MUNSEE LANGUAGE & HISTORY SYMPOSIUM

This event continues and deepens ongoing relationships with Lunaapeewak (Lunaape people) from Munsee-speaking tribal nations, this year widening the circle to include Unami-speaking language keepers, as they gather with Princeton students, staff, and faculty on their own traditional territory, Lunaapahkiing. The symposium will take place in the presence of a wampum belt from Munsee-Delaware Nation, currently housed at the American Museum of Natural History, which will be in Princeton for the occasion. Sessions focus on treaty agreements, representations of Lunaapeew people in museums, language updates from each community, and versions of the Lunaape Story. This year’s theme is "Widening the Circle: Lunaape Land, Language, and History."

Sessions take place at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton), Princeton University Library, and Princeton Public Library

PRESENTED BY The Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton.

Co-sponsored by Land, Language, and Art: A Humanities Council Global Initiative, the Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES), Princeton Public Library, and the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study.

Pre-registration for in-person or virtual attendance is required.