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Two Delaware Nation citizens, Jennie Bobb and her daughter Nellie Longhat, in Oklahoma, in 1915 [6]. The Lenape (English: / l ə ˈ n ɑː p i /, /-p eɪ /, / ˈ l ɛ n ə p i /; [7] [8] Lenape languages: [9]), also called the Lenni Lenape [10] and Delaware people, [11] are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.
Cohoquinoque Creek – derived from a Lenni-Lenape word for 'the grove of long pine trees'. Connoquenessing – 'a long way straight' [25] (This Lenape placename does not occur within the bounds of Lenapehoking, as defined by the map accompanying this article.) Conococheague Creek – 'water of many turns' Conodoguinet Creek – 'a long way ...
The name Lenape, which is sometimes used in English for both Delaware languages together, is the name Unami speakers also use for their own language in English, [34] [35] whereas Munsee speakers call their language in English Lunaapeew. [36] Uniquely among scholars, Kraft uses Lenape as a cover term to refer to all Delaware-speaking groups. [37]
Hackensack was the exonym given by the Dutch colonists to a band of the Lenape, or Lenni-Lenape ("original men"), a Native American tribe. The name is a Dutch derivation of the Lenape word for what is now the region of northeastern New Jersey along the Hudson and Hackensack rivers. While the Lenape people occupied much of the mid-Atlantic area ...
The English term Lenape is of Unami origin, [30] and is used in English as a self-designation by speakers of Unami; [18] [31] [32] Exceptionally among scholars, Kraft uses Lenape as an English-language cover term to refer to all Delaware-speaking groups, while noting that this usage is "not entirely appropriate". [23] [30]
He said the explanatory transcription of verses in the Lenape language came from a different source, in 1822. [7] After his translation was published, Rafinesque said he lost the actual plaques. [1] When Rafinesque wrote an essay on the Lenape language in October 1834, he did not mention the Walam Olum at all. It was two months later that he ...
As a part of the Vigil Honor induction, each new Vigil Honor member is given a Vigil Honor name in the language of the Lenni Lenape or the language of their local Lodge. An English translation of the Vigil Honor name is also provided, and the name often represents a characteristic of the individual. [7] The Guide greets the Guard at the entrance
Neolin (meaning the enlightened in Algonquian) [1] was a prophet of the Lenni Lenape (also known as Delaware) from the village of Muskingum in Ohio. Neolin was active in the 1760s, but his exact dates of birth and death are unknown.