Delaware people

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Algonquian-speaking people Indigenous people Native American people

The Delaware people, also known as the Lenape, are an Indigenous Native American group originally from the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, particularly present-day New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, southeastern New York, and northern Delaware.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lenape ⓘ Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenni Lenape
canadaRecognizedFirstNation	Delaware Nation at Moraviantown ⓘ Munsee-Delaware Nation ⓘ
colonialContactWith	Dutch colonists ⓘ English colonists ⓘ Swedish colonists ⓘ
culturalRegion	Northeast Woodlands ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
currentCommunities	New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey Oklahoma ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ
displacement	Indiana ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Missouri ⓘ Ohio Country ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage	Munsee language ⓘ surface form: Munsee Unami ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribe	Delaware Nation ⓘ surface form: Delaware Nation (Oklahoma) Delaware Nation ⓘ surface form: Delaware Tribe of Indians Stockbridge-Munsee Community ⓘ
governedBy	hereditary sachems (historically) ⓘ
historicalTerritory	Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ surface form: Atlantic coastal plain of New Jersey Delaware Valley ⓘ surface form: Delaware River valley Hudson Valley ⓘ surface form: Hudson River valley
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
laterReligion	Christianity ⓘ
nameOrigin	Delaware Colony ⓘ surface form: named "Delaware" after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
nativeName	Lenape ⓘ
neighboringPeoples	Haudenosaunee ⓘ surface form: Iroquois Mahican ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ Susquehannock ⓘ
notableRiver	Delaware River ⓘ
originalRegion	Mid-Atlantic region of the United States ⓘ eastern Pennsylvania ⓘ northern Delaware ⓘ present-day New Jersey ⓘ southeastern New York ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Woodlands ⓘ surface form: Eastern Woodlands cultures
populationType	tribal nation ⓘ
traditionalClans	turkey clan ⓘ turtle clan ⓘ wolf clan ⓘ
traditionalHousing	longhouse ⓘ wigwam ⓘ
traditionalLanguage	Munsee language ⓘ surface form: Lenape language Munsee language ⓘ surface form: Munsee Unami ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Lenape spiritual beliefs ⓘ animism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ
treatyInvolvement	Treaty of Fort Pitt (1778) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Fort Pitt Treaty of Shackamaxon ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Lenape → alsoKnownAs → Delaware people ⓘ

Unami language → ethnicGroup → Delaware people ⓘ

Northwest Indian Confederacy → hasEthnicGroup → Delaware people ⓘ

Munsee-Delaware Nation → partOf → Delaware people ⓘ

Delaware Nation → people → Delaware people ⓘ