Lenape facts for kids
The Lenape, Lenappe, Lenapi or Lenni Lenape (meaning "the people" or "true people") are a group of several bands of Native American people who share cultural and linguistic traits. They are also known as the Delaware Indians. They spoke two similar languages known as the Delaware languages: Unami and Munsee.
The Lenape lived in the area called Lenapehoking, roughly the area around and between the Delaware and lower Hudson Rivers. These areas are known today as the U.S. states of New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania around the Delaware and Lehigh valleys. They also lived on the north shore of Delaware and much of southeastern New York, mostly the lower Hudson Valley and Upper New York Bay. Nowadays most live in Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Ontario.
Images for kids
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Jennie Bobb and her daughter, Nellie Longhat (both Delaware), Oklahoma, 1915
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Traditional Confederations of Lenape lands, the Lenapehoking, not showing any of the several divisions governed by matriarchies
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Susie Elkhair (died 1926) of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, wearing ribbonwork shawl
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Benjamin West's painting (in 1771) of William Penn's 1682 treaty with the Lenape
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Lapowinsa, Chief of the Lenape, Lappawinsoe painted by Gustavus Hesselius in 1735
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See also
In Spanish: Lenape para niños
