Our Share the Plate offering in September is for the Nanticoke Indian Museum. This museum is a National Historic Landmark and is the only Native American Museum in Delaware. The Nanticoke (the “people of the tidewaters”) are an Algonquin-speaking people who have inhabited Delaware and Maryland for many centuries. The Museum displays many artifacts, some dating back to 8,000 BC. Visitors receive insight into the work that goes into creating Native arts and leave with a new understanding of the culture. The Museum sponsors summer youth day camps at Camp Arrowhead for tribal children, and on November 5th, the Museum will celebrate Native American Day with tribal dancers, storytellers, drummers and traditional foods and crafts.
You can contribute online through the UUSD website at Donate for Share the Plate, or you can send a check to UUSD (30486 Lewes Georgetown Highway, Lewes, DE 19958) with Share the Plate in the memo line. Contact SocialJustice@uussd.org if you need more information.