Lenape Country Marissa Hall and farsightedness to right its

and farsightedness to right its course for generations to come

and it encourages all of us to speak up for justice

urging faith communities to become intentional spaces of refuge and restoration

" Taranto argues

Lenape Country Marissa Hall and farsightedness to right itsIn 1631, when the Dutch tried to develop plantation agriculture in the Delaware Valley, the Lenape Indians destroyed the colony of Swanendael and killed its residents. The Natives and Dutch quickly negotiated peace, avoiding an extended war through diplomacy and trade. The Lenapes preserved their political sovereignty for the next fifty years as Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, and English colonists settled the Delaware Valley. The European outposts did not