- Unalachtigo Lenape
The Unalachtigo (W'nalātchtko), were a division of the
Lenape Native Americans. Once believed to comprise the southernmost of the three main divisions of the Lenape, they were said to have occupied the west bank of theDelaware River in the state ofDelaware , and also the east bank of the river inNew Jersey . [*Hodge, Frederick Webb (Editor) "Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Part 2". [Washington, DC] : Government Printing Office, 1910.] This is no longer accepted, the southernmost Lenape speaking a Southern Unami dialect. [*Kraft, Herbert C. "The Lenape-Delaware Indian Heritage: 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 2000". [Elizabeth, NJ?] : Lenape Books, 2001.]History
The designation Unalachtigo first came into use just prior to the
American Revolution to designate Lenape who had migrated to theOhio Country , well outside their original homeland.Linguist Ives Goddard has determined that the Unalachtigo had their origins around theLehigh Valley ofPennsylvania , and adjacent portions ofNew Jersey . They spoke a Northern Unami or Unalimi dialect of Lenape. [*Kraft, Herbert C. "The Lenape-Delaware Indian Heritage: 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 2000". [Elizabeth, NJ?] : Lenape Books, 2001.]Notes
References
*Hodge, Frederick Webb (Editor) "Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Part 2". [Washington, DC] : Government Printing Office, 1910.
*Kraft, Herbert C. "The Lenape-Delaware Indian Heritage: 10,000 B.C. to A.D. 2000". [Elizabeth, NJ?] : Lenape Books, 2001.ee also
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Nanticoke Indian Tribe External links
* [http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/unreported/UNALACHTIGO.html Unalachtigo Band of the Naticoke-Lenni Lenape v. State of New Jersey]
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