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How did your tribe come up with its name? The name by which we call ourselves is Lenape [pronounced as if spelled "lun-NAH-pay"], and this name means something like "The People." It is common for many groups of people around the world to use a name that has a similar translation. We do not know how long that name has been in use, but related tribes use similar words, so we think it has been in use for many hundreds of years. Why did the Lenape people accept the name "Delaware"? It has long been known that the name applied to the Native people who lived along the Delaware River was taken from the title of an Englishman, Lord de la Warr, whose name was Sir Thomas West. He was appointed governor of the English colony at Jamestown, Virginia in 1610. One of his followers, Captain Samuel Argall, once sailed into a majestic bay which he named "de la Warr Bay" in honor of the governor. The river that flowed into the bay was given the same name, and they both were later contracted into Delaware. People have asked why the Lenape people seem to have no problem with accepting this "foreign" name for themselves. The reason is that the Lenape have their own story about the origin of the name "Delaware." It is as follows: The Lenape story is that when the Europeans first arrived a whiteman kept trying to ask a Lenape what tribe he belonged to, and he told him "Lenape." For some reason the whiteman had trouble saying the word properly, and would say "Lenuhpee," "Renahpay" and other mispronunciations. Finally he said "Lenape" correctly, and the Lenape said, "Nal n? nd?luw?n! Nal n? nd?luw?n!" (That's what I said! That's what I said!). The whiteman heard the DULUWEN part and he said, "Oh, you said Delaware! So you are a Delaware. Now I know what to call you," and the name stuck. The Delawares have used the name ever since that time because they knew that the whites just could not say Lenape properly. Of course, when speaking to each other, Lenape people call themselves "Lenape." Back to the Top If you could go back and live the way your ancestors did would you? Why? Our Culture Preservation Committee has discussed this and we think some people would enjoy trying it, perhaps like some type of camp for a week or two during the summer. Most of our people now live in the same modern world as everyone else. We have televisions, air conditioners, cars, and of course, jobs. See the answer to question seven also. It might be better to ask not "Why?" but instead "Why not?" The answer to why not would be that it would be difficult nowadays to find a large enough area where we could hunt and farm as we use to. There are now laws about when we can hunt, and in the old way we had no supermarkets to go to and get groceries like the present day. We had to hunt and fish to keep our families alive, and the women took care of the gardens and gathered wild plants for food as well. It would also be difficult to find an area with streams with water that is not polluted. Back to the Top When your ancestors were forced from their homeland, did you lose any part of your traditions? We have lost a number of things on our forced trek west to Oklahoma. Many of our old traditional ways of making things, such as clay pots to cook and store food in, flint knapping to make arrowheads and flint knives, and decorating things with dyed porcupine quills. We also lost knowledge of sea creatures that we would have known on the east coast, and some of our songs and dances. But we have also been able to preserve many things also. Back to the Top How has your culture changed over generations as the technology in America has changed? As in the answer to the question above, many changes have taken place. We at one time used flint, stone, wood, and bone tools, and now we use metal and plastic. Our clothing at one time consisted mainly of deerskin, now it is bluejeans and T-shirts, or suits as the occasion warrants. When we have our dances and celebrations we like to go back to our old styles of deerhide, and early