lenni Lenape Indians
The Delaware Indians by Carter and Hudson
Lenape Indians survival
One way for survival is the men hunting the animals for food, clothing, and tools. The second way of survival is relying on each other.
Were they lived
They lived in northern Delaware, New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New York state, and small sections of Connecticut.
Food
They hunted turkey and deer for meat, clothing, and tools.
they also ate corn, berries, and elk
major crops
The major foods were corn, squash, beans with fish, wild game, berries, nuts, herbs, and roots.
Hunting
They hunted animals with bows and arrows, wooden helmet, wooden club and shield.
Jobs
Women and Men's Jobs
The men and women had different rolls in the Lenape culture. Men hunted and went to war. The women stayed home and cooked and took care of the Indian children.
War
The Lenapes were allies with the Nanticoke and the Munsee Delawares. They fought with the powerful Iroquois. One of there chiefs were Chief Tishcohan. In war they used wooden clubs, and body length shields made of wood and moose hide.
Religion
They believed that plants had spiritual natures. The Delaware people said , physical abnormalities were made by wicked spirits.