Delaware Tribe of Indians

The Delaware Indians were originally known as the Lenape or Lenni Lenape Indians, the name they called themselves. The American colonists named them the Delaware Indians.

Clans: Tukwsi-t, the wolf; Pukuwanku, the turtle; and Pele, the turkey

Original homelands: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

Brief Timeline
1600's: First contact was with the Dutch

1638: Swedish lived moved into the Delaware Bay area

1700's: Tribal members began to settle along the Ohio River

1835: Many members had resettled in Kansas

1867: Tribebegan to settle west of the Mississippi River some removed to Canada



Brief History
The Delaware or Lenape were forced to cede lands and migrate many times.

Additional Reference to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Delaware tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Ohio History Central article on the Delaware Indians

Tribal Headquarters
The Delaware Nation is currently found primarily in western Oklahoma.

Delaware Nation Address P.O. Box 825 Anadarko, OK 73005 Location 31064 State Highway #281 Building 100 Anadarko, OK 73005 Phone: 405.247.2448 Fax: 405.247.9393

Records
Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution of the Delaware Nation of Oklahoma
 * Brief history of the Delaware Indians in Ohio
 * The Delaware Nation Official Website
 * Official Website of the Delaware Tribe of Indians
 * Delaware Tribe Web Site
 * Delaware Tribe Wikipedia