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	§15. The "Walam Olum," or Red Score of the Lenni Lenape. XXXII. Non-English Writings II. Vol. 18. Later National ...
		The record of the Red Score was obtained by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque while he was holding the chair of Historical and Natural Science in the Transylvania University of Kentucky, and a translation was printed by him in 1836.
		At first the Lenape made a treaty by which they were to be permitted to cross toward the south and east, but treachery arose.
		The Lenape retreated across Fish River, which was probably the Detroit crossing of the St. Lawrence, and, making an alliance with the Mingwe, the originals of the Five Nations, they descended on the Mound Builders and, after a hundred years’ war, drove them south of the Ohio.
	www.bartleby.com /228/0915.html (689 words)

	New Jersey History: Wanaque Area Local History: Photographs and Historical Text
		Although the Lenape society was organized under the leadership position of a chief, they also maintained a council which consisted of the chief, shamen (medicine or holy men), elders and warriors.
		The Lenni Lenape located their villages along the banks of a river, usually in an area with good soil in which to grow their crops.
		Lenape traveled on foot between villages by means of a system of trails connecting different sections of the state.
	www.wanaqueborough.com /archive/lenape.htm (845 words)

	Indian King Tavern Museum: Named for the Lenni Lenape
		Living in villages of about 600, these Lenni Lenape people were hunters and trappers -- of deer and elk and beaver -- as well as farmers of maize, beans, pumpkins and tobacco.
		Lenape life was harsh and few individuals lived longer than 40 years; those who did were revered as special beings of unusual wisdom and authority.
		The Lenape who migrated inland became part of a vast population of similarly uprooted native peoples who continued to be pushed further west by the unstoppable expansion of the European-based civilization that became America.
	www.levins.com /ik6.html (1572 words)

	Lenni Lenape - IndianerWiki
		Die Lenape, Wyandot und Shawnee standen auf der Seite der Abolitionisten und boten sich an, die Stadt Lawrence in Kansas gegen mögliche Angriffe aus Missouri zu verteidigen.
		Die christianisierten Lenape liessen sich in den heutigen Countys Nowata, Rogers und Craig nieder, während sich die konservativen Stammesangehörigen zunächst sträubten und für einige Jahre östlich von Neosho blieben.
		Die Lenni Lenape aus dem Indianerterritorium verbrachten den Bürgerkrieg in Kansas und die meisten gingen danach zurück an den Washita River.
	www.indianer-wiki.org /Lenni_Lenape (13449 words)

	Lenape Language and the Delaware Indian Tribe (Lenapé, Unami, Unalachtigo, Lenni Lenape Indians)
		Language: Lenapé or Unami Delaware is an Algonquian language originally spoken in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania.
		There are no fully fluent speakers of Lenape Delaware anymore, but the younger generation of Lenapes has undergone a resurgence of interest in reviving the Delaware language.
		Most Lenape Indians were eventually forced to relocate to Oklahoma in the 1860's, where they entered an uneasy union with the Cherokee Nation and regained independent tribal status only in 1996.
	www.native-languages.org /lenape.htm (600 words)

	Facts for Kids: Lenni Lenape Indian Tribe (Delaware Indians, Lenapes)
		We encourage students and teachers to look through our main Lenape language and culture pages for more in-depth information about the tribe, but here are our answers to the questions we are most often asked by children, with Lenni Lenape pictures and links we believe are suitable for all ages.
		The Lenni Lenapes were original people of the mid-Atlantic area: New Jersey, Delaware, and parts of New York and Pennsylvania.
		Lenni Lenapes in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are not officially recognized as tribes by the United States.
	www.geocities.com /bigorrin/lenape_kids.htm (1520 words)

	Koinonia
		Americans, including the Lenape, understood their connection to the land and how important it was to take care of all life.
		Lenape Village was built as a place to learn about the culture of our first inhabitants and to learn some of their history so that we can better understand some of the problems and struggles faced by modern Native Americans today.
		Lenapes were gardeners and in the 1970Ís, a garden was started in the village.
	www.koinoniany.org /lenape.htm (2169 words)

	Delaware
		For many Algonquin, the Lenape were the "grandfathers," a term of great respect stemming from the widespread belief that the Lenapi were the original tribe of all Algonquin-speaking peoples, and this often gave the Lenapi the authority to settle disputes between rival tribes.
		Lenape were reluctant to tell their real name, and the use of nicknames was very common.
		The Lenape, however, having lost half of their original population, were forced to abandon most of their villages west of the Delaware River, and, as a condition of peace, become a subject people.
	www.tolatsga.org /dela.html (16675 words)

	Delaware (Lenape) Tribe of Indians: Homepage
		The name DELAWARE was given to the people who lived along the Delaware River, and the river in turn was named after Lord de la Warr, the governor of the Jamestown colony.
		In our language, which belongs to the Algonquian language family, we call ourselves LENAPE (len-NAH-pay) which means something like "The People." Our ancestors were among the first Indians to come in contact with the Europeans (Dutch, English, and Swedish) in the early 1600s.
		The land belonged to the Creator, and the Lenape people were only using it to shelter and feed their people.
	www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us (723 words)

