My dissertation investigates the ways indigeneity was debated, performed,acknowledged, and embodied by Native and non-Native people in late 20th century Philadelphia. Covering roughly a thirty-five year period beginning in 1970, I focus on developments in anthropology, urban planning, civic celebrations,state recognition policy, and multiculturalism as they relate to Philadelphia’s urban renewal projects, the city’s urban Indian center, and traditional Lenapeterritory (Lenapehoking). I read multiple disjointed archives together in order to trace the ways indigeneity functioned as both lived experience and as social, intellectual, and cultural capital during urban redevelopment.