Lenape History

Lenape history begins thousands of years ago on the East Coast, in the Delaware Valley. This section will eventually include detailed descriptions of Lenape life through the years, taken from traditional knowledge passed down through stories, and from archaeological and historical sources. A few samples are given here.

• Walking Purchase
• Removal to Indian Territory
• Warriors for the Union, by Deborah Nichols and Laurence M. Hauptman (PDF)
• A Delaware Indian Legend, and the Story of Their Troubles, by Richard C. Adams (PDF)
• Description of the Province of New Sweden, by Thomas Campanius Holm (PDF)
• Delaware Indian Villages at Philadelphia, by C.A. Weslager (PDF)
• The Delaware Interregnum, by Francis Jennings (PDF)
• Near the Edge: Language Revival from the Brink of Extinction, by James Rementer, Language Director, Delaware Tribe, Bartlesville, Oklahoma and Bruce L. Pearson, University of South Carolina (PDF)
• The Second Journal of Christian Frederick Post (PDF)
• The Scandalous Indian Policy of William Penn’s Sons: Deeds and Documents of the Walking Purchase, by Francis Jennings (PDF)
• Early Images of Lenape People (PDF)
• A Lenape Family Named Thompson (PDF)
• Lenape Photos After Colorizing (PDF)
• Lenape Photos After Colorizing, Vol. 2 (PDF)
• Lenape Photos After Colorizing, Vol. 3 (PDF)
• Lenape Photos After Colorizing, Vol. 4 (PDF)
• Lenape Photos After Colorizing, Vol. 5 (PDF)
• Lenape Photos After Colorizing, Vol. 6 (PDF)
• Lenape Photos After Colorizing, Vol. 7 (PDF)
• The Culture and Acculturation of the Delaware Indians, by William W. Newcomb, Jr. (PDF)
• The Arrival of the Europeans as Told By The Lenape, by James Rementer (PDF)