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Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware
State-recognized tribe and non-profit organization in Delaware From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware Inc. is a state-recognized tribe and non-profit organization in the US state of Delaware. It does not have federal recognition as an American Indian tribe.
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History
The organization gained official recognition in Delaware on August 3, 2016.[1] The group has around 225 members.[2]
Members of the organization were once known as "the Moors" or the "Delaware Moors". Moors were sometimes listed as "M" on official documentation, such as state driver's licenses. A 1948 Smithsonian report referred to them as the "Moors of Kent County, Delaware".[3] Prior to the state's recognition of the tribe, the Delaware Moors were considered "Mulatto" or of African-American descent.[4]
In 2021, the organization acquired 11 acres of land near Fork Branch Nature Preserve, with the assistance of the State of Delaware, a private financier, and an environmental conservation group. This was part of the Lenape historic territory. Long after the colonial period, ancestors of group members had attended a small schoolhouse that formerly existed on property near the acquired land. It is also near a former Lenape cemetery and church.[2]
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