Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware
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The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware represents the citizens of a Lenape Tribal Community concentrated in central Kent County, Delaware.

Our mission is to protect the cultural identity of the Lenape people of Delaware through educational, social and cultural programs and to promote the physical and economic health of our citizens through specialized health and economic development programs tailored to our needs. We also advocate for the civil and human rights of our community and our citizens.

- Principal Chief, Dennis J. Coker
Principal Chief, Dennis J. Coker
Principal Chief, Dennis J. Coker

The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware

The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware formed a constitutional Tribal Government in March, 2010. We are a member of the Confederation of Sovereign Nentego-Lenape Tribes, which is an intertribal union between our Tribe and the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indian Tribe (headquartered in Bridgeton, New Jersey) with which we are historically and genealogically interrelated.


Our Tribal Constitution provides a structure for a Sovereign Tribal Government and is the acknowledged standard at the national level. 


The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware was also granted State Designated Tribal Area status for the purpose of the Federal 2010 US Census. 
OCTOBER DEERFIELD PROPERTY BLESSING of THE LAND

It was a bright sunny day when Chief Coker, Walter Durham and a few Tribal Citizens went to the Deerfield Property to Officially Bless the land during a brief ceremony. 

We will soon begin the work detailing the protocols for appropriate use of the property and meet our Tribal mission, goals and honoring of our ancestors.
Research Workshop held in Cheswold
INCLUSIVE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION with THE LENAPE INDIAN TRIBE OF DELAWARE
A Delaware Sea Grant Project workshop on Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation with the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware was held at the Cheswold Fire Hall on January 29. 

Participants included Lenape Tribal Council members, Lenape Tribal Citizens, different Environmental Stakeholders and UD Students who are part of environmentally focused student organizations taking part in research activities based on findings from this project. 

One of the goals for the workshop was to help diversify environmental literacy and increase understanding of climate change by hearing from multiple perspectives, including the Lenape Peoples.

In 2021 the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware began the work to create a vision and detailed concept for the
Lenape Cultural Center.

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Rendering Cultural Center
Rendering of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware Cultural Center
"The First People of the First State"
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The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware
A State of Delaware Recognized
American Indian Tribal Nation
2024
Wreaths Across America 

The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware will once again join thousands across the country and participate in the National Wreaths Across America event on December 14, 2024.  The theme this year is LIVE WITH PURPOSE. 

Sponsoring a wreath will help to reimburse the Tribe for the 127 wreaths that have been reserved and paid in advance. 

Tribal Citizens and the Community are invited to participate by helping us recognize our ancestors who served our country and by sponsoring a wreath in the name or memory of a family member or veteran buried in one of our historical cemeteries.
 
- Complete a Wreath Sponsor Form 

- Contact Amy Reed at [email protected] if you would like to volunteer with us on December 14