Indigenous Peoples of Delaware

Indians of North America   United States    Delaware    American Indians

The name of the state of Delaware comes from the Delaware Tribe of Indians.

Tribes and Bands of Delaware
The following list of American Indians who have lived in Delaware has been compiled from Hodge's Handbook of American Indians... and from Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.


 * Conoy
 * Delaware
 * Nanticoke

Reservation
Nanticoke Tribe of Delaware

See also:
Delaware-Military for a list of forts