	Delaware River \| Lenape
		Lenape references to the white man can be traced to the fifteenth century, and they probably inhabited the area long before the earliest European explorations.
		Lenape villages, grouped in a distinct geographical area, were loosely bonded by a common totem symbol and a distinct dialect.
		Because a Lenape legend held that at one time the world had been held on the back of a great turtle, the chief of the Unami was the most respected Lenape chief.
	www.newhopepa.com /DelawareRiver/Lenape2.htm (2519 words)

	Lenape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The early interaction between the Lenape and the Dutch was primarily through the fur trade, specifically the exchange of beaver pelts by the Lenape for European-made goods.
		In May, the Lenape planted kidney beans in the vicinity of the maize plants to serve as props.
		After the Dutch arrival in the 1620s, the Lenape were successfully able to restrict Dutch settlement to present-day Jersey City along the Hudson until the 1660s, when the Dutch finally established a garrison at Fort Bergen, allowing settlement west of the Hudson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lenni_Lenape (1569 words)

	Lenape Porcelain Products - About Lenape
		The Lenni Lenape tribe was indigenous to Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey, an area also known as the Delaware Valley.
		Lenape's porcelain accessories are handcrafted from the finest raw materials.
		Lenape recently purchased and renovated a 40,000 square foot, state of the art facility to meet this exploding demand.
	www.lenapebath.com /about.htm (302 words)

	Welcome to Lenape Lifeways Page 5 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While the Powhatan and Nanticoke are members of the Algonquian Language family, as are the Lenape, the Powhatan and Nanticoke are not Lenape, did not speak languages mutually intelligible with Lenape and were not native to New Jersey.
		In January, 1992, the Nanticoke-Lenni Lenape filed with the BIA a letter of intent to petition for federal recognition as an Indian Tribe.
		However it is questionable whether having, say, a great-great-grandfather of Lenape background is in itself tantamount to being Lenape, or that one can simply discard the overwhelming preponderance of his or her non-Indian ancestry.
	www.lenapelifeways.org /lenape5.htm (1025 words)

	Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tribe is made up of the Nanticoke and Lenape descending from those who remained, or returned, to their ancient homeland after many of their relatives suffered removals and forced migrations to the mid-western United States and Canada.
		The Lenape are still called the “grandfathers” or “ancient ones” by many tribes and are considered to be among the most ancient of the Northeastern Nations, spawning many of the tribes along the northeastern seaboard.
		The Lenape were often called to settle disputes among neighboring tribal groups and were admired by European colonist for their hospitality and diplomatic skill.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nanticoke_Lenni-Lenape (905 words)

	Lenni Lenape
		Known to us as the Lenni Lenape, they comprised three distinct groups with several minor differences; the northern group was later known as the Munsee (Minsi) and in the lower areas they were known as the Unami (Delaware).
		For many Algonquin, the Lenape were the "grandfathers," a term of great respect stemming from the widespread belief that the Lenape were the original tribe of all Algonquin-speaking peoples, and this often gave the Lenape the authority to settle disputes between rival tribes.
		In addition to this division, the Lenni Lenape were further divided into three subdivisions or "families" bearing the same names and totem insignia as those which apportioned the state, but had nothing to do with the area in which the people lived.
	www.anthro4n6.net /lenape (3029 words)

	Native Americans: Delaware/Lenape History and Culture
		As a complement to our Lenape language information, we would like to share our collection of indexed links about the Lenape people and various aspects of their society.
		Lenape history is interesting and important, but the Lenape are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern authors as well as traditional folklore, contemporary artwork as well as museum pieces, and the issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday.
		Ethnography of the Lenape Indians of eastern Pennsylvania.
	www.native-languages.org /lenape_culture.htm (549 words)

	nativespenna.html
		The Lenape/ Delaware were the first peoples with whom William Penn made treaty, and their role in the Pennsylvania history of our European ancestors spans European contact prior to Penn through to the French and Indian War far post dating him.
		The Lenape [otherwise known as the Delawre] did sign treaties with Penn, but they also are found later characterized as subservient to the more powerful and far reaching Iroquois Nation who had "reduced the Lenni Lenape, or Delawares, to Iroqois vassalage and disarmed them.
		The Map at Left from the Lenni Lenape webpages, shows this tribes migration pattern from the time of European contact to the present day, and from the lands of their ancestors to the lands of reservations far to the west.
	www.cynthiaswope.com /withinthevines/penna/native/Delaware.html (6130 words)

	Indian Village at Waterloo Village
		The easiest path to an appreciation of the Lenape is across the bridge to the Indian Village at Waterloo.
		As resourceful as the Lenape themselves, and certainly with their spirit, Kraft has succeeded in distilling untold hours of ethnographic study to an essential portrait comprehensible to children, yet engaging for adults.
		All Lenape belonged to one of three clans- Wolf, Turtle or Turkey- which were not geographically defined, but mixed together within villages.
	www.njskylands.com /hslenape.htm (1039 words)

	National Indian Law Library, Indian Law Bulletins, Unreported Case, Unalachtigo Band of the Nanticoke-Lenni Lenape ...
		Pursuant to this law, the lands were sold, deeds of conveyance in fee-simple were given to the purchasers, and a group of Lenni Lenapes moved from the reservation to New Stockbridge.
		There is no question here that the Lenni Lenape not only assented to the sale of their land, but requested it, and the record reflects that they received full value, without any deception or overreaching.
		The Nanticoke Lenni Lenape Indians of New Jersey, Inc., for example, have also advised the BIA of their intention to file a petition for federal recognition.
	www.narf.org /nill/bulletins/state/unreported/UNALACHTIGO.html (3963 words)

	lenape indians
		The Lenape Indians were later referred to as the Delawares.
		Consequently, the Lenape respected all aspects of nature and would pray to the spirit of anything they used (crops, animals, trees, stones).
		During this celebration, a mask painted 1/2 red and 1/2 fl along with a fur skin was worn by a Lenape Indian to invoke the Mesingw's spirit.
	www.angelfire.com /nj/becjosh/lenape2.htm (451 words)

	The Unalactigo of NJ: Cumberland County, NJ
		This booklet is not intended to be considered a scholarly treatise on the history of the Lenni Lenape Indians of New Jersey, but is primarily an introduction to those Indians of Southern New Jersey whose personal possessions now form the collection of artifacts accumulated during the lifetime of George J. Woodruff.
		We are told that all Lenni Lenape were somewhat similar to one another in appearance; most of them were of medium height and their bodies were well proportioned, slender and straight.
		As a part of the negotiations with the Lenni Lenape in 1758, a tract of 3,384 acres of land in southeastern Burlington County, known as Edge-pilloc, was purchased for use as an Indian reservation.
	www.co.cumberland.nj.us /facts/history/unalachtigo/unalachtigo.html (5890 words)

	Letterboxing.Info: "Letterbox Back Story: Tamamend & the Lenni-Lenape Tribe"
		The Lenape were not one unified nation, but a group of independent villages in three broad groups, the Unalichtigo, Unami and Minsi (or Munsee).
		The Lenape became known as the Delaware, in honor of English explorer Lord De La Warre, the Governor of the Jamestown Settlement and one of the first Europeans to visit the area.
		The normally peaceful Lenape eventually turned violent, and made an effort to reclaim their native lands, backed by the French in the French and Indian War.
	www.letterboxing.info /articles/00000009.php (538 words)

	Lenni Lenape
		Die Lenni Lenape sind bekannt fÃ¼r ihre Stammes-Sage, Walam Olum (rote Niederschrift), die sie in roter Bilderschrift auf Baumrinde fÃ¼r nachfolgende Generationen Ã¼berliefert haben.
		Da die IndianerbehÃ¶rde den Lenni Lenape den Stammes-Status bis 1996 verweigerte, waren ihre Nachkommen gezwungen, sich den Cherokee, Choctaw, Cheyenne und anderen StÃ¤mmen anzuschlieÃen.
		Heute leben weniger als 4.000 Lenni Lenape unter anderem in Indianerreservationen in Oklahoma und bei den Stockbridges in Wisconsin oder in Reservaten in Ontario.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2Fde%2FDelawaren (790 words)

	Court supports protection of ancient Lenni Lenape site : ICT [2004/04/29]
		A meeting of the East Coast Lenape with the federally recognized Delaware tribe of Oklahoma and the Delawares of Canada was considered to be their first joint session in 300 years.
		He joined with local Lenni Lenape leaders in proposing the historic listing to a state review board, which agreed with its importance.
		Uri Ridgeway, a leader of the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape, said he hoped the struggle would help reunify the Lenape Nation, which many East Coast tribes consider to be the "grandfather" tribe of the region.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1083272083 (809 words)

	The Flag of the Lenni Lenape or Eastern Delaware
		The Flag of the Lenni Lenape or Eastern Delaware
		The Lenni Lenape are to be found in the northeastern corner of Oklahoma.
		The flag of the Lenni Lenape is white and bears the tribal seal in the center.
	hometown.aol.com /donh523/navapage/lenni.htm (425 words)

	Lenape History 2 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Lenape farmed, fished and hunted and were part of an organized society that stretched from the south of Delaware to the tip of Long Island in New York.
		They told stories of the origin and history of the Lenape and in this oral method, the history of the village and the Lenape was passed down from generation to generation.
		The mass exodus of the Lenape began in the mid-1700s as they were forced to sell their land and were pushed farther and farther west and north.
	www.lenapeprograms.info /for_millenniums.htm (1692 words)

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