Trinity Norwood
Project Advisor, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation
Trinity Norwood is a citizen of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation in South Jersey. She serves her people as an adviser to the tribal youth group as well as the head coordinator for the Tribal Royalty program.
Trinity served as the key liaison to the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation for the Alliance for Watershed Education Art Project, Lenapehoking~Watershed. She organized an advisory circle - a mixed group of young people and elders - to work with the game writers on the Aqua Marooned! Lenape Deck.
As an advocate for indigenous peoples, Trinity works to promote and educate about indigenous issues through multiple mediums including art, film, and literature. She is on the board for Philadelphia Indigenous People’s Day, has been featured on Comcast newsmakers, and interviewed by Kathy O’Connell for WXPN Kids Corner. As a writer, Trinity creates poetry and short stories that focus on her experience of being a Lenape woman. Some of her pieces have been published in the Voices poetry anthology collection and used for local art projects like the Ghost Ship exhibit at Race Street Pier. She has also appeared in local historical documentaries like the Philadelphia Experiment and the Kings Highway.
As a sophomore in college, Trinity got a request from her high school English teacher to speak to her classroom for American Indian History Month. That experience inspired her to found Native New Jersey. A nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading awareness, dispelling stereotypes and misconceptions about Native people, and educating both students and teachers alike about Native history, culture, and current events. Native New Jersey works to assist tribal efforts to build a museum and educational center on the Tribal grounds. She hopes to grow native New Jersey and to spread awareness all throughout the tristate area.
