Delaware : NM07.

Format:

• Website/Database

Contributor:

• Miller, Jay, 1947-
• Goddard, Ives, 1941-
• Trigger, Bruce G.
• Human Relations Area Files, Inc.

Series:

• eHRAF world cultures. North America.
• eHRAF world cultures. North America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Delaware Indians.
• Indians of North America--Middle Atlantic States.
• Indians of North America.
• Middle Atlantic States.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Human Relations Area Files, 2003-

System Details:

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• text file

Summary:

The Delaware are a Native American group consisting of the Lenape, Munsee, and Jersies. The Delaware spoke an Algonquian language. Their aboriginal territory was in the vicinity of what is now known as the Delaware River in the states of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. This file contains 19 documents that describe the Delaware during the colonial period of American history, and their subsequent migration to Oklahoma and Ontario during the 17th to mid-20th centuries.

Contents:

• Cultural summary, Delaware / Marshall Joseph Becker and John Beierle
• Cultural diversity in the lower Delaware River Valley, 1550-1750 / Marshall J. Becker
• The Okehocking band of Lenape / Marshall Becker
• Delaware / Ives Goddard
• Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape / M.R. Harrington
• An account of the history, manners, and customs / John Heckewelder
• A reconstruction of aboriginal Delaware culture from contemporary sources / Mary W. Herman
• Delaware culture chronology / Vernon Kinietz
• A tentative catalogue of Minsi material culture
• Vernon Leslie
• Delaware personhood ; Old religion among the Delawares, the Gamwing (Big House rite) / Jay Miller
• The Indian journals, 1859-62 / Lewis Henry Morgan
• The Peyote cult of the Delaware Indians ; The culture and acculturation of the Delaware Indians / William W. Newcomb, Jr.
• A study of the Delaware Indian Big House Ceremony ; Oklahoma Delaware ceremonies, feasts and dances / Frank G. Speck
• A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs ; Delaware Indian art designs / Gladys Tantaquidgeon
• Some psychological characteristics of the Delaware Indians during the 17th and 18th centuries / Anthony F.C. Wallace
• David Zeisberger's history of northern American Indians / David Zeisberger.

Notes:

• Title from Web page (viewed Apr. 16, 2008).
• This portion of eHRAF world cultures was last updated in 2003.
• Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

• Becker, Marshall Joseph. Cultural diversity in the lower Delaware River Valley, 1550-1750.
• Becker, Marshall Joseph. Okehocking band of Lenape.
• Harrington, M. R. (Mark Raymond), 1882-1971. Religion and ceremonies of the Lenape.
• Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823. Account of the history, manners, and customs.
• Herman, Mary Woody, 1924- Reconstruction of aboriginal Delaware culture from contemporary sources.
• Kinietz, W. Vernon (William Vernon), 1907-1988. Delaware culture chronology.
• Leslie, Vernon. Tentative catalogue of Minsi material culture.
• Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881. Indian journals, 1859-62. Selections.
• Newcomb, William W. (William Wilmon), 1921-2010. Peyote cult of the Delaware Indians.
• Newcomb, William W. (William Wilmon), 1921-2010. Culture and acculturation of the Delaware Indians.
• Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950. Study of the Delaware Indian Big House Ceremony.
• Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950. Oklahoma Delaware ceremonies, feasts and dances.
• Tantaquidgeon, Gladys. Study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs.
• Tantaquidgeon, Gladys. Delaware Indian art designs.
• Wallace, Anthony F. C., 1923- Some psychological characteristics of the Delaware Indians during the 17th and 18th centuries.
• Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808. David Zeisberger's history of northern American Indians.

OCLC:

52431263

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.