The land upon which we gather is part of the traditional territory of
the Lenni-Lenape, called “Lenapehoking.” The Lenape People lived in
harmony with one another upon this territory for thousands of years.
During the colonial era and early federal period, many were removedwest and north,
but some also remain among the continuing historical
tribal communities of the region: The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal
Nation; the Ramapough Lenape Nation; and the Powhatan Renape
Nation, The Nanticoke of Millsboro Delaware, and the Lenape of
Cheswold Delaware.

​We acknowledge the Lenni-Lenape as the
original people of this land and their continuing relationship with their
territory. In our acknowledgment of the continued presence of Lenape
people in their homeland, we affirm the aspiration of the great
Lenape Chief Tamanend, that there be harmony between the
indigenous people of this land and the descendants of the immigrants
to this land, “as long as the rivers and creeks flow, and the sun, moon, and stars shine."