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Featured Image by Jorge Garza / Qetza Art
“Health Care Warrior”

Stay Home and Connected from Philly in Lenapehoking:

Spread the Word and/or Donate to Native Communities NOW!

  • Give to the Tribes and groups in the list above and feel free to ask what they need.
  • Give to Support Juntos Solidarity Bank – a local organization helping Indigenous and non-Indigenous immigrant communities in Philly
  • Give to Indigenous Responses to COVID-19 – A website to Tribes and organizations nationwide that are accepting donations to provide relief during the pandemic.

Philly-Specific and/or Online Resources:

Find More Answers Online
Find a Test Site:
Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Care:
GET Cash, Groceries & Medicine – FREE ASSISTANCE & Delivery:
Find Free Meals and Food Assistance :
  • Nationwide
    • WHY GO HUNGRY – Find food by Zip Code using the WHY-Map ; Hotline: Call 1(800) 5-HUNGRY; or text your zip code to 1-800-548-6479
Find Shelter and Housing Assistance:
Find Rental, Utility, Clothing, Employment Assistance:
Find Legal Services:
Grants and Relief Funds:
Support Prisoners and their Families
FREE Leonard Peltier, Red Fawn, Mumia Abu Jamal and all our loved ones and relatives unjustly incarcerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
]]> FREE Leonard Peltier, Red Fawn, Mumia Abu Jamal and all our loved ones and relatives unjustly incarcerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://indigenous215.net/blog/support-prisoners-covid19/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 21:40:39 +0000 http://indigenous215.net/?p=467 Dear Friends, Supporters, and Family,

For generations our communities (Indigenous, POC and/or poor) have been extremely impacted by mass incarceration and at this crucial times, we urge you that you support the release of all prisoners from jails, state / federal prisons and detentions centers unjustly imprisoned.

Therefore please support the following campaigns to:

Shutdown Detention Centers in PA and across the USA
END the incarceration of Indigenous peoples* from Turtle Island

* Many censuses and studies that cluster people from south of the border of the USA as “Latinos” or “Hispanics” fail to provide adequate data on the population on who is in fact genetically and/or ethnically Native American / Indigenous / Indigenous Descent.
The Alarming Lack of Data on Latinos in the Criminal Justice System. Urban.org
Multiracial in America: Chapter 7: The Many Dimensions of Hispanic Racial Identity. Pew Research Center.

Release Political Prisoners NOW

Free Leonard Peltier

Free Mumia Abu Jamal

Defend Water Protectors from Standing Rock

  • https://waterprotectorlegal.org/ – Please write to these Water Protectors who are serving sentences on federal charges:
    • Red Fawn Fallis, Prisoner No. 16358-059, Unit E, Federal Correctional Institution, 5701 8th St., Dublin, CA 94568
    • Michael Giron (Little Feather), PO Box 67065, Albuquerque, NM 87176
    • Michael Markus (Rattler), Prisoner No. 06280-073, FCI Sandstone, Federal Correctional Institution, PO Box 1000, Sandstone, MN 55072
    • James “Angry Bird” White, PO Box 755, Fort Yates, ND 58538
Release all prisoners who have served their time, are elderly and/or unjustly incarcerated!
Protect the Lives and Rights of all Prisoners!
SUpport Education and Healthy Communities instead of the Carceral State!

]]> Statement on Surviving and Flourishing During Quarantine https://indigenous215.net/blog/statement-covid19-survival/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:25:48 +0000 http://indigenous215.net/?p=437 Featured Image by Jorge Garza / Qetza Art
“Heroes Feeding America”

Dear Indigenous 215 Community:

 “No matter what they ever do to us, we must always act for the love of our people and the earth.” ~John Trudell

In this time of quarantine and physical separation, many of us feel survival emotions overpowering our days. These emotions can fool us into thinking we are alone, and powerless victims of our environment. Indigenous 215 would like to remind everyone that we need to see beyond the illusion of separation, that we are all connected, and that it is up to us to remember  the old ways of our ancestors to uplift and empower ourselves and our local communities. It is up to us to take action and share the various ways we know to achieve these goals, rather than passively wait for government and/or medical authorities to meet our needs.

Below is a link to a database of resources we have compiled for our Native communities in Lenapehoking, helping to ensure our mental, emotional, and spiritual needs are met in addition to our physical needs. If you are an Indigenous/Native/First Nations person living in Lenapehoking and want to add your Native-owned service or business to this database, fill out this form. This is one of the many ways we can support and provide for each other during this time, exercising and asserting our sovereignty as we build inter-tribal communities. We can also be checking in on each other, helping our elders, sharing our resources if we have extra, and taking time in nature grounding ourselves by connecting to Mother Earth. This is the time to center community support & care for all our relatives, just like we have been doing since time immemorial.

We are also using this time to learn more about the Lenape nations whose homeland we occupy. We encourage others to do the same and have begun a list of Lenape related resources. We will also be using this time to build relations within our community via social distance storytelling, skill sharing, and social gatherings, beginning with members of the Lenape nations and then opening it up to the larger Indigenous 215 community. Stay tuned to our page for more details on how you can get involved. Until them, we encourage everyone to stay safe, stay grounded, and stay connected & in community.

Resources during COVID-19 and Beyond

]]> Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly | Celebration and Teach-in https://indigenous215.net/blog/ipdphilly/ Sat, 18 Apr 2020 01:42:17 +0000 http://indigenous215.net/?p=312 Started: OCT 12th, 2017

Initial site: Perelman Building of Philadelphia Arts Museum in partnership with the project and exhibition Philadelphia Assembled
Founding committee: Priscilla Bell, Mabel Negrete, Stephanie Mach
Today is owned and managed by: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly, Inc.
Current site: Shackamaxon (aka Penn Treaty Park)
Email: [email protected]

Why we started?

