Delaware Nation
The Delaware Nation (Delaware: Èhëliwsikakw Lënapeyok), based in Anadarko, Oklahoma is one of three federally recognized tribes of Delaware Indians in the United States, along with the Delaware Indians based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and the Stockbridge–Munsee Community of Wisconsin. Two Lenape First Nations are in Ontario, Canada.
Èhëliwsikakw Lënapeyok | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 2,081 (2021) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States ( Oklahoma) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Delaware (Unami, Munsee) | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Native American Church, traditional tribal religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Lenape and Algonquian peoples |
The Delaware Nation was also known as the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma and was sometimes called the Absentee or Western Delaware.
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