Lenape

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Algonquian-speaking people Indigenous people Native American people

The Lenape are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, traditionally centered in what is now the mid-Atlantic United States, including present-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.

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Observed surface forms (16)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lenape people	6
Delaware (Lenape)	3
Delaware Indians	3
Lenni Lenape	2
"Amboy" derived from Lenape word "Ompoge" meaning "level ground"	1
Lenape (Delaware)	1
Lenape Nation	1
Lenape culture	1
Lenape diaspora	1
Lenape people (Delaware)	1
Lenape tribe	1
Munsee	1
Munsee Lenape	1
Munsee Lenape people	1
Munsee culture	1
Munsee-Delaware people	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Delaware people ⓘ Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenni Lenape
colonialExonym	Province of Delaware ⓘ surface form: Delaware
colonialExonymSource	Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
culturalPractice	council governance ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ wampum belt making ⓘ
culturalRegion	Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
currentPopulationCenters	Kansas ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey Oklahoma ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage	Unami ⓘ
ethnonymMeaning	the people ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribeInUnitedStates	Delaware Nation ⓘ Delaware Nation ⓘ surface form: Delaware Tribe of Indians Mahican ⓘ surface form: Stockbridge-Munsee Community
historicalPeriodOfProminence	early colonial period in the mid-Atlantic ⓘ pre-Columbian era ⓘ
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
nativeName	Lenape self-link ⓘ
notableHistoricalEvent	early contact with Dutch colonists in New Netherland ⓘ forced removals west of the Mississippi River in the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ land cessions to English colonists in the 17th and 18th centuries ⓘ
recognizedCommunityInCanada	Delaware Nation at Moraviantown ⓘ Munsee-Delaware Nation ⓘ Six Nations of the Grand River ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Mahican ⓘ Nanticoke ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ other Algonquian peoples ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Lenape spirituality ⓘ
traditionalDwellings	longhouses ⓘ wigwams ⓘ
traditionalLanguage	Munsee language ⓘ surface form: Munsee Unami ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Northeast Woodlands ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Delaware Valley ⓘ surface form: Delaware River valley Staten Island ⓘ Hudson Valley ⓘ surface form: lower Hudson River valley present-day Delaware ⓘ present-day New Jersey ⓘ present-day New York ⓘ present-day Pennsylvania ⓘ western Long Island ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Delaware people → alsoKnownAs → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenni Lenape

Lenape → alsoKnownAs → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenni Lenape

Kieft's War → belligerent → Lenape ⓘ

Little Turtle's War → belligerent → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenape tribe

Tecumseh's War → belligerent → Lenape ⓘ

Delaware Nation → category → Lenape ⓘ

Ohio Country → claimedBy → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware (Lenape)

Battle of Fallen Timbers → combatant → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware (Lenape)

Buckongahelas → countryOfCitizenship → Lenape ⓘ

Buckongahelas → ethnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ

Delaware Nation at Moraviantown → ethnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ

Munsee language → ethnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Munsee Lenape people

Munsee-Delaware Nation → ethnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Munsee

Munsee-Delaware Nation → ethnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ

Unami → ethnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ

Unami language → ethnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenape people

Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr → ethnicGroupEponymOf → Lenape ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

this entity surface form: Lenape people (Delaware)

Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr → ethnicGroupEponymOf → Lenape ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

this entity surface form: Delaware Indians

Delaware Nation → ethnonym → Lenape ⓘ

Perth Amboy → etymology → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Amboy" derived from Lenape word "Ompoge" meaning "level ground"

Munsee language → hasAlternativeName → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Munsee Lenape

Munsee-Delaware Nation → hasCulturalHeritage → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenape culture

Munsee-Delaware Nation → hasCulturalHeritage → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Munsee culture

Delaware Colony → hasEthnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenape people

Northwest Indian Confederacy → hasEthnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenape people

Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr → hasExonymDerivedFromName → Lenape ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

this entity surface form: Delaware Indians

Munsee-Delaware Nation → hasIndigenousGroup → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Munsee-Delaware people

Hudson Valley → historicallyInhabitedBy → Lenape ⓘ

New Netherland → indigenousPeoples → Lenape ⓘ

Northeast Woodlands → inhabitedBy → Lenape ⓘ

Buckongahelas → memberOf → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenape people

Allegheny River → nameLanguage → Lenape ⓘ

Monongahela River → nameLanguage → Lenape ⓘ

Delaware County, Ohio → namedAfter → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware Indians

Delaware people → nativeName → Lenape ⓘ

Lenape → nativeName → Lenape self-link ⓘ

British–Native American wars → opponent → Lenape ⓘ

Northwest Indian War → opponent → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware (Lenape)

Hoboken → originalInhabitants → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenape people

Delaware Nation at Moraviantown → partOf → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenape diaspora

Munsee-Delaware Nation → partOf → Lenape ⓘ

Unami → partOfCulturalHeritageOf → Lenape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenape Nation

Delaware Nation → people → Lenape ⓘ

Delaware Nation at Moraviantown → people → Lenape ⓘ

Mahican → relatedEthnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ

Mahikan → relatedEthnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ

Muh-he-con-neok → relatedEthnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ

Shawnee → relatedEthnicGroup → Lenape ⓘ