Episode 13: When the Animals Left Lenapé Land

This week's episode tells the story of when all the animals left the hunting grounds of the Lenapé people and what was needed to have them return. Sometimes humbling oneself is the only way to create unity between differing parties.This story is taken from the book The Grandfathers Speak: Native American Folk Tales of the Lenapé People written by Hitakonanu'laxk, or Tree Beard. Learn Lenapé:Hitakonanu'laxk - hee.tah.koh.nah.NOO.lah.chk* - Tree beardLenapé - lay.nah.peh - Delaware Indian people, meaning "common people"Lenape'hokink - lay.nah.peh.ho.keenk - eastern homeland of the Lenapé*the "x" has no English equivalent; like "ch" in the Scottish word loch, gutteral