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The Museum of Indian Culture is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization [1] and educational center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1980, the center is dedicated to presenting, preserving, and perpetuating the history of the Lenape and other Northeastern Woodland Indian cultures. [ 2 ]
This is a list of Native American archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania.. Historic sites in the United States qualify to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places by passing one or more of four different criteria; Criterion D permits the inclusion of proven and potential archaeological sites. [1]
The Indian Steps Cabin, also known as the Indian Steps Museum, is an historic memorial and museum located in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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Museum of Indian Culture: Allentown: Lehigh: Lehigh Valley: Native American: Highlights the early history and culture of the Lenape and other American Indian tribes. The Museum of Mourning Art: Drexel Hill: Delaware: Delaware Valley: History: Beliefs and rituals that surround the arts of dying and grieving Nain-Schober House: Bethlehem: Lehigh ...
The site operates as a division of the Heinz History Center of Pittsburgh and has a museum and a reconstruction of a circa 1570s Monongahela culture Indian village. Meadowcroft Rockshelter is recognized as a National Historic Landmark, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Treasure, and as an official project of Save America's Treasures.
In 1938, the museum moved from its original home to the convention hall in Hershey. In 2009, the museum moved into a new building and was renamed The Hershey Story, The Museum on Chocolate Avenue. [5] The museum still retains its Native American and Pennsylvania German collections but they are not on view to the public. [6]
As the French and Indian War wound down in the frontier, the fort's garrison was moved to other forts. Captain Lewis Ourry, in command of the fort at the outbreak of Pontiac's War, listed just twelve Royal Americans on his roster to guard the fort and more than 90 local families. Despite the weakness of the garrison, the fort was not directly ...