A Position Statement on “Indigenous Peoples Day”

From the Alliance of Colonial Era Tribes (ACET)

ACET is an intertribal league of sovereign American Indian Nations continuing from the colonial era of the eastern and southern seaboard of the continental United States. The Nanticoke-Lenape confederated tribes are charter members of the organization.  The following statement by ACET well represents 1st Light Mission's perspective on Indigenous People's Day.

A Talk by the Water

The Clearly Quaker Podcast recorded an informal "Talk by the Water" presentation by Dr. JR Norwood on October 1st, 2016 at the Tri-Quarter Meeting of Friends held by the lakeside at Camp Ockanickon in Medford, New Jersey. 

A Prayer for Justice

By Rev. JR Norwood, PhD

As we enter a new year at the start of 2017, the Nanticoke-Lenape People are still engaged in a struggle with the State of New Jersey.  The administration of Governor Chris Christie has sought to rewrite history in regard to the status of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation and deny that state recognition was extended to the tribe in the 1980s, even though legislative resolutions, state statutes, official statements of previous administrations (and even from his own administration) demonstrate that the tribe was and is recognized.