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Yellow: Morgan Buckingham
Red: Kylee Thornburg
Green: Both

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Q: How many Indians does it take to change a light bulb?

A: One – plus two anthropologists to takes notes of the actions he is performing (and the significance of which they will heatedly debate for years to come), and one ethnologist to study the underlying meaning of the direction the bulb is screwed into the socket, and one linguist in case the Indian says anything.

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They used to live at 41.10° N 74.96° W. The area is located East of the Delaware River, it runs alongside Flat Brook, South East of Bushkill Falls, and Southwest of Candon Lakes.

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The exact location of the monument is 39.95° N 75.14° W. The monument is located off of Interstate 95 and is near the Delaware river; this monument is also located next to Market Street.

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The absolute location for where the Delaware Indians live now is 39.02° N 95.93 W. They live around Copan Lake. This is their Oklahoma headquarters.

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The Delaware tribe has many social dances, these are done just for the enjoyment of dancing. They also have a sport similar to football only in this game it is played by men against women. In the game men can only kick the ball from place to place, however the women are allowed to throw or run the ball. The men also aren’t allowed to tackle the women, but the women can do whatever they want. The goal posts are at both ends of the field just like American Football.

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The men wore breechcloths and moccasins while the women wore knee-high skirts that wrapped around their waist.

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When the Europeans came to North America they relocated them to Oklahoma. Before that and now they did not move from place to place. They traditionally lived in wigwams, but now they live in houses and apartments. Modern Americans adopted the tradition of carrying babies on their back from the Deleware Indians. When the Europeans came the Lenape started to wear shirts however before then they were not required.

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They considered themselves Delaware Indians along with the Nanticoke and Munsee Delaware. They often traded with them and the New England Indians. They fought with the Iroquois League on a regular basis. In 1634, the Lenape Tribe was exposed to Smallpox and Measles by the European settlers. It killed many of them.

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For housing they used wigwams and some even use longhouses. Wigwams are made of wooden frames and then birchbark is put over the outside. Longhouses are made from wooden poles and elm bark covering the outside.

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The Lenape/Delaware tribe were monotheistic. They believed that a god named Kishelemukong created the world. Because the word Kishelemukong means god therefore they believe that the Christian god and Kishelemukong are the same. Some people might mistake them for polytheistic because they believe in spirits but they don’t think of these spirits as gods they think of them as protectors.

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In the lenape tribe they primarily grew the three sisters squash, beans, and maize(corn). They also ate different types of shellfish like oysters and clams, this was an important part of their diet. They also hunted deer, black bear, and small creatures such as rabbits and squirrels.

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They people in their close proximity were peaceful with them, however they often fought with the Iroquois. The Iroquois were hostile and war-like with the other tribes in the region. In that time you were not safe from their raids if you weren’t one of the Iroquois.

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They lived in a humid continental climate along the Atlantic coastline. It was common to grow the three sisters in the Northeast. They also hunted and fished, so their diet was more balanced than many Europeans at the time. The people of the region mostly lived in stationary houses such as longhouses and wigwams.

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The Delaware indians speak the Lenape language. They have symbol that they use to write things down. These symbols are call hieroglyphics.

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They are a republic because they vote on the people to be on their council and those people represent them.