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Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware in Delaware [110] Nanticoke-Lenni Lenape Tribal Nation in New Jersey [110] Ramapough Lenape Nation in New Jersey [110] More than a dozen organizations in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, [111] Virginia, and elsewhere claim descent from Lenape people and are unrecognized tribes.
The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania is an unrecognized tribe. [4] Despite having the word nation in its name, the organization is neither a federally recognized tribe [7] nor a state-recognized tribe. [8] [9] Pennsylvania has no federally recognized or state-recognized tribes. [9]
Pennsylvania, the Delaware Tribe, one of three later federally-recognized Lenape tribes, and its descendants in the 21st century claimed 314 acres (1.27 km 2) of land included in the original purchase in 1737, but the U.S. District Court granted the Commonwealth's motion to dismiss.
The path united the clans and villages of the Lenni Lenape Native American nation that once governed the entire river watershed in today’s New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Susquehanna River – from Lenape Siskëwahane, 'mile wide, foot deep' [citation needed] (This Lenape placename does not occur within the bounds of Lenapehoking, as defined by the map accompanying this article.) Tamaqua – from Lenape Tamaqua, 'beaver' [29] Tatamy – from Lenape name Chief Moses Tatamy who lived in the region and died in 1761
The location traditionally associated with the treaty was a meeting place near the Delaware River used by the Lenape Native American tribe. Shackamaxon, the name European settlers used for the area, may have been derived from the Lenape term "Sakimauchheen Ing" (pronounced Sak-i-mauch-heen Ing) which means "to make a chief or king place."
After many centuries of living on North America’s Eastern Seaboard, the Lenape were sent to Oklahoma in the 19th century as part of the American government’s forced migration of Native Americans.
Council Rock is not an incorporated location; rather, the Lenni Lenape Indians once inhabited the area, which featured a perched stone outcropping 200 feet above the Neshaminy River called ...