Lenni Lenape: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Lenape • Delaware

Photos

Portrait of Tishcohan, a Lenape chief, shown with a small beard, long dark hair, bare chest, and a pipe hanging from a fringed necklace.

Map showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples of the Northeast Woodlands region in North America, with tribal names such as Algonquin, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Iroquois, Shawnee, and Powhatan labeled across present-day northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Major lakes and rivers are marked, and a red boundary outlines the general region inhabited by these groups.

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Topics

Northeast Indian Wampanoag Abenaki Pequot Iroquoian peoples Wendat Menominee Kickapoo Mohawk Seneca Ho-Chunk

Key People

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David Brainerd

American missionary

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Frank Gouldsmith Speck

American anthropologist