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Native American Heritage Programs shares Lenape (Delaware Indian) culture & contributions of Native Americans.

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Tend the Garden!

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Kwangomelhenna wuntschi Lennapeuhockink!  N'mentschihhenna eli payan!--

We greet you from the land of the Lenape!   We are glad because you have come.

Native American Heritage Programs shares Lenape (Delaware Indian) culture & contributions of Native Americans.

Allan & Skaaka

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Carla & Allan

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Over 30 years of experience helping educators meet their goals by providing educational programs and workshops for schools and groups.

 

Pennsylvania Humanities Council - Commonwealth Speakers:
Native American Life & History

Book WeekSkipping Stones Book AwardWe have won the 15th Annual Skipping Stones Honor Awards  

&

National Children's Choice Book Award Finalist!

When the Shadbush Blooms has been named to the 2008 list of Best Children's Books by the Bank Street College Children's Book Committee!  We have also won the CCBC Choice 2008, Children's Cooperative Book Center Award & 2008 Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts.

Recommended to teachers by the National Museum of the American Indian, Spring 2008 Education E-Newsletter; Recommended on National Public Radio's "Tell Me More" November 2007; Featured in Kirkus Reviews' BEA/ALA Big Book Guide 2007.

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Carla Messinger - author of the children’s book When the Shad Bush Blooms (Sept 2007, Tricycle Press/Random House) .  Photo by Al Zagofsky

"The glory of white shadbush blossoms on the cover should be used as an excuse to pull it out in the spring and share it!"

Carla & studentsPennsylvania Humanities Council

Commonwealth Speakers:
Native American Life & History 


Carla & Allan Messinger are presenting programs for the 2008-09 Pennsylvania Speakers Bureau season.  Please follow the link above for more information.

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Dancing Girl & Little Flower

See our Teacher's Pages for inspiration!

Native people today live like other people in your neighborhood.  Your children can find Little Flower on several pages doing chores and having fun!

Follow the links below to view our program offerings.

Traveling Native Heritage Programs

Focus on Lenape (Delaware) Lifeways, Native Contributions, Environmental & Contemporary Issues, Women’s Programs are available for preschool, school age, special needs, adult and senior groups, libraries, social organizations and businesses.

 Call now to schedule your programs!  

Educational Presentations & Workshops

Programs to fit the needs of Preschoolers through Seniors, Special Needs Classes, Scout & Badge Programs, In-service, Workshops.

Consulting & Diversity Day Speakers for Businesses

Providing programs for: Philadelphia Free Library - Independence Branch & Rittenhouse Square, Defense Supply Center, IRS,  US Mint,  Veteran’s Administration,  Pennsylvania State Parks,  PA Dept. of Aging,  Lutheran Theological Seminary,  Citibank - Wilmington Trust, Longwood Gardens,  Kutztown University

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Attention Teachers!

We help you meet Pennsylvania’s Academic Standards in History & Arts / Humanities, New Jersey's Core Content Standards in Social Studies and Delaware's History Standards.

Native American Heritage Programs has been designated a Woman/Minority Business by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania & Certified by the State of Delaware.

Mission Statement

The mission of Native American Heritage Programs is to present, preserve, and perpetuate the history and cultural heritage of the Lenni Lenape, or Delaware Indians (who originally lived in eastern Pennsylvania, southern upper New York State, western New Jersey, and parts of Maryland and Delaware), and that of other Native American groups.  The organization accomplishes that mission through cultural heritage programs, workshops, and educational exhibits for children and adults of all abilities.

 Wawullamallessil  (Fare thee well)