Description:
While the Len'ape People have inhabited Pennsylvania for over a thousand years, they have never been formally recognized by the Government. These first Americans, who greeted William Penn and influenced the creators of our U.S. Constitution, are asking for recognition through House Bill 63 in the Pennsylvania State Legislature. Hear who's fighting for this Bill, and what's at stake beyond the issue of ancestral rights.

Featuring:

* Chief Bob Red Hawk Ruth, http://www.indiancountry.com
"Everything begins and everything ends with our Creator," said Red Hawk. "For years we have hoped to rekindle the brotherhood that started with William Penn and Tamanend."

* Dr. Bruce Johanson, University of Nebraska, Omaha, and author of several books, including Forgotten Founders, bjohansen@mail.unomaha.edu

Pennsylvania State Representative Louise Bishop, Philadelphia, http://www.legis.state.pa.us
Representative Bishop is a long-serving and well respected member of the legislature and is the Chair of the Children and Youth Committee as well as serving on the Health and Human Services Committee.

* Pennsylvania State Representative Paul Clymer, Bucks County, http://www.paulclymer.com/

* Daniel Richter, Director of History, University of Pennsylvania and author of The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization (University of North Carolina Press, 1992); and Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America (Harvard University Press 2001).

Production Team:
Narrator: Blair Brown
Executive Producer: Barbara Simmons
Producer: Sara Lilley

Sponsors:
Arcadia University's International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program
The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance 5 County Arts Foundation
Bequests Grants Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
The SNAVE Foundation
Newtown Monthly Meeting