Lenape Indians

What is a sachem?

• Village chief

• Spirit that lives in all things

• A celebration

• Original people

What is matrilineage?

• A way of life

• Where the Munsee tribe lived

• Inheriting your mother's land and hunting rights

• Where th Unami tribe lived

What is culture?

• The way of life of a certain group of people

• The area near the Delaware River

• The best way to hunt

• Fishing in the mountains

What is manetuwak?

• The Lenape name for a dug out canoe

• The Lenape name for longhouse

• A living spirit in all things

• A ceremony

What is a nomad?

• The Lenape tribe that lived in the mountains

• A group of people planting corn and squash

• A person that like to forage for food

• a person that follows a herd for food and never lives in one place too long

Wampum is....

• The way of life for the Munsee tribe

• small beads made from seashells

• Original People

• What a nomad used to find his way around

The Bering Strait is....

• A large piece of land

• An area of flat land

• The place where Lenape planted corn

• A land bridge between Asia and North America during prehistoric times

Who were the original people?

• The Lenni Lenape

• The Dutch

• The Europeans

• The English settlers

Longhouses were......

• Used for many families to live in

• Made out of mud

• Could be moved from place to place

• Made out of large tree trunks

How did the Lenape save their food?

• They buried it

• They kept it in water

• They dried it in the sun

• They wrapped it in animals skins