We post regularly about specific aspects of our language, culture, and history. We also have a free online course that covers our history.

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It would cost over $3 million to buy back just 76 of the 16,000 acres promised to us in the 1701 treaty. The loss of that land has disenfranchised our people for over 200 years. Despite several documented attempts to return our land, including the 1845 land claims, the 1872 Joint Resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the 1941 Susquehannock Indian Reservation bill, we remain a landless tribe to this day.

Donating to support our land buy-back efforts is a contribution towards the future of our tribe and towards restitution for the continued damage that the loss of our land has done to our community. We deeply appreciate your support, and are excited for the opportunity to pay that forward.

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You can find your representative by visiting the Pennsylvania General Assembly website, which can be accessed here.

Here is a sample message you might customize and send to your local politicians!

Subject: Learning More About the Conestoga-Susquehannock Tribe

Dear [Representative's Name],

I hope this message finds you well. As a constituent of [Your District/Area], I am writing to encourage you to learn more about the Conestoga-Susquehannock Tribe and the benefits to the state of Pennsylvania that would come from officially recognizing their tribe at the state level. The tribe has been seeking recognition for over 175 years, and there was actually a Pennsylvania bill to establish a reservation for them that passed unopposed in 1941! There were also land claims filed in 1845, and a federal-level Joint Resolution in 1872 that failed to return land to their community.

State recognition would have tremendous benefits for both their tribe and our state. While it would not allow the tribe to establish a casino or remove any land from the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania, it would allow tribal members to legally call themselves Native American, establish a path towards their religious freedom, and notably, would allow Pennsylvanians to finally benefit from federal funds to support Native American communities, which we have paid into for decades without any organization in the state eligible to benefit from those funds. State recognition is the right thing to do, and leads the way towards economic and educational benefit for the entire state.

Thank you for considering this important topic.

Best regards,

[Your Name]

[Your Contact Information]

[Your Address]