Lenni Lenape

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

Lenni Lenape chief Tishcohan

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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.

Indigenous peoples of the American Northeast

Map showing the distribution of the northeasternmost Eastern Woodlands cultures,...

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