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Lenni Lenape

American  
[len-ee] / ˈlɛn i /

noun

  1. Delaware.


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As they journeyed through the region, their travels brought them face to face with the people who had lived there for millennia – the Lenni Lenape, the father tribe of the Lenape and Nanticoke Indians.

From Washington Times Jul. 23, 2022

Radnor’s fellow Central League school, Ridley, adopted the Raider name in the mid-1930s to honor the Lenni Lenape tribe.

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2021

In the township’s elementary schools, we learned about the Lenni Lenape tribe and put on Thanksgiving plays.

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2021

Historians believed Quaker and Salem founder John Fenwick signed a treaty with the Lenni Lenape Indians under the oak tree in 1675.

From Washington Times Nov. 22, 2019

As for a Huron youth, what is he to a maiden of the Lenni Lenape.

From The Deerslayer by Cooper, James Fenimore

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