Lenape: Indigenous people originally from hoking, now the Mid-Atlantic United States
The Lenape, Lenappe, Lenapi or Lenni Lenape (meaning the people or true people) are a group of several bands of Native American people who share cultural and linguistic traits.
They are also known as the Delaware Indians. They spoke two similar languages known as the Delaware languages: Unami and Munsee. The three subtribes of the Lenape are Munsee, Unami and Unalachtigo. They lived in different regions in Pennsylvania.
The Lenape lived in the part of the Northeast Woodlands called Lenapehoking, roughly the area around and between the Delaware and lower Hudson Rivers. These areas are known today as the U.S. states of New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania around the Delaware and Lehigh valleys. They also lived on the north shore of Delaware and much of southeastern New York, mostly the lower Hudson Valley and Upper New York Bay. Nowadays most live in Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Ontario.
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