History of the Lenape Subject of November 3 Lecture 

SALISBURY, MD---Artifacts found in 1995 at the Bloomsburg excavation site in Kent County, MD, at which four families from the indigenous Lenape Indian Tribe lived from 1740-1814, demonstrate that prehistoric, native craft practices survived into the second half of the 19th century far longer than previously documented. 

Celebrating Native American History Month, Ned Heite of Heite Consulting will deliver a lecture tracing the history of the Lenape.  “Mitsawokett to Bloomsbury: Archaeology and History of an Unrecognized Indigenous Community in Central Delaware” will be presented at the Nabb Research Center on Saturday, November 3, at 2 p.m.  Admission is free and the public is cordially invited.  

Lenape ancestors are closely related to the Nanticoke Indians and live in an area formerly known as Mitsawokett in the Duck Creek Hundred, DE, north east of Dover.  Artifacts found at the site were made in the tradition of prehistoric tools.  The findings provide part of the long-sought link between today's local native population and their prehistoric antecedents.

Heite, a native of Dover, was an archaeologist for the state of Virginia and the head of the Deleware Archives and the State Preservation Program.    For the past 21 years, he has been a culture resource consultant.  

  The Nabb Center is on the east campus of SU in the Power Professional Building, on Wayne St, Room 190.  For information call 410-543-6312 or visit the Web site at http://nabbhistory.salisbury.edu.