This area has nearly 500 documented Indigenous archeological sites, of which more than 100 are currently considered eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. The National Park and Preserve sits in the heart of the Lenapehoking, the ancestral homeland of the Lenape/Delaware Peoples, who signed the first treaty with the U.S. Government in 1778. In cooperation and consultation with Lenape-descendent Tribal representatives, 12,000 years of continuous Indigenous presence will be honored as the Delaware River National Park and Lenape Preserve will provide a safe and protected space for Tribal communities to co-create and preserve Traditional Ecological Knowledge practiced for thousands of years within these lands and waters. A cultural community space for Indigenous knowledge, education and experiences is in the proposal in collaboration with Tribal partners.