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Isaiah 40:31

“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Special Note from Owner/Principal Broker Susan Jenkins

Thank you for taking the time to consider Native American Group Realty for all your buying and selling needs. Many people ask if I am Native American Indian and the answer is yes. I am both Delaware and Cherokee.  My Delaware Indian heritage descends from my Great-Great-Great Grand Father, Journeycake, who  was a Chief of the Delaware Tribe, know as Lenni Lenape. The name DELAWARE was given to the people who lived along the Delaware River, and the river in turn was named after Lord de la Warr, the governor of the Jamestown colony. The name Delaware later came to be applied to almost all Lenape people. In our language, which belongs to the Algonquian language family, we call ourselves LENAPE (len-NAH-pay) which means something like "The People." Our ancestors were among the first Indians to come in contact with the Europeans (Dutch, English, & Swedish) in the early 1600s. The Delaware were called the "Grandfather" tribe because we were respected by other tribes as peacemakers since we often served to settle disputes among rival tribes. We were also known for our fierceness and tenacity as warriors when we had to fight, however, we preferred to choose a path of peace with the Europeans and other tribes. I am also considered an “adopted” Cherokee Indian by a land treaty in the MId 1800’s between the Cherokee and Delaware Nations.

My Great-Great-Great-Grandfather, Journeycake, was born circa 1790 and was part of the Wolf Clan of the Delaware/Lenni Lenape Tribe. The Delaware Tribe occupied the territory on the eastern coast from the mouth of the Potomac River to and beyond the Hudson River and stretched far back into the interior. Chief Journeycake later played an integral role in the negotiations between the settlers, the newly forming government and neighboring Indian tribes over the lands which resulted in several peace treaties. It is certain that the Delaware Indians were leaders among the tribes with which our government dealt with in obtaining possession of lands from Pennsylvania westward to the Mississippi. Journeycake’s wife was fluent in the many tribal dialects and became fluent in the English language. She was an expert interpreter and played an important role in translating between the Indians and the settlers. She also translated for the missionaries. She eventually converted to Christianity and was know among the tribes as a “Christian Indian”. A book was written by Rev. S.H. Mitchel in 1895 titled  The Indian Chief, Journeycake chronicling the lives of some of my ancestors. To read more information please visit the American Libraries site for The Indian Chief, Journeycake.

Many of the early treaties and land sales we signed with the Europeans were in our people's minds more like leases. The early Delaware had no idea that land was something that could be sold. The land belonged to the Creator, and the Lenape people were only using it to shelter and feed their people. When the poor, bedraggled people got off their ships after the long voyage and needed a place to live we shared the land with them. They gave us a few token gifts for our people's kindness, but in the mind of the Europeans these gifts were actually the purchase price for the land.

Our Delaware people signed the first Indian treaty with the newly formed United States Government on September 17, 1778. Nevertheless, through war and peace, our ancestors had to continue to give up their lands and move westward (first to Ohio, then to Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, and finally, Indian Territory, now Oklahoma). One small band of Delawares left our group in the late 1700s and through different migrations are today located at Anadarko, Oklahoma. Small contingents of Delawares fled to Canada during a time of extreme persecution and today occupy two reserves in Ontario (The Delaware Nation at Moraviantown and The Munsee-Delaware Nation).

I now consider it an honor to assist all fellow Americans in buying and selling their homes, while continuing the great traditions of honor and respect.

Native American Group Realty is an 8(a) SBA certified Native American Woman Owned Firm with the primary NAICS code of 531210 - Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers