The full name Lenni Lenape originates from two autonyms, Lenni, which means "genuine, pure, real, original", and … See more

The historical Lenape country, Lenapehoking (Lënapehòkink), was a large territory that encompassed the Delaware and Lehigh Valley regions of eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey from the north bank … See more

The Unami and Munsee languages belong to the Eastern Algonquian language group and are largely mutually intelligible. Moravian missionary John Heckewelder wrote that Munsee and Unami "came out of one parent lang… See more

At the time of European settlement in North America, a Lenape would have identified primarily with their immediate family and clan, friends, and village unit and, after that, with surrounding and familiar village units followed b… See more

The first recorded European contact with people presumed to have been the Lenape was in 1524. The explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano was greeted by local Lenape who came by canoe, after his ship entered what is no… See more

Three Lenape tribes are federally recognized in the United States:
• Delaware Nation in Anadarko, Oklahoma
• Delaware Tribe of Indians in Bartlesville, Oklahoma … See more