Ngakumbi nangakumbi kubugcisa nakwilizwe lezemfundo, amaziko ebephuma ezihlangwini zawo ngenjongo yokuvuma nokunika imbeko kwinto yokuba izakhiwo zawo zihleli kumhlaba wemveli. IMyuziyam eNtsha iyavuma ukuba ihleli kwi ilizwe lakwaLenape ; IZiko lobuGcisa laseChicago lithi ibekwe kwi the unceded homelands ye-thr Ojibwe, Odawa, kunye neZizwe zePotawatomi. Ngoku, iMyuziyam yeMetropolitan yoBugcisa ijoyine amanye amaziko aphambili kulo mkhuba. NgoLwesibini, imyuziyam ifake i-plaque kufutshane nomnyango wayo oyintloko evuma ukuba ihleli kumhlaba we Abantu bomthonyama baseLenape .
Zizonke, uqweqwe lufundwa ngolu hlobo lulandelayo: IMyuziyam yeMetropolitan yoBugcisa imi eLenapehoking, kwilizwe lakwaLenape diaspora, kwaye ngokwembali indawo yokuhlanganisana kunye nendawo yokurhweba yabantu abahlukeneyo boMdabu, abaqhubeka ukuhlala nokusebenza kwesi siqithi. Ngentlonipho samkela kwaye sahlonipha lonke uluntu lwaMthonyama-lwangaphambili, lwangoku nolwexesha elizayo -kuqhubekeka kunye nolwalamano olusisiseko kulo mmandla. Ngokutsho ukuya Izixhobo , phambi kokuba uLenape ahlangatyezwe okokuqala ngumhloli wamazwe wase-Itali uGiovanni da Verrazano ngo-1542, malunga nama-15,000 amalungu esizwe samaMthonyama ayehlala kwindawo ngoku eyiNew York City.
Emva koko, i-Lenape yanyanzeliswa ngasentshona ngoqheliso lobukoloniyali, kwaye ekugqibeleni babuyiselwa ngenkani ngurhulumente wase-US. Ukuze iziko lolondolozo lwembali livume eli lifa ngokuqinisekileyo linyathelo eliya phambili nakwiziko ukutshintsha ngaphakathi . I-Met inoxanduva lokwabelana ngamabali ayinyani ngexesha lethu elidlulileyo nelangoku, umyuziyam ubeke ngaphambili kwingxelo . Akwanelanga ukufaka iplagi kwisakhiwo, nangona kunjalo. Okubaluleke nangakumbi kukuzibophelela kwemyuziyam ekuqhubekeni nentsebenziswano enkulu kunye nabemi boMthonyama abohlukeneyo, ukubonakalisa ukubonakalisa kwethu intlonipho kunye nokwenza utshintsho loluntu ngaphaya kweminyango yethu.