![]() A total of 4,350 questionnaires were mailed out to heads of families. We did a survey of tribal members concerning their interest in learning the Lenape language. Project History: In 1997 we received a Planning Grant from the ANA (Administration for Native Americans). After years of negotiations, the issues were finally resolved and on July 28, 2009, The United States Department of the Interior notified the tribal office in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, that the Delaware are again a federally recognized tribe. This lead to the Delaware Tribe losing federal recognition again in a 2004. However, the Cherokee Nation disagreed with the decision and filed suit against the BIA and the Secretary. Then in 1991 the Delaware Tribe of Indians regained their federal recognition by the Secretary of the Interior. The BIA had determined that the Department of the Interior would generally engage in government-to-government relations with the Delaware Tribe only through Cherokee Nation, and that the Department would engage in direct relations with the Delaware Tribe solely with respect to the Tribe’s claims against the United States. However, in 1979 the BIA revoked the status. After the passage of the 1972 Appropriations Act the Delaware Tribe of Indians sought federal recognition separate from the Cherokee Nation, and in 1975 it was granted. The Delaware Tribe of Indians operated autonomously within the lands of the Cherokee Nation. In 1867, after dealing with the United States on a government-to-government basis, the ancestors of the Delaware Tribe of Indians agreed to relocate to Oklahoma, to live within the Cherokee Nation. Small contingents of Delawares fled to Canada during a time of extreme persecution and today occupy two reserves in Ontario and are known as The Munsee-Delaware Nation. Through different migrations, one small band of Delawares left the group in the late 1700s and are today located at Anadarko, Oklahoma and known as the Delaware Nation. Nevertheless, through war and peace, the Delaware would continue to give up lands and move westward (first to Ohio, then to Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, and finally, Indian Territory, now Oklahoma). The Delaware people signed the first Indian treaty with the newly formed United States Government on September 17, 1778. They saw the few token gifts the Europeans gave them as acts of gratitude for their people’s kindness, but to the Europeans these gifts were actually the purchase price for their land. To the Delaware, when the poor, bedraggled people got off their ships after the long voyage and needed a place to live they simply shared the land with them. They believed the land belonged to the Creator, and were only using it to shelter and feed their people. The Delaware had no idea that land was something that could be sold. They were also known for being fierce and tenacious warriors when they had to fight, however, they preferred to be peaceful.Įarly treaties and land sales were signed with the Europeans because the Delaware believed them to be more like leases. The Delaware were often called the “Grandfathers” because they were respected by other tribes as peacemakers and often served to settle disputes between rivaling tribes. The Delaware were the first Indians to come in contact with the Europeans (Dutch, English, & Swedish) in the early 1600s. The Delaware name later came to be applied to almost all the Lenape people. ![]() The Delaware Indian originally called themselves Lenape people which means something like “The People.” However, they were given the name Delaware because they lived along the Delaware River, and the river in turn was named after the governor of the Jamestown colony, Lord de la Warr. There is no minimum blood quantum requirement. Tribal membership is limited to descendants of Delaware people on the 1906 tribal rolls from Indian Territory. The Delaware Tribe of Indians are based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Delaware Tribe of Indians sometimes called the Eastern Delaware, is one of three federally recognized tribes of Delaware Indians in the United States.
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