Long Journey Home
Oral Histories of Contemporary Delaware Indians
James W Brown editor Rita T Kohn editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Published:24th Dec '07
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
2008 Indiana Society of Professional Journalists Awards, Best Nonfiction Book
Through first-person accounts, this work presents the stories of the Lenape, also known as the Delaware Tribe. These oral histories are gathered into four sections and tell of personal and tribal events as they unfold over time and place.
Through first-person accounts, Long Journey Home presents the stories of the Lenape, also known as the Delaware Tribe. These oral histories, which span the post–Civil War era to the present, are gathered into four sections and tell of personal and tribal events as they unfold over time and place. The history of the Lenape is one of forced displacement, from their original tribal home along the eastern seaboard into Pennsylvania, continuing with a series of displacements in Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, and the Indian Territory. For the group of Lenape interviewed for this book, home is now the area around Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The stories of their long journey have been handed down and remain part of the tribe's collective memory and bring an unforgettable immediacy to the tale of the Lenape. Above all they make clear that the history of seven generations remains very much alive.
By publishing this valuable collection of oral histories of the Delaware Indians, [Indiana University Press] has helped recover much of these Indians' history since their days in Kansas Territory in the 1850s. The book [is] nicely illustrated and carefully edited by Brown and Kohn . . . Outstanding. . . . Highly recommended.
* Choice *The construction of the book is durable and beautifully crafted. The text is crisp and complimented by more than ninety color images. Intended as a fitting supplement to the text, the images are equally engaging and prove compelling in their own right. Winter 2008-09
* The Chronicles of Oklahoma *For scholars this work is a tantalizing sampling of Indian oral histories that continue to be underutilized. for the general reader the stories shared by the Delaware people are lessons in the resilience and tenacity of a community.
* Ohio HistoISBN: 9780253349682
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1393g
448 pages