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Lennapi River, was:Re: Meaning of Delaware

From: Gerald Sobel, sobel_solar@yahoo.com
Date: 5/6/2003
Time: 1:37:26 AM
Remote Name: 67.224.75.174

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May I suggest changing the name of the Delaware River, to, the Lennapi River? In elementry school, possibly fifth grade, growing up in New Jersey, we studied the Leni Lenape History, but sadly I remember little. As a native of New Jersey, I am wondering, suppose I want to become a member of an 'american' tribe, or shall we say, Turtle Island? I was raised Jewish, I guess you could say that is my original tribe. But lately I seem to be leaning to Native Beliefs. I don't know if it has something to do with having a girlfriend to is half Cherokee. We don't much discuss religion. I think it is something akin to Osmosis. The whole idea of one god, and a male one at that, seems so limiting, and frankly, dumb. But last year I found myself talking to a house fly. I could tell that the fly thought it was pretty dumb for me to be trying to talk to it. It promptly flew away. Did you know a house fly can flap it's wings at 200 beats per second? Thats like, 12,000 RPM! Wow!

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