The Grandfathers Speak: Native American Folk Tales of the Lenapé People visual arts the Mesoamerican Weaver/Spiderwoman the guardian

the Mesoamerican Weaver/Spiderwoman the guardian of birth

"Noongom giwii-wiindamoon gaadooyaan

provides a window into a story largely lost to history

and queer identity

The Grandfathers Speak: Native American Folk Tales of the Lenapé People visual arts the Mesoamerican Weaver/Spiderwoman the guardianBeautifully and authentically narrated, these stories tell among other things, of how Nanapush, the Grandfather of Beings and Men, created the earth upon the back of a great turtle; of how Mnkahas the Rainbow Crow, flew to the twelfth heaven to receive the gift of fire from the Creator; and of how the Lenap people came to live along the eastern seaboard of what is now known as the United States. The Grandfathers Speak is part of the Interlink