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Lenape Nation ‘long dreamed’ about return of land: chief
Nicole Laidler • Aug 19, 2019
The scene is a familiar one in rural southwestern Ontario – a stand of trees surrounded by a farmer’s field. But if this piece of land could talk, it might tell stories of Fairfield, a thriving village where missionaries and Indigenous people lived together, welcoming travellers who passed through the region.
It might tell the tale of Shawnee Chief Tecumseh, fatally wounded at the Battle of the Thames on Oct. 5, 1813, less than four kilometres away. It might bear witness to those American soldiers burning the village to the ground as they returned to Fort Detroit. And today, it might rejoice at being reunited with the First Nation that settled it 227 years ago.
On May 10, this piece of land east of Thamesville, Ont. was transferred from The United Church of Canada to the Eelūnaapèewii Lahkèewiit, more commonly known as the Lenape (Lunaapeew) people of the Delaware Nation at Moraviantown.
Published July 3, 2019, Broadview Magazine
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