Ch. 2: The Lenape Flashcards
1
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3 Names
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1) Lenni Lenape
2) The Delaware
3) The Munsee People
2
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2 Languages
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Algonquian Group:
Munsee dialect
Unami dialect
3
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Location
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- Delaware • Eastern Pennsylvania • Central New York • New Jersey Population: 11,000-13,000
4
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Clan
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A group of people united by actual or perceived
kinship and descent
5
Q
3 Primary Clans
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1) Wolf
2) Turkey
3) Turtle
6
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Organization
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Small Bands NOT Tribes
- 10-100 individuals
• elders served as de-facto leaders
7
Q
Settlements
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semi-sedentary
• Lived in longhouses and wigwams • Palisades often used for defense
• Relied on seasonal “camps”
8
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Marriage/Kinship
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- Matrilineal descent: Identity and social status inherited from mother
- Exogamy: Married outside of one’s clan
9
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Food
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- Hunters and foragers
• Fish and bivalve mollusks
• Horticulture
• “Three Sisters”: Maize, beans, squash • practiced slash-and-burn
• Regular meals consisted of cornmeal mush
10
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Men and boys
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- building and maintaining settlements
• clearing land and breaking soil
• Hunting and fishing
11
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Women and girls
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responsible for:
• producing goods like ceramics and clothing • cultivating and harvesting crops
• cooking
12
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Beliefs
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1) Kishelemukong • Great Spirit, Supreme Being, Creator • created the world and everything in it 2) Manitowuk • Agents of the Great Spirit (x4) • Elements and/or "corners" (N, S, E, W) 3) "Elder Brothers" • Father Sun (Gikowita) • Grandmother Moon • Mother Earth • Thunder Beings
13
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3 communities of Lenape on Manhattan
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- Manahate
- Rechgawawank
- Wiechquaeseck
Population: 300-1200
Sanders: 200-600
Burned 80% of the landscape in the 200 years leading up to 1600…
