Lenape Life

Lenape life has been preserved in stories, dances, ceremonies, and the daily life of thousands of present-day Delawares. These pages present some of these traditions.

• Some of the Ways of the Delaware Indian Women
• Lenape Football Game (PDF)
• Rabbit Tail Game
• Villages
• Family
• Foods
• Stories
• Fishing
• Canoes
• Pottery
• Lenape Indian Medicines, by Glenn McCartlin and Jim Rementer (PDF)
• Delaware Ethnobotany, by George Hill (Re-edited 2015 by George Hill and Jim Rementer; PDF)
• Gifts of Food by American Indians, by Jim Rementer (PDF)
• Fish Festival of the Indians, by A.R. Dunlap and C.A. Weslager (PDF)
• Lenape Funeral Customs (PDF)
• Artwork by Lenape Artists (PDF)
• The Spiritual World of the Lenape or Delaware Indians (PDF)
• Delaware Indian Dance Rattles Made of Coconuts (PDF)