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Video: Lenape Natives Visit Parker Place

For Thanksgiving, the residents of Parker Place got to learn more about Native Americans from the Lenape

To commemorate Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Month, invited members of the Lenape to talk about their culture, history and perform some of their traditional songs and dances.

The Lenape -- also known as the Delaware -- lived between the lower Hudson and Delaware rivers when Europeans first arrived on the continent. They were pushed west over the ensuing centuries and now mostly live in Oklahoma and Wisconsin.

However, the Wolf Clan live near Conneaut.

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"According to the government, no natives live in Ohio or Pennsylvania," the clan's chief, Quiet Wolf, told the Parker Place residents. "But, unless you can see through me, I do exist and there are natives in Ohio."

The Lenape performed several traditional songs and dances, including dances for the veterans and a grass dance that is used to flatten the grass at pow-wows.

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