14 10, 2024

Balancing Indigenous Recognition and Italian-American Heritage

2024-10-14T12:39:38-04:00October 14th, 2024|History, Holidays, Indians|0 Comments

As more cities and states across the U.S. adopt Indigenous Peoples' Day in place of Columbus Day, a national conversation is taking shape about how to reconcile two different but equally important narratives of American history. On one hand, Indigenous Peoples' Day represents [...]

7 04, 2023

Lenape Indians of Berks County and Pennsylvania

2023-04-18T11:50:18-04:00April 7th, 2023|History, Indians|Comments Off on Lenape Indians of Berks County and Pennsylvania

In 1684, Berks County was exclusively inhabited by the Lenape Indians, who were an indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands region in the United States and Canada. The Lenape were also known as the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people. Their ancestral homeland included [...]

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