Lenape Indians Study Guide PDF

The Lenape: Study Guide Test: _____________________________________________ Vocabulary to know: nomad- a person who moves from place to place and has no permanent home band—a small family group that lived and worked together to survive adapt- to change one’s ways of life to adjust to...

The Lenape: Study Guide Test: _____________________________________________ Vocabulary to know: nomad- a person who moves from place to place and has no permanent home band—a small family group that lived and worked together to survive adapt- to change one’s ways of life to adjust to the environment culture- a way of life shared by a group of people oral story- a spoken story used to pass on traditions and beliefs longhouse- a narrow building with curved roofs made from trees that the Lenape live in ancestor- early family members wigwam- small round houses made from trees Facts to know: *The earliest people from Asia traveled to what is now America across a land bridge *The Paleo-Indians were the first to live in NJ, followed by the Archaic Indians, the Woodland Indians, and the Lenape Indians. (in that order) *Lenni Lenape means “original people”. *The Lenape had 3 clans - Wolf, Turtle, and Turkey. *The children belonged to the same clan as the mother. *The 2 language groups of the Lenape were Munsee and Unami *The yearly Lenape celebration celebrating the harvest was the Corn Dance. *The Lenape hunted animals such as deer, beavers, elk, and bears. *Deer were very important in the lives of the Lenape for many reasons. They provided them with meat to cook and dry for eating later. The Lenape used skins to make clothing, shoes, and blankets, They used the antlers and bones to make tools and the insides were dried and stretched to make thread. *Some of the crops raised by the Lenape were corn, beans, and squash. *Lenape Indian women were the farmers, did the cooking and stored food for the winter. *Lenape Indian men did the hunting, fishing and built their houses. *Lenape girls helped their mothers grow and gather food, take care of the house and cook meals. *Lenape boys went hunting and fishing with their fathers. *Lenape children had less time for play and more responsibilities than children of today. They did have toys and played tag, hide-and-seek and racing games, like children today. *The Lenape wrote using symbols to record stories and give warnings. They wrote on animal hides, rocks and bone. *Oral stories were important to the Lenape because they passed down traditions from generation to generation. They explained beliefs about creation and past events. Social values (ex: honesty, being responsible, respecting your elders, not bringing shame to the family, etc.) were an important part of a child’s upbringing.