This annual celebration and teach-in was initiated in 2017 because the founding committee noticed that at every corner in the city, the heritage and history of the Lenni-Lenape (original inhabitants of Lenapehoking – today’s eastern PA, NJ, NY and DE), and other Native peoples of the Americas ( Taíno , Mexica, Zapotec, Quechua, Mayan, Díne, Mohawks, Wampanoag, Cherokee, Lakota, and etc) who live in the city, are underrepresented or completely erased from public spaces, discourses, and education.

For these reasons in 2017 the committee decided to celebrate, in partnership with the project Philadelphia Assembled, the national “Indigenous Peoples Day”– a Native American / Indigenous-led social justice movement that aims to replace Columbus Day for a day that commemorates the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas.

At the time, the initial goals were:

  1. To uplift the history and to support tribal representation of all the Lenape tribes across Lenapehoking and those in the diaspora. They were among the first Indigenous peoples to confront the Dutch, English, French invasion about 400 years ago.
  2. To uplift the history and representation of the Taíno (Indigenous Caribbean) communities. They are the first Indigenous people to confront about 527 years ago the Spanish Invasion in the Caribbean Islands which from there, they spread throughout the North, Central and South Americas. Also Philadelphia has one of the largest Boriken communities.
  3. To support and uplift the voices, traditions, creative-economies and histories of the Native peoples of all over the Americas living in the region;
  4. To build overtime the community support to leverage the replacement of Columbus Day for an Indigenous Peoples’s Day statewide that will aim to uplift the Lenape, Taino and other Native voices .

What have we done since 2017?

On Thursday, October 12th, 2017, the committee, in collaboration with other community partners, organized the “Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Celebration and Teach-in” with Philadelphia Assembled (PHLA). Hosted at the Perelman Building of the Philadelphia Art Museum, the event was well received with more than 200 people in attendance. The celebration included in-depth conversations with local prominent indigenous leaders, artists and storytellers ( Lenape, Nanticoke, Wampanog, Cherokee, Seminole, Taíno , Mexicas, Quechua) and created an opportunity of dialogue among community members within our city. Over 40 dancers participated through performance of indigenous songs, dance and ceremonies.

On Friday, October 12th  and Saturday, October 13th of 2018, the committee featured the work of the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape, Delaware Tribe of Indians, Mexica and Taíno community. Speakers and performers highlighted Lenape Tribal history, culture, religion, and contemporary concerns; the Taíno identity and cultural development among Puerto Ricans and their homeland Borikén/Puerto Rico; and the genocidal “removal” practices imposed on Natives communities. The mini-powwow, featured prayers and celebrations with drummers, a hoop dancer, grass dancer, womens’ fancy dancer, an Andean musician, Taíno dancers, Aztec dancers, and inter-tribal dances. These two day event took place at the Friends Center and Hunting Park.

2019 at Shackamaxon!

Since 2018, the committee has grown to be its own non-profit organization “Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly, Inc” – (IPD Philly) and from 2019 we celebrate this national day at Shackamaxon (known as Penn treaty Park).

The 2019 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly celebration was planned for Saturday, October 12th from 11 am to 5 pm at Penn Treaty Park along the banks of the Delaware River, where Lenape Chief Tamanend and Englishman William Penn agreed to live in peace more than three hundred and forty years ago to this last fall. This was no better place in Philadelphia to celebrate Indigenous people and learn about Indigenous history and culture than this full-day festival featuring a diversity of Indigenous performers, dignitaries, and educational presenters. In addition, IPD Philly planned a booth section to highlight the artistic traditions and contemporary works of local Indigenous artists, designers, and artisans; interspersed educational-tables allowed guests to engage with Indigenous educators, learn from facilitators showcasing their work, and explore tactile and textual representations of Indigenous history and culture.

To learn more about Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly at Shackamaxon in 2020 and their future events, please visit IPD Philly’s website, Facebook page or contact them by email:

Website: https://ipdhilly.org
Facebook: @IPDphilly
Email: [email protected]

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Other Links:

Lenni-Lenape Tribes and Resources

*** Coming soon! ***

  • Taino Resources
  • Native American / Indigenous Peoples Resources
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Tribal Governments

State-recognized in Lenapehoking
Federally-recognized In the Diaspora
Canadian First Nations

“The Lenape who fled United States in the late 18th century settled in what is now Ontario. Canada recognizes three Lenape First Nations with four Indian reserves. They are all located in Southwestern Ontario.”

Organizations led by Lenape Community Leaders

Lenape Center – New York City, NY

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Philly, Inc (IPD Philly) – Philadelphia, PA

Historic Initiative in Philadelphia

Tamanend Day 2020 – A historic initiative by the Lenape Center and the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA) to commemorate every year on May 1st the legacy of TAMANEND (a.k.a. Tammny)-The Lenape leader who signed the 1682 Treaty at Shachamoxon with Englishman William Penn.

Articles

Indianz.com, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation wins big court victory. Published 2018

NPR, Lenape Indians, The Original Philadelphians. Published 2008

EGS. UPenn, The Original People and Their Land: The Lenape, Pre-History to the 18th Century

Other Links

Native Voices Exhibition at Penn Museum

Native American & Indigenous Studies at UPenn

Southern Plain Tribal Health Board: Delaware Tribes of Indians

Wikipedia: Lenape

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