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Explore a knowledge-sharing session from the 2024 Munsee Language & History Symposium focused on wampum belts and historical documents. This 37-minute recording features Munsee Delaware Nation elder John Nicholas and Stephanie Stonefish Ryan sharing traditional knowledge about wampum, followed by a guided tour of Princeton University Library's Special Collections. The visit highlights significant Munsee, Unami, and other Indigenous language books, land transfer documents, and deeds that document interactions between settlers and Indigenous inhabitants of Lunaapahkiing (traditional Lunaape lands corresponding to present-day New Jersey, southern New York, and eastern Pennsylvania). Part of the symposium's theme "Widening the Circle: Lunaape Land, Language, and History," this session represents ongoing efforts to preserve and share Munsee cultural heritage at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
