Lenni Lenape Word List. 34996.indd 99. 9/29/2015 6:13:16 PM. Page 2. 100. Black Fox. Wulalowe. Black Snake. Sukachgook. Blameless One. Kschiechelensin.
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The Lenape tribe is also known as the Delaware a name given to them by English explorers. The Lenape in our area spoke the Unami dialect of the Algonquian
https://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/Linguistics/LenapeLanguageResources/pdf/2Hoffmann_thesis.pdf
as the Okehocking Indian a clan of the Unami or Down River. People
Lenape Language Education Program of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College. PO Box 451 called Delaware Munsee
A' Grammar of the Language of the Lenni Lenape or Dela- verbs in the Unami and the Mfinsi dialects and he promised to point out to the Translator
Legend has it that Unami Indians were buried behind the Church. George Washington is said to have taken communion at the Church and the brick path over which
I dedicate my thesis to the Lenni Lenape people that have struggled and suffered remaining and few Indigenous language speakers who the Unami and the ...
6: Use multiple sources to make evidence-based inferences on the impact of European colonization on Native American populations including the Lenni Lenape of
THE LENNI LENAPE 5OR DELAWARE INDIANS first and eternal being who caused the earth water sun moon and stars This legend also tells of a bad spirit Makimani although the theory about an Indian satan seems not to be accepted by some historians—and it seems that such a being was not believed in by the Lenape when the white men first
The Lenape called themselves 'Lenni-Lenape' (also recorded as Leni-Lenape), which literally means 'men of men', but is translated to mean 'original people'. From the early 1600s, the European settlers called the Lenape people 'Delaware Indians', although there was never a single tribe called either Delaware or Lenape.
After years of being victimised by European slave raids, the Lenape on the New Jersey coast are now unfriendly. Before entering the Hudson River on behalf of his Dutch employers in 1611, Henry Hudson anchors for a short time off Sandy Hook where he has a hostile encounter with the Navasink (of the Unami Delaware).
History suggests that in the dim recesses of time the Lenni-Lenape were united with the Mahican, but split quite early on.
Due to their heavy tillage of the land, the soils they farmed gradually lost their productivity. As a result, Lenape frequently relocated. 4 Generally, an occupied area lost its usefulness in two decades' time. Thus, the native people constantly set up, abandoned, and resettled communities throughout Pennsylvania.