In 1675 the Susquehannock suffered a major defeat by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. English colonists invited the tribe to resettle in the colony of Maryland, where they relocated.

Languages. English is the most widely spoken language; however, Spanish is spoken in small regions within the Washington, DC – Baltimore corridor. 87.4% of the population speaks only English at home, while 4.7% speak Spanish.

About a third of the 17,000 American Indians living in the Baltimore Area are Lumbee, a tribe with roots in North Carolina. In January of 2012, the state of Maryland formally recognized two Maryland Indian tribes: the Piscataway Indian Nation and Piscataway Conoy Tribe.

The names of these nations are still with us, in the familiar names we use everyday; Assateague, Choptank, Piscataway, Nanticoke, Susquehanna, Powhatan, all of these come to us from the native inhabitants of what would become Maryland. Prior to European contact, Maryland was divided among a few major nations by region.

There are no federally recognized Indian tribes in Maryland today. Most Native Americans were forced to leave Maryland during the 1700’s, when eastern tribes were being displaced by colonial expansion.

Today, Lenape people belong to the Delaware Nation and Delaware Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma; the Stockbridge-Munsee Community in Wisconsin; and the Munsee-Delaware Nation, Moravian of the Thames First Nation, and Delaware of Six Nations in Ontario.

They are working to keep their culture alive including their land, language, arts, and ceremonies. Today they continue to fight for sovereignty, civil rights and the health and well-being of their people. The story of the Lenni-Lenape did not end with the removal from their land.

Like Zunigha, most Lenape today don’t live in New York City or the surrounding area. There are only two federally recognized Delaware tribes in the U.S., and both of them are in Oklahoma, where large groups of the Lenape ended up due to forced migration.

Their land, called Lenapehoking, included all of what is now New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, southeastern New York State, northern Delaware and a small section of southeastern Connecticut. Today, Lenape communities live all across North America.

The Lenape or Delaware tribe, also called the Lenni Lenape, are of the Algonquin family and first lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. Traditionally they were divided into the Munsee, Unami, and Unalachtigo, three social divisions determined by language and location.

The clothing of the Lenape was simple. The men wore breechclouts and moccasins, with leggings and a robe to cover themselves in cold weather. Women had knee- or calf-length wrap-around skirts and wore fur robes in winter, or a beautiful mantle made from turkey feathers.

Hudson River Shatemuc

The regular answer to Wanìshi is Yuh!

Brooklyn, situated at the southern tip of Long Island, was originally inhabited by a group of American Indians who called themselves the Lenape, which means “the People.” They included the Nayack and the Canarsee, who planted corn and tobacco and fished in the rivers.

Swarthmore College is on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lenni-Lenape, whose homeland includes Delaware, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and southern New York.

For many years, the Iroquois and the Lenape lived in peace. Over time the Iroquois became jealous of the growing power of the Lenape. Upon finding out what the Iroquois had done, the Lenape declared war on the Iroquois. The Iroquois were defeated forcing them to confederate their tribes into the Five Nations.

In our acknowledgment of the continued presence of Lenape people in their homeland, we affirm the aspiration of the great Lenape Chief Tamanend, that there be harmony between the indigenous people of this land and the descendants of the immigrants to this land, “as long as the rivers and creeks flow, and the sun, moon.

Often, territory acknowledgements are concise, along the lines of: “I want to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of [nation names].” Some people may also mention the name of a local treaty. Some may learn the language and speak a few words in it.

10 Ways to Show People They Matter and Why It’s Important

1. Say “Thank You” Think about a time when you did something nice for someone and he or she never even acknowledged it with thanks.
2. Focus on the Positive.
3. Give Gifts.
4. Speak Your Appreciation.
5. Be a Hugger.
6. Make Eye Contact.
7. Brag in Public.
8. Be Present.

The name comes from various Indigenous oral histories that tell stories of a turtle that holds the world on its back. For some Indigenous peoples, the turtle is therefore considered an icon of life, and the story of Turtle Island consequently speaks to various spiritual and cultural beliefs.

Process for land acknowledgements

1. Name which Indigenous territories you are currently on.
2. Explain why you are acknowledging the land.
3. Address the relevance of Indigenous rights to the subject matter of your event or meeting or to your activist work in general.

A Land Acknowledgment is a formal statement that recognizes and respects Indigenous Peoples as traditional stewards of this land and the enduring relationship that exists between Indigenous Peoples and their traditional territories.

stolen Coast Salish land

Unceded means that First Nations people never ceded or legally signed away their lands to the Crown or to Canada. A traditional territory is the geographic area identified by a First Nation as the land they and/or their ancestors traditionally occupied and used.

The Tongva/Gabrieleno/Acjachemen people are the First Peoples of the region, their lands were unceded, they did not negotiate a treaty with Mexico or the US government. Today, the five Tongva/Gabrieleno tribes struggle every day for their sovereignty.

At 1,413.87 km2 (545.90 sq mi), this is the largest reserve in Canada, and the third most populous after Six Nations and Akwesasne….

Unceded is an adjective. The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

Correct spelling for the English word “Unceded” is [ʌnsˈiːdɪd], [ʌnsˈiːdɪd], [ʌ_n_s_ˈiː_d_ɪ_d] (IPA phonetic alphabet)….12 words made out of letters UNCEDED

1. deuce,
2. endue,
3. ended,
4. ceded,
5. dunce,
6. educe.

In 1997, the Hereditary Chiefs brought their claim for their ancestral land to the Canadian Supreme Court. The court ruled that the Wet’suwet’en People had not relinquished their land rights and titles to 22,000 square kilometers of land in northern British Columbia.