Indigenous Native Amer

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Chester County is the ancestral home of the Lenape people, who occupied this land for thousands of years before Europeans arrived As more and more European settlers began encroaching on their land, the Lenape people were systematically, and in many cases, forcefully removed. Eventually, most were driven as far west as Oklahoma, where they merged with the Cherokee Nation. Learn more about the Lenape people at Lenape-nation.org. We are privileged to live and work on the land we now occupy and wish to acknowledge the Lenape people and their land.

U.S. Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning.

National Day of Mourning.

U.S. Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning.

Wampanoag leader Wamsutta AKA Frank James

U.S. Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning.

Wampanoag leader Wamsutta AKA Frank James

Wampanoag leader Wamsutta AKA Frank James was silenced (1971) about giving a speech on the uncomfortable truth of the 1st Thanksgiving during the Celebrations organized by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Wamsutta , along with his followers refused to be part of the celebration.

WAMSUTTA (FRANK B.) JAMES, WAMPANOAG

Suppressed Speech

November is National American Indian Heritage Month

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

we honor, celebrate and respect

U.S. Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning.

U.S. Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning.

U.S. Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning.

National Day of Mourning.

U.S. Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning.

U.S. Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning.

Wampanoag leader Wamsutta AKA Frank James

U.S. Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning.

Wampanoag leader Wamsutta AKA Frank James

National Native American Heritage Month

A Proclamation on National Native American Heritage Month, 2021