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The Lenape ( English: / ləˈnɑːpi /, /- peɪ /, / ˈlɛnəpi /; [7] [8] Lenape languages: [lənaːpe] [9] ), also called the Lenni Lenape [10] and Delaware people, [11] are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. [4] The Lenape's historical territory includes present-day northeastern ...
Tamanend (historically also known as Taminent, [1] Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, [2] "the Affable" [3]) ( c. 1625 – c. 1701) was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan [4] of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the peace treaty with William Penn . Also referred to as "Tammany", he became a popular figure ...
The Lenape were divided into three bands or sub-tribes: the Minsi (or Munsee, “People of the Stone Country”) inhabited the northern part of Pennsylvania, the Unami (“People Who Live Down-River”) inhabited the central region of Pennsylvania, and the Unalachtigo (“People Who Live by the Ocean”) inhabited the southern area of Pennsylvania. 2 The Lenape who inhabited the land that ...
Ë, ë ( e - diaeresis) is a letter in the Albanian, Kashubian, Emilian, Romagnol, Ladin, and Lenape [1] alphabets. As a variant of the letter e, it also appears in Acehnese, Afrikaans, Belarusian, Breton, Dutch, English, Filipino, French, Luxembourgish, Piedmontese, Russian, the Abruzzese dialect of the Neapolitan language, and the Ascolano ...
Dec 25, 2017 · Lenape Tribe Facts: History. First Contact with Europeans: The first recorded contact with Europeans presumed to have been the Lenape was in 1524. The explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano was greeted by local Lenape, who came by canoe after his ship entered what is now called Lower New York Bay.
Dec 19, 2023 · The Lenape tribe comprised three grand divisions: The Unami (People Down River), the Unalachtigo (People Who Live Near the Ocean), and the Munsee (People of the Stony Country) . The Unalachtigo tribe inhabited the central and southern areas of the homeland of the Lenape and the Munsee tribe inhabited New York and the northern region.
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May 12, 2021 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art is situated in Lenapehoking, homeland of the Lenape diaspora, and historically a gathering and trading place for many diverse Native peoples, who continue to live and work on this island. We respectfully acknowledge and honor all Indigenous communities—past, present, and future—for their ongoing and ...
