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The Lenape spoke two related languages, Unami and Munsee, both of which are in the Eastern Algonquian language family. Figure 1, below, shows the locations of the Munsee and the Unami languages. 3 Munsee was originally spoken by the more northern populations, in northern New Jersey and southeastern New York.
(Welcome!) Lenape:Nulelîntàm èli paèk. English:I am glad that you came. (Welcome!)
English:Thank you!; Thanks! Lenape:wanìshi [part]
A post office called Moselem was established in 1846, and remained in operation until 1907. Moselem is a name derived from a Native American language purported to mean “trout stream”.
Now they are both extinct. … Only the Lenape name for the Passenger Pigeon is remembered. As we were forced westward we moved out of the area where the Carolina Parakeets were and their name became lost to us.
The Delaware languages, also known as the Lenape languages, are Munsee and Unami, two closely related languages of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family.
KAHÈS = MOTHER kohèsa his/her mother [w- + kahès + -a, here the w- moves behind the K in Kahès and merges with the –a- to become –o- and the -a is added to mark the person his/her is possessing.]
Ahoaltin, to love one another.
They were farming people. The women did most of the farming, harvesting corn, squash and beans. Lenape men went hunting for deer, elk, turkeys, and small game, and caught fish in the rivers and inlets. Foods included soup, cornbread, dumplings and salads.
The Lenape were divided into three bands or sub-tribes: the Minsi (or Munsee, “People of the Stone Country”) inhabited the northern part of Pennsylvania, the Unami (“People Who Live Down-River”) inhabited the central region of Pennsylvania, and the Unalachtigo (“People Who Live by the Ocean”) inhabited the southern …
The Lenape (leh-NAH-pay) Indians originally lived in the eastern part of the U.S. in the areass that became western New York, eastern Pennsylvania, northern Maryland and the Delaware River valley.
The clothing of the Lenape was simple. The men wore breechclouts and moccasins, with leggings and a robe to cover themselves in cold weather. Women had knee- or calf-length wrap-around skirts and wore fur robes in winter, or a beautiful mantle made from turkey feathers.
In the 1860s, the United States government sent most Lenape remaining in the eastern United States to the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma and surrounding territory) under the Indian removal policy. In the 21st century, most Lenape now reside in Oklahoma, with some other communities in Wisconsin and Ontario.
Brooklyn, situated at the southern tip of Long Island, was originally inhabited by a group of American Indians who called themselves the Lenape, which means “the People.” They included the Nayack and the Canarsee, who planted corn and tobacco and fished in the rivers.
Their land, called Lenapehoking, included all of what is now New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, southeastern New York State, northern Delaware and a small section of southeastern Connecticut. Today, Lenape communities live all across North America.
PowhatanEthnicityPowhatanExtinctLate 18th century (1785-1790s)Language familyAlgic Algonquian Eastern PowhatanWriting systemLatin
The Delaware were often called the “Grandfathers” because they were respected by other tribes as peacemakers and often served to settle disputes between rivaling tribes. … They were also known for being fierce and tenacious warriors when they had to fight, however, they preferred to be peaceful.
Native Americans in the Upper Delaware Valley. People have lived in the Upper Delaware River Valley for at least 10,000 years. Long before European settlement the Lenape Indians and their ancestors lived off the area’s abundant plant and animal life.
The Lenape are considered to be one of the oldest tribes in the Northeast, existing for over 10,000 years. The Lenape lived in what is now New Jersey, and parts of Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and Delaware.
The historically Algonquian-speaking Delaware refer to themselves as Lenni Lenape. At first European contact in the early 17th century, the tribe lived along the Delaware River, named for Lord de la Warr, territory in lower present-day New York state and eastern New Jersey, and western Long Island, New York.
6. SEATTLE. Unlike the other entries on this list, Seattle is actually named after a Native American leader: Chief Seattle of the Duwamish tribe.
The Lenni Lenape didn’t wear long headdresses like the Sioux tribe. Usually they wore a beaded headband with a feather or two in it. Sometimes a chief or other important Lenape Indian would wear a high headdress made of many feathers pointing straight up from a headband, similar to this Wabanaki one.
Deer, elk, black bear, raccoon, beaver, and rabbit were among the animals hunted for meat, skins, and sinew, and the bear’s fat was melted, purified, and stored in skin bags. Turkeys, ducks, geese, and other birds were killed for meat and feathers.
It has long been known that the name applied to the Native people who lived along the Delaware River was taken from the title of an Englishman, Lord de la Warr, whose name was Sir Thomas West. … People have asked why the Lenape people seem to have no problem with accepting this “foreign” name for themselves.
For Brooklyn, it was originally the “Lenapehoking” or the Land of the Lenape, an offspring of the Algonquin civilization; and includes present day New Jersey, New York and Delaware, until forced displacement started with European “discovery” of the land and continued well into the 19th century.
The Lenape called this part of Southwest Philly “Chingsessing,” or “the place where there is a meadow.”
The Lenape or Delaware tribe, also called the Lenni Lenape, are of the Algonquin family and first lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York.
The Delaware Tribe of today is composed of the descendants of the so-called main body of Delaware who elected not to relocate north or west but remained in Ohio following the American Revolution.
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 Delaware natives, also called the Lenape, originally lived along the Delaware River in New Jersey. They speak a form of the Algonquian language and are thus related to the Miami natives, Ottawa natives, and Shawnee natives.
The word “Manhattan” comes from a dialect of the Lenape Native Americans, and can be translated as “a thicket where wood can be found to make bows.” The bow and arrow were a chief means of hunting. … Hudson’s visit let to the founding of the first Dutch settlement and fort at the tip of Manhattan in 1624.
In 1626, the story goes, Indigenous inhabitants sold off the entire island of Manhattan to the Dutch for a tiny sum: just $24 worth of beads and “trinkets.” This nugget of history took on such huge significance in the following centuries that it served as “the birth certificate for New York City,” Paul Otto, a …
According to a letter by Pieter Janszoon Schagen, Peter Minuit and Dutch colonists acquired Manhattan on May 24, 1626, from unnamed native people, who are believed to have been Canarsee Indians of the Manhattoe, in exchange for traded goods worth 60 guilders, often said to be worth US$24.