The Lenape , also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.
The Lenape's historical territory includes present-day northeastern 展开

The Unami and Munsee languages belong to the Eastern Algonquian language group and are largely mutually intelligible. 展开

European contact
The first recorded European contact with people presumed to have been the Lenape was in 1524. The explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano was … 展开

The full name Lenni Lenape originates from two autonyms, Lenni, which means "genuine, pure, real, original", and Lenape, meaning "real person" or "original person". Lënu may be translated as … 展开

The historical Lenape country, Lenapehoking (Lënapehòkink), was a large territory that encompassed the Delaware and Lehigh Valley regions of eastern Pennsylvania and 展开

Clans and kinship systems
At the time of European settlement in North America, a Lenape would have identified primarily with their immediate family and clan, friends, … 展开

U.S. federally recognized tribes
Three Lenape tribes are federally recognized in the United States:
• Delaware Nation in Anadarko, Oklahoma 展开