Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Team

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Welcome to the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Team, part of the WikiTree Native Americans Project.

Introduction to the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Team

Welcome to the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Team!
This team of the Native Americans Project works to add and improve profiles of the Lenni-Lenape (Delaware) people. Team members take primary responsibility for relevant profiles or family groups and work on merging duplicates, cleaning up profiles, adding sources, removing incorrect information and offer research assistance as needed. The scope of the team is pre-contact to present day.

How to Join the Team

1. First join the Native Americans Project, being sure to follow the project How to Join instructions. Also be sure to express your interest in participating on the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Team.
   
   
2. When you receive the project badge, add the line [[Category:Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Team]] to the text area of your profile page (above the ==Biography== section header). This will add you to the list of participants on the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Team Category page.
   
   
3. Add the Native_Americans, Delaware and Lenape tags to your G2G Feed to follow conversations and ask questions.
   
   
4. You are also encouraged to join the WikiTree Native Americans Google Group for communication.

Team Goals

Any improvements you can make to Delaware/Lenape profiles are welcome. Our specific team goals include:

• Adding new profiles of Delaware/Lenape not currently in the WikiTree.
• Identifying duplicate profiles and merging them into the lowest number.

• Improving profiles so they each have:
  • appropriate sticker or template displayed.
  • all relevant categories added.
  • at least one documented source.
  • a properly sourced, well-written narrative Biography, using the WikiTree Style Guide, that is cleaned up from any GEDOM junk, post-merge text clutter, formatting errors, etc.

• Identifying reliable resources for Delaware/Lenape genealogy and research and adding them to appropriate profiles or free-space pages.

Profiles Sticker

... was Lenape.

Use the Native American Sticker for profiles not requiring Native Americans Project Protection.

To place the sticker add this code: {{Native American Sticker|tribe=Lenape}}
below the ==Biography== heading line of the profile.

WikiTree Resources

Categories:

• Delaware Nation Category [[Category:Delaware_Nation]] - for members of the Delaware Nation (Anadarko, OK)
• Delaware Tribe of Indians [[Category:Delaware_Tribe_of_Indians]] - for members of the Delaware Tribe of Indians (Bartlesville, OK)
• Lenape Category [[Category:Lenape]] - for profiles of Lenni Lenape (Delaware)

Space Pages:

• About the Lenape (Delaware)

• Native Americans Project Guidance and Resources
• Native Americans Project Photo Page - resources for images
• Native Americans Project Reliable Sources

Research Resources

Tribal Entities

There are three federally recognized Delaware/Lenape tribes in the United States:

• Delaware Nation (Anadarko, OK)
• Delaware Tribe of Indians (Bartlesville, OK)
• Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians (Bowler, WI)

As of June 2024 the National Congress of American Indians' Tribal Directory lists three state-recognized tribes:

• Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware (Dover, DE)
• Nanticoke-Lenni Lenape Tribal Nation (Bridgeton, NJ)
• Ramapough Lenape Nation (Mahwah, NJ)

Unrecognized tribal organizations:

• Kansas Delaware Tribe (Overland Park, KS) - Citizen Class Delaware who chose to remain in Kansas by becoming citizens of the United States in 1866
• Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania - actively pursuing recognition by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

There is at least one Canadian tribal organization that is historically and linguistically related:

• Delaware Nation at Moraviantown

Census Records & Tribal Rolls

• "List of Delaware Indians Who Elected to Remove to the Indian Country, n.d." - Ancestry ($)
• Delaware Rolls, 1896 and 1904 - Ancestry ($)

• 1862 Allotment page on WikiTree
• 1906 Delaware Indian Roll page on WikiTree

History

• Bibliography: American Indians in Kansas > Delaware 1829-1867 - Kansas Historical Society

• Adams, Richard C., A Brief History of the Delaware Indians (Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1906); digital images, HathiTrust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100327321/Home : accessed 14 August 2024).
• United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs. Memorial of the Delaware Indians (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903); image copy, HathiTrust Digital Library (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100585407/Home : accessed 16 August 2024).

Culture & Language

• The Lenape Talking Dictionary - Lenape Language Preservation Project
• Lenape Language - Delaware Tribe of Indians

• Daniel G. Brinton, Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature Number V: The Lenâpé and Their Legends; with the Complete Text and Symbols of the Walam Olum, a New Translation, and an Inquiry into its Authenticity (Philadelphia [s. p.]: 1885); image copy, Google Books (https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Len%C3%A2p%C3%A9_and_their_legends_with_the/d6cTAAAAQAAJ : accessed 30 August 2024).