Lenape
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- noun
- /ˈlɛnəpeɪ/
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lenape
- Long before the arrival of European settlers, the New York City area was inhabited by the Lenape people, including such tribes as the Manahattoes, Canarsies, and Raritan.
Examples
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Consequently, in June 1870, some Delawares asked Superintendent Enoch Hoag for their share of the Lenape funds because a group of them had already entered into an arrangement with other Indians for the purchase of some land.
Academic text (2001) -
The Lenape, they staged a huge protest because the forest was on sacred land.
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The Lenape will smell that salt air again.
Fiction book (1993) -
The Lenape wanted to maintain their tribal organization.
Academic text (2001) -
Her old Lenape ways set them apart and yet joined them to their history and people, filled with mystery, deep enough for a lifetime.
Fiction book (1993) -
The Lenape were seriously threatened by forced cohabitation, lack of a separate settlement area, and constant harassment.
Academic text (2001) -
The majority of the Lenape now immediately protested against "incorporation" and "consolidation."
Academic text (2001) -
New York City was founded as the Dutch colonial outpost New Amsterdam in the first decades of the 1600s, near existing Lenape settlements.
Academic text (2006) -
The Lenape people have a rich cultural heritage that includes storytelling and traditional crafts.
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As a member of the Lenape, she takes pride in preserving her ancestors' traditions and history.
Synonyms
A person from a Native American group originally living in New Jersey and nearby states
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lenape comes from the people's own Native American language and means 'the people' or 'real people'. It is often seen as Lenni-Lenape, with Lenni meaning 'real', so the name simply shows how the group called themselves 'the people'.