Unfortunately, I can not read all of your posts as I type this reply.
I am glad that this topic was left under Research Needed, as there is no question that study of the Walum Olum controversy will continue to provide an excellent introduction to Lenape studies for years to come.
Recently it came to me that Oestreicher entirely missed what drove Rafinesque. Champollignon had just deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphic, and it appears that Rafinesque had a copy of Lenape hieroglyphs for years with no gloss.
Rafinesque was not motivated by money, as Oestriecher claimed.
However the continuing studies turn out, we can rely on the Heckewelder and Sutton records as paraphrases of Lenape medewak traditions with complete confidence, and I thank you for sharing here what you were taught.
I can understand entirely survivors shock; it is now a question of the paths forward, and keeping the con men from their victims, as we do here.
As far as excavations go, recall the memories of disease and disaster you were taught. Right now we're all here, and we can be sure that these will happen again, so it is very important to understand how they happened before.
For example, did the plague of 1275 come from the Norse, or was it an outbreak of Hanta virus from the SW? Or were there two plagues?
And what of the climate collapses?
In my own case, I was simply trying to learn how many times junk from space hit the Earth and killed people.
In my opinion, excavation does not automatically have to incur disrespect for the dead, though that is just my own opinion. But ensuring that respect will always require keeping a tight eye on how archaeologists proceed, as well as trying to remedy the results of their past mistakes.
Ni Ahwe, ouisi katet, paselo...
