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Lenape Life

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.

Culture FAQs

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)

Delaware Tribe of Indians is a federally recognized tribe of the Lenape people headquartered in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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