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The Indians of Pennsylvania


The Indians of Pennsylvania - Explore PA History

Indians never disappeared entirely from Pennsylvania. Tribal lands and governments may have been denied recognition by the government, but Indian peoples ...

Indigenous History of Pennsylvania - Research Guides

Original Inhabitants of Pennsylvania. The original inhabitants of what is now Pennsylvania included the Lenape, or Delaware, tribe and the ...

Synopsis of Native Americans (up to 1682) in Pennsylvania

Synopsis of Native Americans (up to 1682) in Pennsylvania prepared by Marlene Arnold Professor of Anthropology

Pennsylvania Indigenous Peoples - FamilySearch

The major Pennsylvania Indian tribes were the Delaware, Susquehannock, Shawnee, and Iroquois. References Bibliography

Native American-Pennsylvania Relations, 1754-89

A series of wars engulfed its frontiers after 1754, leading to the dispossession and exile of the colony's native peoples.

Which Native American tribes inhabited Pennsylvania? - ABC27

Among these indigenous peoples were six main tribes: the Erie, Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee), Shawnee and Ohio Valley, Munsee Delaware ( ...

Native Americans in Pennsylvania - PA Maps

This map displays the areas of Native American inhabitation in what would become Pennsylvania after the arrival of the Europeans.

Indians in Pennsylvania By Paul A. W. Wallace

This classic study of the history of Pennsylvania's Indians, from the time of the European contact forward, was originally published in 1961.

Pre-1681: The Eve of Colonization | PHMC > Pennsylvania History

The Native Americans, Our Indigenous People ... When first discovered by Europeans, Pennsylvania, like the rest of the continent, was inhabited by groups of ...

Indians in Pennsylvania - Shop PA Heritage

Paul A.W. Wallace, 1993. The classic study of the history of Pennsylvania's Indians from the time of the European contact forward. 200 pp., 6 x 9, bibli...

Indigenous Peoples of Philadelphia - American Library Association

The major Pennsylvania Indian tribes were the Lenape, Susquehannock, Shawnee, and Iroquois. Those original people of what would become the city of Philadelphia ...

Category:Native American tribes in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

Articles and categories related to Native American tribes in Pennsylvania. For more information, see Pennsylvania.

Chesapeake Tribes Today - National Park Service

Today there are no Tribes recognized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. However, several groups, such as the Lenape (Delaware) Tribe, continue ...

'We just want to be welcomed back': The Lenape seek a return home

The Lenape, whose name means “the real people,” are indigenous to the Delaware Valley. From parts of New York and eastern Pennsylvania to New ...

Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania

The LNPA is a tribal entity of Lenape People dedicated to increasing awareness of Lenape culture. We welcome all to visit us and learn more about the past ...

Native Peoples in South Central PA - F&M College Library

The Shawnees are an Eastern Woodlands tribe pushed west by white encroachment. In 1793, some of the Shawnee Tribe's ancestors received a Spanish land grant.

Indigenous Peoples in Pennsylvania History: Maps - Library Guides

A historical map of Pennsylvania: showing the Indian names of streams and villages, and paths of travel: the sites of old forts and battlefields.

Native American-Pennsylvania Relations 1681-1753

Fortunately for Penn, Indians in the Susquehanna had good reasons to accommodate colonists. The Iroquois claimed the region by right of conquest (owing to their ...

The Original People and Their Land: The Lenape, Pre-History to the ...

The indigenous people who inhabited the land that became Philadelphia were the Lenape (also Lenni Lenape; their English moniker was “Delaware”).

William Penn Describes the Lenni-Lenape Indians of Pennsylvania

Describing the physical appearance, diet, shelter, rituals and mannerisms of the Lenni-Lenape, or Delaware, people, Penn is lavish in his praise.