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˜Nanticoke Culture and History –

As a complement to our Nanticoke language information, we would like to share our collection of indexed links about the Nanticoke people and various aspects of their society. This website emphasizes American Indians as living people with a present and a future as well as a past. Nanticoke history is interesting and important, but the Nanticoke are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern authors as well as traditional folklore, contemporary artwork as well as museum pieces, and the issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday. Suggestions for new links are always welcome.



Tribal and Community Websites

The Nanticoke Indian Tribe:
    Official homepage of the modern-day Nanticoke tribe.
Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey:
    Cultural and historical information from this Lenape tribe (which welcomed Nanticoke refugees in the 1600's).
Standing Bear:
    Personal homepage of a Lenape-Nanticoke man, with links and resources.
Wind Dancer:
    Homepage of a Nanticoke Indian storyteller and pow-wow dancer.

Maps of Nanticoke Lands

Delaware Indian Maps:
    Tribal map showing the original territory of the Nanticoke Indians and their neighbors.

Nanticoke Lifestyle and Tradition

The Nanticoke Indians of Delaware:
    Nanticoke traditions presented by a tribal member.
Nanticoke Indian Tribe: Powwow * Delaware Nanticoke Pow Wow * Nanticoke Indian Powwow:
    Photographs from Nanticoke powwows and descriptions of traditional music and dance.
Nanticoke Clothing * Mid-Atlantic Tribal Clothing * American Indian Clothes:
    Sketches and photographs of traditional Nanticoke, Lenape, and other Indian costume.
Nanticoke Indian Museum:
    Photographs of Nanticoke artifacts from the tribal museum in Delaware.
Nause-Waiwash Venison Chili:
    Traditional Nanticoke recipe.

Nanticoke Mythology and Religion

Nanticoke Spirituality:
    Article on Nanticoke ceremonies and beliefs.
The Tidewater People:
    A Nanticoke legend.
Native American Religions:
    Advice for people researching traditional Nanticoke and other American Indian religion.

Nanticoke Literature and Arts

Native American Authors: Kurt Kaltreider:
    Life and work of the Nanticoke author.
Gray Dove Trading:
    Nanticoke artists selling handmade jewelry and crafts.
Native American Art:
    Information, photographs and links about Nanticoke and other native art.

Nanticoke Politics, Issues and News

Chiefs resign from Nanticoke Indian Association:
    Article about political difficulties among the Nanticoke Indians of Indian River.
Delaware's Invisible Indians:
    Interesting essays on the reclassification of Nanticoke Indians as "free mulattos" or "Moors" in the 1800's.
Nanticoke tribe preserves its past:
    Article on the Nanticoke museum and cultural preservation programs.
Nanticoke work to preserve their heritage:
    Article on the Nanticoke people of Delaware today.

Nanticoke History

History of the Nantikoke:
    History of Nanticoke Indian interactions with early 17th-century colonists, with a tribal map.
Nanticoke Indian Tribe History:
    Historical article about the Nanticoke confederacy.
Nanticoke Indian History:
    History of the Nanticokes in Maryland.

Nanticoke Genealogy

Nanticoke Lineage:
    Page on Nanticoke genealogy.
American Indian Heritage:
    Direction for those seeking Nanticoke and other American Indian ancestors.

Books for sale on the Nanticokes

Vocabulary of the Nanticoke Dialect * Vocabulary of Nanticoke * Minor Vocabularies of Nanticoke-Conoy
    Nanticoke dictionaries for sale.
The Nanticoke Community of Delaware:
    Ethnography of the Nanticoke Indians.
The Nanticoke Indians: Past and Present:
    History of the Nanticoke tribe.
The Nanticoke:
    Book on the Nanticoke Indians for young readers.
Native American Books:
    Evolving list of books about Nanticokes and Native Americans in general.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Nanticoke Indians:
    Encyclopedia article about the Nanticokes.
Ethni city: Nanticoke * Conoy Tribe (Piscataway) * Nanticoke Tribe:
    Nanticoke links pages.



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