mathias | April 14, 2011

Bronx, NY 1970: A boy named David M. Oestreicher dreams of growing up to be a pre-Columbian Indian. While he did not pursue this dream to the extent of Iron Eyes Cody (Espera Oscar de Corti) and Grey Wolf (Archie Belaney), he did learn Lenape when he was given a Lenape-English dictionary on his 15th [...]

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Tags: Archie Belaney, David M. Oestreicher, Dictionary, Espera de Corti, Espera Oscar de Corti, Grey Wolf, Iron Eyes Cody, Lenape, Lenape Talking Dictionary, Nicholas Shoumatoff, placenames, Umami

mathias | January 5, 2011

The Churchville Nature Center (PA) is holding a 25$ Lenape Language Seminar on March 12, 2011 from 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM with Former Delaware Chief Curtis Zunigha focusing on the Southern Unami dialect. Attendees will get a conversational language book, food and other supplies. Brush up on your Lenape beforehand using the Lenape Talking [...]

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Tags: Churchville Nature Center, Curtis Zunigha, Delaware, Lenape language, Southern Unami, Unami