Lenape
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The Lenape are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, traditionally centered in what is now the mid-Atlantic United States, including present-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
All labels observed (33)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T43042 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Lenape Context triple: [Hudson Valley, historicallyInhabitedBy, Lenape]
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Wampanoag people
The Wampanoag people are a Native American nation of the northeastern United States, historically known for inhabiting present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island and for their pivotal early contact with English colonists in the 17th century.
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Taíno
The Taíno were an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Caribbean, especially the Greater Antilles, whose culture and language significantly influenced the region before and after European contact.
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C.
Aquinnah
Aquinnah is a small town on the western tip of Martha’s Vineyard, known for its dramatic clay cliffs, beaches, and Wampanoag cultural heritage.
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Quechan people
The Quechan people are a Native American tribe traditionally living along the lower Colorado River in what is now southeastern California and southwestern Arizona, known for their rich oral traditions, agriculture, and riverine culture.
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Native Americans
Native Americans are the Indigenous peoples of the United States, encompassing numerous distinct tribes and cultures with deep historical, spiritual, and cultural ties to the land long predating European colonization.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lenape Target entity description: The Lenape are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, traditionally centered in what is now the mid-Atlantic United States, including present-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
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A.
Wampanoag people
The Wampanoag people are a Native American nation of the northeastern United States, historically known for inhabiting present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island and for their pivotal early contact with English colonists in the 17th century.
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B.
Taíno
The Taíno were an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Caribbean, especially the Greater Antilles, whose culture and language significantly influenced the region before and after European contact.
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C.
Aquinnah
Aquinnah is a small town on the western tip of Martha’s Vineyard, known for its dramatic clay cliffs, beaches, and Wampanoag cultural heritage.
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D.
Quechan people
The Quechan people are a Native American tribe traditionally living along the lower Colorado River in what is now southeastern California and southwestern Arizona, known for their rich oral traditions, agriculture, and riverine culture.
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E.
Native Americans
Native Americans are the Indigenous peoples of the United States, encompassing numerous distinct tribes and cultures with deep historical, spiritual, and cultural ties to the land long predating European colonization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian-speaking people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ Native American people ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Delaware people
ⓘ
Lenape ⓘ
surface form:
Lenni Lenape
|
| colonialExonym |
Province of Delaware
ⓘ
surface form:
Delaware
|
| colonialExonymSource | Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
council governance
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ wampum belt making ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Eastern Woodlands ⓘ |
| currentPopulationCenters |
Kansas
ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
Oklahoma ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ |
| ethnonymLanguage | Unami ⓘ |
| ethnonymMeaning | the people ⓘ |
| federallyRecognizedTribeInUnitedStates |
Delaware Nation
ⓘ
Delaware Nation ⓘ
surface form:
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Mahican ⓘ
surface form:
Stockbridge-Munsee Community
|
| historicalPeriodOfProminence |
early colonial period in the mid-Atlantic
ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| nativeName | Lenape self-link ⓘ |
| notableHistoricalEvent |
early contact with Dutch colonists in New Netherland
ⓘ
forced removals west of the Mississippi River in the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ land cessions to English colonists in the 17th and 18th centuries ⓘ |
| recognizedCommunityInCanada |
Delaware Nation at Moraviantown
ⓘ
Munsee-Delaware Nation ⓘ Six Nations of the Grand River ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Mahican
ⓘ
Nanticoke ⓘ Shawnee ⓘ other Algonquian peoples ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional Lenape spirituality ⓘ |
| traditionalDwellings |
longhouses
ⓘ
wigwams ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage |
Munsee language
ⓘ
surface form:
Munsee
Unami ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Northeast Woodlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Northeastern Woodlands
|
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Delaware Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Delaware River valley
Staten Island ⓘ Hudson Valley ⓘ
surface form:
lower Hudson River valley
present-day Delaware ⓘ present-day New Jersey ⓘ present-day New York ⓘ present-day Pennsylvania ⓘ western Long Island ⓘ |
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Subject: Lenape Description of subject: The Lenape are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, traditionally centered in what is now the mid-Atlantic United States, including present-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
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