On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren fiction an imprint that centers stories

an imprint that centers stories about contemporary Indigenous young people

Accompanying each story are illustrations by Jirina Marton

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and to the ancient stories of his people

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On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren fiction an imprint that centers storiesThe Lenape tribe, also known as the Delaware Nation, lived for centuries on the land that English colonists later called New Jersey. But once America gained its independence, they were forced to move further west: to Indiana, then Missouri, and finally to the territory that became Oklahoma. These reluctant migrants were not able to carry much from their ancestral homeland, but they managed to preserve the stories that had been passed down for