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Lenni Lenape

American  
[len-ee] / ˈlɛn i /

noun

  1. Delaware.


Example Sentences

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"If you're not Blackfeet or Cherokee or Lenni Lenape, then somebody in your family was undocumented at some point."

From Salon

"I never thought I would be incarcerated for something I believe is my democratic right — to speak out against what I think was happening there, a violation of city and state laws and a lack of transparency. This thing that's happening in America is wrong. If you're not Blackfeet or Cherokee or Lenni Lenape, then somebody in your family was undocumented at some point."

From Salon

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

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

From New York Times

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