The website of Lenape Center describes Lenapehoking as "homeland of the Lenape." Lenapehoking includes the land on which our school currently stands. See: Brooklyn Law School, Programs on Creating a Living Land Acknowledgment Held with the Lenape Center. Lenape Center is a nonprofit organization that states it is "[c]ontinuing Lenapehoking through community, culture and the arts" and "[w]orking towards the creation of a cultural center." Lenape Center's work includes curating exhibitions (including the virtual exhibit Lenapehoking), developing educational programs, and creating Lenapehoking: An Anthology.
BLS librarians and Library Fellows developed this research guide to support the BLS seminar: Native American Law. Tribal Law and Policy Specialist and Adjunct Professor of Law Precious Benally will teach this course in spring 2025. Professor Benally is a citizen of the Diné Nation from Northern New Mexico. BLS librarians thank Professor Benally, Professor Christopher Beauchamp, Professor Susan Herman, members of the BLS
On p. 14 of the Introduction, Joe Baker (Co-Founder/Executive Director of Lenape Center) states: “This anthology of essays and interviews features leading Indigenous scholars, culture bearers, and artists offering important new scholarship and knowledge of Lenape culture and history that is not readily available to the general public.”
Below is a link to a video of a "Live from NYPL" event held on March 6, 2023 at which contributors to Lenapehoking: An Anthology "explore[d] the personal journeys of people seeking welcome in their ancestral homeland while pushing back against their erasure."
New York Public Library's free events for Native American Heritage Month.