Eastern Delaware

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Eastern Delaware refers to the group of Lenape (Delaware) people who traditionally lived in the eastern portion of their ancestral homelands and are distinguished from related western bands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Lenape subgroup
alsoKnownAs Eastern Delaware Indians NERFINISHED
Eastern Lenape NERFINISHED
ancestralHomelandRegion Mid-Atlantic region of present-day United States
colonialContactWith Dutch colonists
English colonists
Swedish colonists
culturallyRelatedTo Mahican NERFINISHED
Munsee Delaware NERFINISHED
Unami Delaware NERFINISHED
distinguishedFrom Delaware of the Ohio Country NERFINISHED
Western Delaware NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Lenape NERFINISHED
geographicQualifier eastern portion of Lenape homelands
hasCulturalTrait clan-based social organization
council-based political decision-making
longhouse and wigwam dwellings
wampum use
hasEthnonym Delaware NERFINISHED
Lenape NERFINISHED
historicalEvent displacement from ancestral homelands
land cessions to European colonies
laterReligion Christianity
linguisticFamily Algonquian languages NERFINISHED
partOf Delaware people NERFINISHED
peopleOf Northeastern Woodlands NERFINISHED
region Eastern North America NERFINISHED
relatedGroup Delaware Nation NERFINISHED
Delaware Tribe of Indians NERFINISHED
Stockbridge-Munsee Community NERFINISHED
religion traditional Lenape spiritual practices
subgroupOf Lenape NERFINISHED
timePeriod colonial era
post-contact era
pre-contact era
traditionalLanguage Munsee NERFINISHED
Unami NERFINISHED
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
maize agriculture
traditionalTerritory Atlantic coastal areas of present-day New Jersey
Delaware River valley NERFINISHED
eastern Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
lower Hudson River valley
western New Jersey NERFINISHED

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Western Delaware relatedGroup Eastern Delaware