_________ means before the time of written records.

Once the ice melted, the Lenape hunted forest animals like:

The ________ is the local Indians' name for themselves, which has been translated as "the people."

The Lenape Indians migrated across ______________ from Asia about 15,000 years ago spreading into North and South America.

The movement of people or animals from one place to another.

Scientists think that the ancestors of the _________ migrated across a land bridge from Asia about 15,000 years ago.

The Lenape gradually spread throughout the continents of ___________ , arriving in what we now call New Jersey about 12,000 years ago. (Hover your mouse over the image if it's tough to read the names)

The Lenape houses were called:

The Lenape planted:

Traditional _______ roles included hunting and fishing.

Traditional ____________ roles were growing vegetables, cooking meals, and raising children

The Lenape burned out the center of trees and crafted:

The Lenape waited until the spring to bend young trees, also known as ____________, to build the frames of their houses.

The Lenape used __________ to craft the sides or siding of their houses.

Often _________ lived in the Lenape long houses.

The European traders came to the Lenape lands seeking:

The Lenape - and other Native or indigenous groups - believe that natural objects - like trees - have spirits.

The Indians exchanged ________ for brass pots, iron tools and cloth.

The fur or pelts from ___________ were highly popular in European fashion and sought after by the traders.

The Lenape caught _________ such as smallpox and measles from the newcomers.

The Lenape tribes were almost wiped out or ___________ by diseases brought by the European explorers.

Today, most of the Lenape descendants had to move West and now live in: