Lenni Lenape

[ len-ee ]

noun

1. Delaware ( defs 5, 6 ).

Example Sentences

As they journeyed through the region, their travels brought them face to face with the people who had lived there for millennia – the Lenni Lenape, the father tribe of the Lenape and Nanticoke Indians.

From Washington Times

In the township’s elementary schools, we learned about the Lenni Lenape tribe and put on Thanksgiving plays.

From New York Times

Radnor’s fellow Central League school, Ridley, adopted the Raider name in the mid-1930s to honor the Lenni Lenape tribe.

From New York Times

Historians believed Quaker and Salem founder John Fenwick signed a treaty with the Lenni Lenape Indians under the oak tree in 1675.

From Washington Times

Some say it was from a malaria outbreak that devastated the area in the 1850s, a violent attack on the local Lenni Lenape by Iroquois tribes, or for highwaymen who robbed travelers on the road.

From Washington Times