Native American Weekend at Fort Delaware

NARROWSBURG, NY — Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History, located at 6615 Route 97, will present “Native America” from Friday, July 30 through Monday, August 2. Visitors to the museum will travel back to a time when the first inhabitants lived and roamed the Delaware River shores, valleys and surrounding lands and see exhibits, special artifact collections, listen to lectures and talk to the peoples of this vanished culture.

Frank Salvati will give a lecture on the “Infamous Walking Purchase,” the land deal set between early English colonists and the Lenape Nation for acquisition of the fertile lands along the Delaware River, and a talk on the history of the tomahawk, with a presentation of tomahawk and war club pieces related to the Six Nations and used during the French and Indian War time period.

K. “Many Faces” Young, best know as a “Legend Keeper,” will tell the sacred stories, emphasizing the diversity of cultures within the first American community, combining the legends with insights into tribal society and history. Donning his traditional clothes, Many Faces provides his audience with an educational experience of America’s varied and enduring tribal legacies, past and present.

Members of the Lenape Nation are scheduled to visit the fort on the afternoon of July 31 as they make their way down the Delaware River on the Rising Nation River Journey, starting at the Delaware River in Callicoon on Saturday, July 31, and culminating on August 14 in Cape May, NJ.

Hours are Friday, Saturday and Monday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. For more information call 845/252-6660.