Lenni Lenape


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Len·ni Len·a·pe

or Len·i Len·a·pe  (lĕn′ē lĕn′ə-pē)
n.
See Delaware1.
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These two great divisions consisted, on the one side, of the Five, or, as they were afterward called, the Six Nations, and their allies; and, on the other, of the Lenni Lenape, or Delawares, with the numerous and powerful tribes that owned that nation as their grandfather The former was generally called, by the Anglo-Americans Iroquois, or the Six Nations, and sometimes Mingoes.
Of the Lenni Lenape, or as they were called by the whites, from the circumstances of their holding their great council-fire on the banks of that river, the Delaware nation, the principal tribes, besides that which bore the generic name, were the Mahicanni, Mohicans, or Mohegans, and the Nanticokes, or Nentigoes.
When the Lenni Lenape formally asserted their independence, and fearlessly declared that they were again men.
The best remembered Penn legend tells how, rather than build a barricade around his colony, he negotiated a treaty of friendship with his indigenous Lenni Lenape neighbors.
More than 300 years ago Lenni Lenape tribes hunted, fished, and farmed the wilderness that would become Longwood Gardens in Philadelphia.
In all likelihood, they weren't there when the Lenni Lenape Indians walked this land (Brown, 1999).
Wynne went on to become the first speaker of the Provisional Assembly, a provincial judge and was instrumental in agreeing treaties with the local Indian tribe, Lenni Lenape.
Waddilove, 29, is an Anishnabe (Ojibway) and Lenni Lenape (Delaware) lawyer who has worked with a number of legal and political organizations including the RCMP, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Environment Canada, the London Police Service and the Parliament of Canada.
hawken from the Lenni Lenape meaning to clear one's throat
The Lenni Lenape (First or True people) or the Delaware were the original inhabitants of northeastern United States.
And I managed a bit of breakthrough in 1995, when I ended as the meeting's leading rider, with five winners, two of them ( Banariya and Vivo) for my boss at the time John Oxx, plus Magical Fun for John Hayden, Edward O'Grady's Lenni Lenape and Chuffed, which won the two-year-old auction maiden for Willie Mullins.