by Noelle Iati In 2004, the Delaware Nation sued the owners of over 300 acres of land in the “Forks” region of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, attempting to reclaim possession. The land, they claimed, was tribal land, obtained by Europeans through a fraudulent transaction, then granted to a Native man named Tunda “Moses” Tatamy, and then resold upon his death by Pennsylvania land speculators with no … Continue reading The Walking Purchase and the Dismissal of the Delaware Nation v. Commonwealth: Legal Institutions as Instruments of the Settler State