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The Leni-Lenape Tribe

The Leni-Lenape Tribe. Background Station Answers. Background. Name meant “original people” Believed to be first tribe of the Algonquin people Lived in the Eastern Woodlands

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The Leni-Lenape Tribe

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  1. The Leni-Lenape Tribe Background Station Answers

  2. Background • Name meant “original people” • Believed to be first tribe of the Algonquin people • Lived in the Eastern Woodlands • Eventually they lost their land and became part of the Cherokee tribe but were recognized as their own tribe in 1996. • Approximately 11,000 members today

  3. Location • 3 Clans – Unami, Unalachtgos, Monsey • Shared hunting ground with the Shawnee, Conoy, and Nanticokes • Enemies were the 5 Nations of the Iroquois • Located in what today is NJ, DE, and PA

  4. Food • Ate fish, corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, nuts, and berries • They hunted deer • Slash and burn – cut trees and then burnt them, planted their crops in the ash

  5. Dress and Language • Women – wore their hair in braids or buns, wore long leather dresses • Men – shaved their head with one lock, wore knee length shirts and leggings made of leather • Spoke Algonquin and Iroquoian

  6. Family • Men – hunt, protect, clear the fields • Female – farm, make clothing, gather nuts and berries, ground corn, watch children • Lived in small villages of 10-50 people • Oldest woman held position of importance (matrilineal) • Made their wigwams of bark and poles

  7. Government • An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth • Land, air, and water owned by everyone and no one • Great Spirit

  8. Transportation • Mostly went by foot • Canoe was sometimes used

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