The Turtle Clan within the Lenape tribe were the first inhabitants of what is now considered the city of Vineland, erecting wigwams out of reeds and bark along the Maurice River and other local waterways where they fished some 10,000 years ago.
The Turtle Clan within the Lenape tribe were the first inhabitants of what is now considered the city of Vineland, erecting wigwams out of reeds and bark along the Maurice River and other local waterways where they fished some 10,000 years ago.
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