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Rethinking Colonial Narratives and Transforming Native Insight into Actions: Indigenous Preservation of History

Thursday, July 20th, 2023

“Lenape means ‘the original human’, and that is where we need to get back to,” Chief Vincent Mann expressed, adding, “[reconnecting with the land] would provide us a way to encourage the people of tomorrow to take what we are sacrificing to create for them to further the future.” Indigenous people have a rich history of interacting in harmony with the environment.

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