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The Delaware are a Native American group consisting of three smaller groups; the Lenape (or Unami), the Munsee, and &#x22;Jersies&#x22; (or Unalachtigo). The Delaware spoke an Algonquian language. Their aboriginal territory was in the vicinity of what is now known as the Delaware River in the states of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The Delaware now reside in communities in Ontario and Oklahoma. The Lenape were foragers with a seasonal pattern of band aggregation and dispersion. From the spring to the fall they caught different species of anadromous fish; in the winter, deer hunting was the principal activity. The Lenape bands were matrilineally related clusters of nuclear families, but with high interband mobility. Today, they are largely part of the American mainstream. the two largest groups of Delaware live in Oklahoma.

Bibliography

Culture summary

Cultural diversity in the lower Delaware River Valley, 1550-1750

The Okehocking band of Lenape

Delaware

Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape

An account of the history, manners, and customs, of the Indian nations

A Reconstruction of aboriginal Delaware culture from contemporary sources

Delaware culture chronology

A Tentative catalogue of Minsi material culture

Old religion among the Delawares

Delaware personhood

The Indian journals, 1859-62

The Peyote cult of the Delaware Indians

The culture and acculturation of the Delaware Indians

Oklahoma Delaware ceremonies, feasts and dances

A study of the Delaware Indian Big House Ceremony

A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs

Delaware Indian art designs

Some psychological characteristics of the Delaware Indians during the 17th and 18th centuries

Author	Title	Publication Date
Anonymous	Bibliography	1978
Becker, Marshall Joseph	Culture summary	2003
Becker, Marshall Joseph	Cultural diversity in the lower Delaware River Valley, 1550-1750	1986
Becker, Marshall Joseph	The Okehocking band of Lenape	1986
Goddard, Ives	Delaware	1978
Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond)	Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape	1921
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus	An account of the history, manners, and customs, of the Indian nations	1819
Herman, Mary W.	A Reconstruction of aboriginal Delaware culture from contemporary sources	1950
Kinietz, W. Vernon (William Vernon)	Delaware culture chronology	1946
Leslie, Vernon	A Tentative catalogue of Minsi material culture	1951
Miller, Jay	Old religion among the Delawares	1997
Miller, Jay	Delaware personhood	1991
Morgan, Lewis Henry	The Indian journals, 1859-62	1959
Newcomb, William W.	The Peyote cult of the Delaware Indians	1956
Newcomb, William Wilmon	The culture and acculturation of the Delaware Indians	1956
Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith)	Oklahoma Delaware ceremonies, feasts and dances	1937
Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith)	A study of the Delaware Indian Big House Ceremony	1931
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys	A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs	1942
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys	Delaware Indian art designs	1950
Wallace, Anthony F. C.	Some psychological characteristics of the Delaware Indians during the 17th and 18th centuries	1950
Zeisberger, David	David Zeisberger's history of northern American Indians	1910

Delaware

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