The Lenape and the
Colonists
The Lenape and the
Colonists
 We will learn about each culture, what they
looked like, why they came here and how they
lived.
 New vocabulary
 Discuss the cooperation and conflicts of the
“salt people” and the Lenape.
 Get a full outline of the unit’s expectations.
 You will need to take notes at the end of the
presentation. Please take out your notebooks
to prepare.
The people of NJ
 The first Natives
came across the
Bering Strait from
Asia. They probably
followed herds of
animals that they
hunted for food.
How they lived
 They began as nomads. Nomads are
people who move often to follow food.
 They some people began agriculture.
Agriculture is planting and growing crops
Lenni Who???
 These nomads
eventually settled in NJ.
They called themselves
Lenni Lanape or
Ordinary People.
 They lived along the
Delaware River Valley.
There were three main
groups of Lenape, each
with their own version of
Algonquian
The Culture of the Lenape
 Each tribe had their
own chief or sachem.
 Chief Oratam’s story
 Lenape had a
matrilineage or
privilege and land
was passed down
from the mother’s
side of the family.
Lenni Lenape Life
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Wigwam
Long house
The summer home
Deer skin
Decorated with
feathers, beads,
wampum and shells.
Party and good times
(manetuwak)
Jobs
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Women
Gardened
Foraged for berries
Dried fruits
built homes
Divorce??
 Men
 Hunted and fished
Catching Fish
How they cooked
Fun and Games
Winds of change
 The first Europeans
came to American
seeking a Northwest
passage.
 Why?
Dutch and Swedes
 The region now called
NJ was broken into two
large sections the New
Netherlands and New
Sweden. Trade began
happening between
these countries and the
settlers.
 Trading and fighting for
land began between
Sweden, the Dutch and
the natives.
 The English came to
America for religious
freedom.
 The Quakers were one
group from England that
settled in NJ. They
demanded freedom of
religion or tolerance as
well as fair trial rights.
 Other settlers came from
Scotland
The Clash of Cultures
 The first conflicts between the Dutch and
Lenape or Delaware.
 Land
 Farming differences
 Treaties mistreat the Lenape
Unit work
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Vocabulary page packets (2 day)
The time travel experiment (2 week plan)
Unit Review packet (3 days)
Jeopardy (1 day)
Test
 http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/
language.html
Cultural Pow Wow
 Natives:
http://www.prs.k12.nj.us/Just%20for%20
Kids/3-5/Lenape
 Colonial
 http://noahwebsterhouse.org/games.html
 http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Class/est572/jo
reste/#Games
Music
 http://www.spiritwing.net/music.php