In Spring 2023, Montclair linguistic anthropology students had the unprecedented opportunity to learn directly from Nikole Pecore, a Munsee language teacher and citizen of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Indian Nation. Student creators designed the game kits presented here with guidance and feedback from Ms. Pecore, as well as their peers and professor.

These games are part of Montclair's pilot contributions to the Lenape and Munsee language and culture reclamation efforts that are gathering energy across Eastern Woodlands regions and particularly among diasporic Tribal and First Nations communities who retain memories of forced removal from their homelands.

A note about our process: As part of the dynamic, living Huluniixsuwaakan Repository, the language games collected here are works-in-progress! Some will need further editing. Others may need updates along the way as teachers and learners find new uses and adaptations for them. The student game designers were not Lenape or Munsee experts. They used their own experiences with language learning -- as well as their growing knowledge of the many threats to Indigenous languages -- to create templates for fun, interactive games that would lower barriers to participation and prioritize oral language practice.

Montclair says ANUSHIIK to Ms. Pecore for her patient and enthusiastic guidance of these first steps in language work. We welcome users' feedback, questions, and suggestions. Above all, let us know if you've tried out or adapted some of these materials, and how they worked for you!