NEW PHILADELPHIA - Historic Schoenbrunn Village is inviting the community to learn and interact with the descendants of some of the Native communities who once called the area home.

The village will be hosting a presentation this Saturday on the Delaware Tribe led by members of the Shawnee, Delaware, and Seneca-Cayuga Tribes whose ancestors were all forcibly removed from Ohio to Oklahoma in the 19th century.  Attendees will learn about these communities, their lifestyle and culture, and their relocation from Ohio to their present-day locations in Oklahoma and Canada. There will also a discussion on the roles that Schoenbrunn and the other two Moravian missions on the Tuscarawas River played in 18th century tribal communities.  

The presentation will take place at 6:30 pm in front of the village's reconstructed School House. It's free to attend and open to the public thanks to sponsors including the Tuscarawas Valley Heritage Association and Country Inn and Suites in Dover.  

About Historic Schoenbrunn Village

In German, Schoenbrunn means "Beautiful Spring" and that is exactly what David Zeisberger found when he founded the Village in 1772. The beautifully-restored village highlights a unique meeting of two cultures, the Moravian Missionaries started Schoenbrunn and lived in peace with the Delaware Native Americans. Today, Schoenbrunn offers 17 reconstructed log buildings returning to a time of America's beginning.