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1 By: Josh Bowers, Kylie Aleksandrowicz, Michelle Bayhurst & Claire Aleksandrowicz

2   Unalachtigo  Turkey  Unami  Turtle  Munsee  Wolf 3 Tribal Groups

3   Males  Hunters  Fishermen  Warriors  Healers  Females  Farmers  Cooks  Seamstresses  Child Care Men & Women

4   Language  Of the Algonquian Family  Originally called the Lenni Lenape or the Lenape  Meaning “The People”  Also known as the Grandfather Tribe  Among the 1 st to make European contact  English Settlers  Called them the Delaware  Settled near the Delaware River Early History

5   Used tools for completing everyday tasks  Tools made of shell, bone, stone & wood  Used farming as a major source of resources  Major crop was corn  Fished the Delaware river for food  Used handcrafted canoes  Known for their dugout canoes  Birch bark canoes  Kayaks  Lived in small bands, 25 to 50 people  Underneath Longhouses, Wigwams & Sweathouses Daily Life

6   Wampum Belts  Signified Currency  Fur Trade  Beaver Pelts  Turkey Feathers  Items Made  Cloaks & Ornaments  French Traders  Gave them alcohol & guns for fur Trade

7   William Penn & English Settlers  Tricked Indians out of land  1,200 Square Miles of PA The Walking Purchase

8   Moved every 10-12 years  U.S. Government  Promised a permanent settlement to Delaware Indians  Forced Indians to move repeatedly  Westward through Ohio (1795), Indiana (1820), Missouri (1829) & Kansas (1866)  Eventually made it to Indian Territory in Oklahoma  Still existent in the U.S. today  Now in Oklahoma & Ontario, Canada Movement Through U.S.

9   Men Vs. Women  Men  Allowed only to kick the ball  Women  Allowed to throw, kick, tackle, etc.  Goal Posts  Located at each end of the field Lenape Football Game

10   Pontiac’s War  Distrusted British & American Colonists  Part of the siege at Fort Pitt in 1763  Spread to the Cumberland Valley  3 Delaware Indians - Scalped & murdered a man & 10 kids  July 26, 1764 in Green Castle, PA  American Revolution  Gnadenhutten Massacre  Militia Men – Killed over 100 peaceful Delaware Indians  Battle of Fallen Timbers in Ohio  Defeated by General Anthony Wayne  Forced Indians to give up land in Ohio Battle Involvement


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