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Well received by schools, nature centers, libraries,
historical organizations and civic groups, our programs
teach about traditional Lenape culture, focusing on
daily life which followed the rhythms of nature's
cycles. We can come dressed in authentically
recreated garments, and can adjust the content to meet
the needs of any audience.
All programs
are curriculum-based and contain a slide presentation,
stories and many touchable objects and artifacts,
including authentic clothing, tools, musical
instruments, artwork, masks and games. Length
60-90 minutes
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Biography and Program Fees
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Lenape
Lifeways Family and Village Life
(Grades 1 to 8) |
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Fun and
age-appropriate! Details traditional Lenape life in the
Eastern Woodlands homeland by focusing on everyday village
activities and the roles of men, women and children within the
family and community. Drawings and photographs show how
the Lenape dressed, built shelters, grew crops, fished, hunted,
cooked, made tools and weapons, treated disease, grew up and
more.
Dependent on age and curriculum
requirements, the program may touch on topics such as the
migration of humans from Siberia, the development of Native
American culture areas and later interaction with Europeans and
the resultant cultural conflicts which led to Lenape
displacement.
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The
Lenape-Delaware Indian Heritage
(General Audiences) |
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This engaging and
substantive slide-illustrated program is an attempt to
reconstruct the life of the Lenape-Delaware people who once
populated New Jersey and the surrounding area. This
program will examine Lenape daily life, their legends, art,
religious beliefs, customs, traditions, and system of
government.
This program will help audiences to develop a
historical comprehension of these people and separate
misinformation from historical fact. The presentation
covers the region's 12,000 years of Native American prehistory,
later European contact and native displacement.
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PRESENTER |
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John has
been working with the Lenape people, creating museum exhibits,
consulting with editors for social studies textbooks, and
lecturing for nearly 30 years. Additionally, he has appeared
in many television productions related to New Jersey culture and
history.
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John T. Kraft,
Director of Lenape Lifeways, Inc, is an
archaeologist;/educator who has presented thousands of programs on
the Lenape or Delaware Indians of New Jersey. He has helped
discover and excavate Lenape villages and artifacts, and has added
much new information about their family life, dwellings, diet,
spiritual beliefs and technology.
He has published The
Indians of Lenapehoking, an educational unit on the Indians of
New Jersey and the surrounding region, and has illustrated The
Lenape or Delaware Indians and other books.
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PROGRAM
FEES |

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Program
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2007-2008
Prices
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Program
(up to 60 participants)
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$250*
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2 Consecutive Programs
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$450*
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Assembly
(over 75 participants)
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$375*
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2 Assemblies
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$700*
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Teacher's Workshop
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$375*
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* Plus Mileage
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Half-day
or full-day presentations are available by
special arrangement - separate fees apply.
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