Kent
dig reveals Indians' past
Culture adapted to European ways
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By J.L. MILLER
Dover Bureau reporter
09/05/2000
The archaeological excavation of an 18th-century Kent County farm
site has opened
a new window on the history of Delaware's original inhabitants.
The
excavation, detailed in a new report written for the state
Department of Transportation, shows how local Indians adapted
to
European ways while maintaining some of their ancestral traditions.
The
link between Indian and European ways might have gone undetected
were it not for seven pieces of broken glass at a site called
Bloomsbury.
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Indians
clash over heritage
Nanticoke chief at odds with Lenape, state over research
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By J.L. MILLER
Dover Bureau reporter
06/26/2001
The state Department of Transportation, bowing to protests from
Nanticoke Indian Chief Kenneth S. Clark, has blocked publication
of
an archaeological report that challenges the Nanticokes' claim
as the
sole surviving remnant of Delaware's original inhabitants.
The archaeological study concludes that some of the original Indian
inhabitants
of the Cheswold area in northeastern Kent County adapted to the
encroaching European culture, and that their descendants populate
the area to this day.
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By
J.L. MILLER
Dover Bureau reporter
02/26/2002
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A DelDOT archaeological study lacks sufficient evidence to prove
the
American Indian ancestry of the Cheswold-area people who
identify themselves as Lenape Indians, according to a review by
the National Park Service.
State
Department of Transportation officials said Monday the report
will be revised, so it focuses on the excavation of the site itself
-
not on the sensitive topic of the ancestry of today's Nanticoke
and Lenape peoples.
The
report on the archaeological excavation
of the Bloomsbury site near
Cheswold was disputed by the Nanticoke Indian Association,
which saw it as a challenge to its claim as the sole remnant of
Delaware's original inhabitants.
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A Saturday symposium on the Lenape Indian people will be far more
than a
dry academic exercise, its organizers say: It will be the fulfillment
of a prophecy.
The
meeting at Delaware Technical & Community College's Terry
Campus in Dover
is expected to draw Lenape people from as far as Canada and Oklahoma.
"It's
a homecoming," said Nena D. Todd, one of the organizers.
"The Delawares are coming home."
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