- Fact 2 - Northeastern tribes
inhabited lands of Woodland and Coast, Lakes and streams and
were hunters, fishers and farmers. Their crops included rice,
squash, melons, pumpkins.
- Fact 2 - Delaware - The Indians of
Delaware included the Lenape ,
Iroquois,
Cherokee and Narwahro
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Named after an early Virginia governor, Lord De La Warr
- Fact 5 - Features of the area: Flat
lowland, Atlantic Coastal Plain. The southern boundary of
Delaware is swampland with over 30,000 acres of swamp
- Fact 6 - The Lenape, also referred to as Lenapi or
the Delaware Indians, are a group of several organized bands who
lived along the Delaware River. The "three sisters," corn
(maize), beans and squash were the staples of their diet,
supplemented by fish and game.
- Fact 7 - The
Iroquois are also known as the Haudenosaunee or the
"People of the Longhouse". Tribes of Iroquoian-speaking people
formed the Iroquois League referred to as the Five Nations or
Iroquois Confederacy was composed of the
Mohawk,
Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca nations.
- Fact 8 - The
Cherokee
were one of the "Five Civilized Tribes", because they had
assimilated cultural and customs of the white settlers and
colonists. The Cherokee refer to themselves as the "Principal
People". The "Five Civilized Tribes" were the Cherokee,
Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole
- Fact 9 - The Narwahro is also
referred to as the Wichita tribe. The Wichita were the people of
reached by Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1541 and explored by
later Spanish expeditions (1593 and 1601).
- Fact 10 - Longhouses were used by
tribes such as the Iroquois and the Algonquian and were permanent
houses and homes used by these hunter farmers. These houses were built
up to 200 feet long, 20 feet wide and 20 feet high. They often
had 2 storeys - a raised platform created the top storey which
was ideal for sleeping.
- Fact 11 - Longhouses were similar
in design to wigwams, their frames being made with poles and
covered with bark. Separate rooms were created in longhouses by
using wooden screens and mats
- Fact 12 - Wigwams (or wetus) are
also known as birchbark houses and used by
tribes of Indians in the woodland regions of Delaware.
- Fact 13 -
Headdresses: Roach headdresses (also called porcupine roaches)
were worn by the men of many of the Delaware tribes.
Roach headdresses were
attached to a scalp-lock to look like a crest, with the rest of
the head probably shaven.
- Fact 14 - These Indians
often used elm-bark or dugout canoes
- Fact 15 - Face paint / War Paint:
Men wore
bright face paint in times of war. Tribal tattoos were also used
to decorate their faces and bodies
- Fact 18 - Weapons: Weapons
included bows and arrows, war clubs, spears and knives
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