The Lenape-Delaware Indian Heritage, 10,000 BC to AD 2000

by Herbert Kraft

The definitive study of the Lenape Indians of New Jersey and the surrounding region. Carefully researched, a major contribution to New Jersey culture-history.

Genres: History, Indigenous

670 pages, Hardcover

First published May 30, 2001

Reviews

[Benjamin Fasching-Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author did a lot of archaeology around new jersey and really knows his stuff. sometimes he geeks out on spear points but most of the detail makes it easy to imagine the lenape way of life through the ages. Then, like any good book about so-called Indians, this one has tasty quotes from the period of contact. the quotes are even tastier though compared to the wild west stuff, because the players are all out of the colonial era. my favorite was a quote from the governor of 'new sweden' along the lines of, now that the indians have sold us so many furs that there are no animals left, the best thing would be to bring an army here and murder every last one of them.

[John Thieme · Rating 5 out of 5]

I knew Herbert Kraft (1927-2000) in life and was always in awe of both the his scholarly and encyclopaedic knowledge of the Lenape heritage and the energy with which he readily shared it with others. This work, over 650 pages, is the hands-down best scholarly monograph into the Lenape, Woodland and Paleo-Indian cultures that inhabited New Jersey and the eastern Seaboard.

[JoAnn Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only read about 25% of this book. Mostly factual but also contains conjectures due to absent evidence.