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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
Ethnic group.related
Other Algonquian peoples
Ethnonym.person
Lënape(Monsi /Wënami)
Ethnonym.people
Lënapeyok(Monsiyok /Wënamiyok)
Ethnonym.language
Lënapei èlixsuwakàn(Monsii èlixsuwakàn /Wënami èlixsuwakàn)
Ethnonym.country
Lënapehòkink

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Wikidata facts

Population
16000
Official website
delawaretribe.org
Image
Lenape01.jpg
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Lenape
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39 sections
Contents
  • 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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