Nation
Nanticoke Indian Tribe of DelawareNanticoke Indian Tribe of Delaware
Not yet reviewed by this nation. What follows comes from public records and research. It does not speak for the nation.
- Recorded status
- Recognized by a state
- Region
- DE
Recognition, as each source states it
Recognition is a legal and political status that governments assign; it is not a measure of who a people are.
- Recognized by a state, DE (1881)29 Del. C. § 107 (80 Del. Laws c. 346, 2016); see also § 105source
Who is doing the work
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Sources
- delcode.delaware.gov/title29/c001/index.htmlreference work
designated and recognized as the first state-recognized tribe in Delaware, and has been so recognized since March 10, 1881
- Kind
- Nation
- Confidence
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- Nation review
- Not yet reviewed by this nation