Lenape
Also known as Leni Lenape, Delaware people, Delaware tribe, Delaware, Delawares, Lenni Lenape, Lunaapeew, Delaware Tribe of Indians
thumb|Two Delaware Nation citizens, Jennie Bobb and her daughter Nellie Longhat, in [[Oklahoma, in 1915]] The Lenape (, , ; ), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- LenapeDelaware people
- Ethnic group.image
- Bandoleer Bag MET vs1999 484 12.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- 1870 Lenape bandolier bag from Kansas, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Ethnic group.population
- 16,000
- Ethnic group.region1
- Oklahoma, U.S.
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 11,195 (2010)
- Ethnic group.region2
- Wisconsin, U.S.
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 1,565
- Ethnic group.region3
- Ontario, Canada
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 2,300
- Ethnic group.languages
- English, Munsee, and Unami as a second language
- Ethnic group.religions
- Christianity, Native American Church,traditional tribal religion
Article
39 sectionsContents
- Name
- Historical homelands
- Languages
- Society
- Clans and kinship systems
- Hunting, fishing, and farming
- Clothing and adornment
- Leisure
- Ethnobotany
- History
- European contact
- Early colonial era
- 17th century
- 18th century
- American Revolutionary War
- Late 18th century treaties
- 19th century
- Indiana to Missouri
- Role in western history
- Texas
- Spanish Texas
- Mexican Texas
- Texas Republic
- State of Texas
- Kansas reservation
- Oklahoma
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Contemporary tribes and organizations
- U.S. federally recognized tribes
- Canadian First Nations
- State-recognized and unrecognized groups
- Notable historical Lenape people
- See also
- Commentary
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Two Delaware Nation citizens, Jennie Bobb and her daughter Nellie Longhat, in [[Oklahoma, in 1915]] The Lenape (, , ; ), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.
The Lenape's historical territory included present-day northeastern Delaware, all of New Jersey, the eastern Pennsylvania regions of the Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania, and New York Bay, western Long Island, and the lower Hudson Valley in New York state. Today communities are based in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario.
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Algonquian ethnonymsEastern Algonquian peoplesFirst Nations in OntarioHistory of the Lehigh ValleyIndigenous peoples of the Northeastern WoodlandsLenapeNative American history of DelawareNative American history of New JerseyNative American history of PennsylvaniaNative American people in the American RevolutionNative American tribes in Delaware