Recommended Reading
Recommended Non-Fiction and History Books:
A Delaware Indian Symposium, Herbert Kraft
A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Gladys Tantaquidgeon
A Study of the Delaware Indian Big House Ceremony, Frank G. Speck
David Zeisberger’s History of Northern American Indians, Rev. David Zeisberberger
Delaware’s Forgotten Folk: The Story of the Moors and Nanticokes, C. A. Weslager
Eastern Shore Indians of Virginia and Maryland, Helen C. Rountree and Thomas E.Davidson
History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations Who Once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighboring States, John Heckenwelder
Legends of the Delaware Indians and Picture Writing, Richard C. Adams
Memoirs of Rev. David Brainerd, Based on the Life of Brainerd, Prepared by Jonathan Edwards, D.D. and Afterwards Revised and Enlarged by S.E. Dwight
Mythology of the Lenape, John Bierhorst
Oklahoma Delaware Ceremonies, Feasts, and Dances, Frank G. Speck
Strong Medicine Speaks: A Native American Elder has Her Say, Amy Hill Hearth
The Celestial Bear Comes Down to Earth, Frank G. Speck
The Culture and Acculturation of the Delaware Indians, William W. Newcomb, Jr.
The Delaware Indians, C.A. Weslager
The Lenape-Delaware Indian Heritage, Herbert Kraft
The Nanticoke, Frank W. Porter, III.
The Nanticoke and Conoy Indians, Frank G. Speck
The Nanticoke Community of Delaware, Frank G. Speck
The Nanticoke Indians Past and Present, C. A. Weslager
We Are Still Here! The Tribal Saga of. NewJersey’s Nanticoke and Lenape Indians, John R. Norwood
White Deer and Other Stories Told by the Lenape, John Bierhorst
William Penn’s Own Account of the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians
Recommended Fiction For Children and Youth:
Little Bear Builds a Wigwam, Sherman Stoltzfus
The Indians of New Jersey: Dickon Among the Lenapes, M.R. Harrinton
The Legend of the Cape May Diamond, Trinka Hakes Noble