Friends of Wickers Creek Archaeological Site Friends of Wickers Creek Archaeological Site New Book for Young People by Roxanne DunbarOrtiz Jean Mendoza Adapted by Debbie Reese Adapted by Going beyond the story of America as a country discovered by a few brave men in the New World Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne DunbarOrtiz reveals the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity. The original academic text is fully adapted by renowned curriculum experts Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza for middlegrade and young adult readers to include discussion topics archival images original maps recommendations for further reading and other materials to encourage students teachers and general readers to think critically about their own place in history The Original People and Their Land The Lenape PreHistory to the 18th Century The indigenous people who inhabited the land that became Philadelphia were the Lenape also Lenni Lenape their English moniker was Delaware they were displaced by Quakers and other religious minorities that settled the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the late 17th and 18th centuries. American Indian College Fund We have one unwavering purpose increasing the number of American Indians who hold college degrees. Currently only 15 of American Indians have a college degree less than half the national average.