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Which approach best represents Lenape history in New Jersey?

Study only the period when British colonial institutions issued land titles
Emphasize Indigenous experiences only when they appear in European records
Discuss precolonial life, colonial displacement, and continuing communities
Treat modern communities as unrelated to the historical record

Study only the period when British colonial institutions issued land titles
Emphasize Indigenous experiences only when they appear in European records
Discuss precolonial life, colonial displacement, and continuing communities
Treat modern communities as unrelated to the historical record

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New Jersey history should distinguish precolonial Lenape life, colonial displacement, and continuing descendant communities.

A sound account includes Lenape life before European settlement, colonization and displacement, and continuing descendant communities. Treating Indigenous people only as historical subjects erases living identities and experiences. Living communities should have agency in how their own history and identity are described.

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