Lenape treaty signing at Willow Wisp Farm

Posted 8/15/18

DAMASCUS, PA — On Sunday, August 4, farmers Greg Swartz, Tannis Kowalchuk and their 10-year-old son Simon Kowalchuk-Swartz were honored to welcome members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania …

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Lenape treaty signing at Willow Wisp Farm

Tannis Kowalchuk signs the Friendship Treaty being carried by the Lenape and supporters down the Delaware River.

Contributed photos Ellen Rolph (wife of Chief Gentle Moon), left, Greg Swartz, Chief Gentle Moon, Tannis Kowalchuk and Simon Kowalchuk-Swartz are seen at the recent stop the Lenape made at Willow Wisp Farm.

The flotilla departs to complete its journey to the mouth of the river.

Chief Gentle Moon demonstraties how the tool artifact that was found on the farm was used to grind corn.

Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2018 2:52 pm

DAMASCUS, PA — On Sunday, August 4, farmers Greg Swartz, Tannis Kowalchuk and their 10-year-old son Simon Kowalchuk-Swartz were honored to welcome members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania to their farm, Willow Wisp Organic Farm.

Led by Chief Gentle Moon, a group 26 Lenape Nation members, are currently on a two-week trip by canoe and kayaks on the Delaware River to Cape May. Along the journey they are meeting with river-based communities and environmental groups to make friendships, exchange ideas and collect signatures on a Friendship Treaty that they are carrying with them. The sojourn is organized by tribal member Adam DePaul, who is a Lenape language researcher and organizer of the Rising Nation.