Native American Government and Sovereignty TH & DMV production 2024

Narrated by Brianna Dagastino, Trent House's production "Native American Government & Sovereignty" explores and discusses the influence of Native American cultures, chiefly the Iroquois Nation; Lenni-Lenape, and Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, on the United States' formation, including the basic principles of the Constitution, and the ongoing struggle for justice and recognition of Native American peoples today.
This program features interviews with:
•Mark Gould, Former Chief of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe
•Cory Ridgeway, Member of the Nanticoke Tribe of Delaware
•Urie Ridgeway, Chief of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe
•Kevin Street, Sr., Councilman of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe
This video was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this video do not necessarily represent those of the NEH or NJCH.

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If our colonist forefathers had honored the 1778 treaty giving the Lenni-Lenape statehood and representatives in Congress, America would be a better place today.