This map shows the forced migrations of the Lenape or Delaware people from our eastern homeland (marked in red) to Oklahoma. Our original homeland was all of New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware, and southeastern New York.
Our ancestors had to move many times to avoid the onslaught of the settlers coming from the east. When we moved to each new place we were told that was to be our home from now on, but after a few years we had to move again. Each move and resettlement is indicated by a small bark house where we lived for a period of time. The larger the image of the bark house the longer we lived in that area.
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