Friends of Wickers Creek Archeological Site
Mission:
To remember and honor the first residents of Wysquaqua,
now known as Dobbs Ferry: the Lenape people.
Here is M.E. Harrington's 1938 Dickon Among the Lenape Indians for young adults. We think it is the best description of Lenape daily and ritual life. It has one-hundred plus fine illustrations of their material culture. It is based upon the Delaware, Unami-speaking people and it is one of the few windows we have to Lenape culture.
Mark E. Harrington, PhD was a major figure in early 20th century Native American studies. He was an archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnographer. It was his teenage relic hunting along East Chester Creek and in Pelham Park which set the stage for his life-long study of the people here and of first peoples across this continent. He visited Lenape settlements both in Canada and in Oklahoma.
He was honored with names bestowed upon him by the Oneida, the Seneca, the Zuni and the Osage peoples. His academic work is cited in studies about the Wickers Creek archaeological site in Dobbs Ferry.
We believe this out-of-print book is a lost classic which needs to be seen and read again.
Driven From Lenapehoking, They Hope to Return to New York
Altjematimgeol
Now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection
National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians
Anadarko, Oklahoma
The National Hall of Fame has bronze busts mounted outdoors. The Hall of Fame, which has free admission and is staffed by volunteers, features busts of 41 Native Americans from various tribes to honor their contributions and place in American history.
Those honored include three from the Lenape Nation: Roberta Campbell Lawson, Chief Tamanend, and Black Beaver.