and Lenape Tradition Donald R. Repsher Six: Our Stories, Ourselves: Oral Histories of Contemporary Native Americans. David J. Minderhout, Andrea T. Frantz and Jessica D. Dowsett Seven: Oral Tradition of One Family of Pennsylvania Seneca Descendants Gerald E. Dietz Eight: Kiiloona Ktaaptoonehna: Munsee Language Revitalization on the Susquehanna's North Branch Susan M. Taffe Reed Nine: Lenapeyok neki: Those Are Lenapes Kenneth R. Hayden Ten: Native Lands County Park David J. Minderhout Afterword Ann N. Dapice Bibliography Index Show More