The Lenape people were natives of the areas we now call New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, southeastern New York State, Northern Delaware and a small part of southeastern Connecticut. Before the Europeans arrived, Lenapes had survived by living in communities where work was shared and everyone was conscious of the complexities of the natural world around them. The Europeans however did not share that same consciousness and ended up devastating the Lenapes' culture by introducing the …showed first 75 words of 1098 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1098 total…Lenapes made it impossible for them to co-exist with the Europeans and so they were pushed out of their homeland or forced to assimilate, abandoning the very identities they were brought up with. Works Cited "The Lenape: Contact with the Dutch." Feb.2006. <Tab/>http://www.ulster.net/~hrmm/halfmoon/lenape/contact.htm "About the Lenapes". The Europeans Arrive. Feb. 2006. <Tab/>http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape4.htm#European