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Barbara Bluejay Michalski of the Lenape Nation will be speaking to the club about the nation's history and current standing.
The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania is a cultural heritage organization of individuals who identify as descendants of the Lenape people, also known as Lenni-Lenape or Delaware people (https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=b83e6161e02d2ef4194e61c24b7c92dae2633d223fec6075bf94efa0300c3276JmltdHM9MTczMTQ1NjAwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0f053ce1-9aff-6ae4-1214-2e2c9b706b52&psq=lenape+nation+of+pennsylvania&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvTGVuYXBlX05hdGlvbl9vZl9QZW5uc3lsdmFuaWE&ntb=1)1 (https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=b83e6161e02d2ef4194e61c24b7c92dae2633d223fec6075bf94efa0300c3276JmltdHM9MTczMTQ1NjAwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0f053ce1-9aff-6ae4-1214-2e2c9b706b52&psq=lenape+nation+of+pennsylvania&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvTGVuYXBlX05hdGlvbl9vZl9QZW5uc3lsdmFuaWE&ntb=1). The Lenape people are the original inhabitants of eastern Pennsylvania, southern New York, New Jersey, and northern Delaware (https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=9654891bafcb776ba3f0906e80ae217a32b1256dc83888cce846792e47f8c46dJmltdHM9MTczMTQ1NjAwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0f053ce1-9aff-6ae4-1214-2e2c9b706b52&psq=lenape+nation+of+pennsylvania&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGVuYXBlLW5hdGlvbi5vcmcv&ntb=1)2 (https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=9654891bafcb776ba3f0906e80ae217a32b1256dc83888cce846792e47f8c46dJmltdHM9MTczMTQ1NjAwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0f053ce1-9aff-6ae4-1214-2e2c9b706b52&psq=lenape+nation+of+pennsylvania&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGVuYXBlLW5hdGlvbi5vcmcv&ntb=1). They have been the caretakers of these lands and of The River of Human Beings, more commonly known as the Delaware River, for over 10,000 years (https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=9654891bafcb776ba3f0906e80ae217a32b1256dc83888cce846792e47f8c46dJmltdHM9MTczMTQ1NjAwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=0f053ce1-9aff-6ae4-1214-2e2c9b706b52&psq=lenape+nation+of+pennsylvania&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGVuYXBlLW5hdGlvbi5vcmcv&ntb=1)