Delaware Indian Language of 1824 (American Language Reprints Supplement)
James Rementer has worked with tribal elders on Lenape language and culture since he moved to Oklahoma in 1962. He was born and raised near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the old Lenape homeland. James was adopted in the Lenape Indian way by James Thompson (then age 94) in 1963 because Mr. Thompson felt a special kinship to him. Due to his study of the Lenape language and culture, James became the Project Director for the Lenape Language Project working under grants from National Science Foundation and the Administration for Native Americans. He has served as the Secretary of the Culture Preservation Committee of the Delaware Tribe since 1991.Rementer also worked for the Delaware Tribal Enrollment Department researching old tribal rolls and correlating data. He is on the Board of Advisors of the Williamson Museum, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, and served as a consultant for American Playhouse's Roanoak docudrama, and the Home Box Office production of Dear Diary: Standing in the Light.