Lenape
Americannoun
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Lenapes,
plural
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Lenape
plural
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Etymology
Origin of Lenape
1720–30, < Unami Delaware ləná·p·e (equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *elen- ordinary + *-a·pe·w man)
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After all, Lenape territory remains unceded, no matter how many times it is acknowledged.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
As children, cattle and lambs happily commune with bears, lions and wolves in the foreground, the background depicts William Penn making a treaty with Tamanend, chief of the Lenape Nation, and founding Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
As a Quaker, Penn sought peaceful interactions with the Lenape people, said Jean Soderlund, a retired professor of history at Lehigh University.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Lehigh University’s Bethlehem campus is home to the Delaware Nation of Oklahoma’s extension Tribal Historic Preservation Office, which is part of their Lenape homelands.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
That means wherever we put a single foot—it’s land that belonged to the Lenape.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
Leaders of both the Nanticokes and Lenapes said they had tried for years to buy the parcels, but they either couldn’t make the deal come together or they didn’t have enough money.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2021
The indigenous, matriarchal Lenapes got short shrift; Quakers and Jews were not accepted originally, until the West India Company overruled Gov. Peter Stuyvesant.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2018
The priests replied, "The Lenapes shall overcome, when they have obtained the great war medicine."
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by James Athearn Jones
And thus, for three suns, the priests and warriors of the Lenapes ate no food, but mortified their sinful appetites to please the Master of Life.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by James Athearn Jones
Fired at the treachery of these people, and maddened with the loss of their brothers in arms, the Lenapes retired to the thick covert to consult on what was best to be done.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by James Athearn Jones
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