New Lenape Language Classes Offered on Bartlesville Campus

Due to popular demand, the Culture Preservation Committee has decided to begin a new session of Lenape language classes. The new classes will be held at the Delaware Tribal Community Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Classes will be on the second, third, and fourth Monday of each month beginning at 6 PM. The class sessions will last about an hour or so and the students will be given a printed lesson to study and keep.

If you are interested in attending the classes, please contact Jim Rementer at LenapeMail@aol.com. Include your name, telephone number, and email address. We need these so you can be contacted if there is a last-minute change in class scheduling.

The classes are sponsored by the Delaware Tribal Culture Preservation Committee, and there is no charge for attending. The instructor for the class will be Jim Rementer, and assistant instructor is Janifer Brown. They have both worked for a number of years with our last fluent speakers in an effort to record and preserve the language.

The Lenape language was originally spoken in the old homeland which was all of the state of New Jersey, northern Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania, and southeastern New York.