On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren

by Nicky Kay Michael and Camilla Townsend

The Lenape tribe, also known as the Delaware Nation, lived for centuries on the land that English colonists later called New Jersey. But once America gained its independence, they were forced to move further west: to Indiana, then Missouri, and finally to the territory that became Oklahoma. These reluctant migrants were not able to carry much from their ancestral homeland, but they managed to preserve the stories that had been passed down for generations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978819153
• ISBN13: 9781978819153
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher