5th Annual Munsee Language and History Symposium Session 3: Local Lunaape Histories @PrincetonPL

Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

The symposium began with a day at Princeton Public Library focusing on “Lunaape Books” and “Local Histories."

This event continues and deepens ongoing relationships with Lunaapeewak from Munsee-speaking tribal nations as they gather on their own traditional territory, Lunaapahkiing, with students, staff, fellows, and faculty from Princeton and IAS. This year’s theme was “Reconnecting with Lunaape Land, Language, and History.” The 2025 symposium sessions took place: Oct. 16: Princeton Public Library; Oct. 17: American Museum of Natural History, New York City; Oct. 18: The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton, and The Seed Farm at Princeton.

Session 3: Local Lunaape Histories

Eve Mandel (Historical Society of Princeton), an overview of the Historical Society of Princeton’s Native American initiatives

Claire Garland (Sand Hill / Navesink) on the new Minisink Trail markers

Paul Ligati, with Achutan Raghushri (West Windsor Historical Society), on the Moses Tunda Tatamy Trail

Presented by the Effron Center for the Study of America, Princeton University and co-sponsored by the Princeton University Office of the Provost, Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship (ProCES), Program in Linguistics, SPIA in NJ, and The Seed Farm at Princeton; Princeton Public Library; the American Museum of Natural History; and the School of Historical Studies and the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Collaborative Research at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Presented with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This event was recorded on October 16, 2025.

For information on past and upcoming Lunaape events at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, visit: https://www.ias.edu/hs/lunaape-ias-events

5th Annual Munsee Language and History Symposium Session 3: Local Lunaape Histories

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