May 11: Storytelling: Lenapi

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May 3, 2004

Contact: Jeanne Covert 856-785-2060 x105

Bayshore Discovery Project

2800 High Street (Bivalve), Port Norris, NJ 08349

www.ajmeerwald.org

ajmeerwald@snip.net


Storytelling about Life Along the Bayshore

Lenapi: The First Users of the Delaware Bay Region



Bridgeton, NJâ€â€If you are interested in Delaware Bayshore history that

dates back 8,000 to 10,000 years ago, mark your calendar for Tuesday,

May 11,

2004, 7 to 9 p.m.


The Bayshore Discovery Project is continuing its series on storytelling

focusing on the history of the Delaware Bay region. This storytelling

session focuses on the

first users of the Delaware Bay region, the native Americans known as

the Lenapes.


It will take place in the Woodruff Museum which houses a magnificent

collection of Lenape artifacts from Cumberland County. The Woodruff

Museum is located

in the Bridgeton Library, 150 E. Commerce Street, Bridgeton, NJ.


Members of the Nanticoke-Lenni Lenape tribe, dressed in traditional

regalia, will share their remarkable story. In addition to the Woodruff

collection, the

Nanticoke-Lenni Lenape tribe will display its unique collection of

artifacts and ceremonial items.


There will be as short membership meeting of the Bayshore Discovery


Project prior to the storytelling. For more information or directions,

please call Bayshore

Discovery Project at 856-785-2060 x105.
 
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