Tamanend

male, deceased (1698)
Native American from Pennsylvania, Lenni-Lenape, tammany, lenape, Delaware Valley, leader
Tamanend or Tammany (c. 1628-1698) was a chief of one of the clans that made up the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley at the time...

Forest Park

male
Native American, Montauk Branch, Parks in Queen, Woodhaven Boulevard, Brooklyn Forest Park, Jackie Robinson Parkway…lenape
Forest Park is an urban forest, one of the natural treasures of the New York City borough of Queens. It has an area of 538 acres (2.15 km²). The p...

Shikellamy

male, deceased (1748)
Native American, milton, Iroquois, shamokin, susquehanna river, west…lenape
Shikellamy (?- December 6 1748), also known as Swatana, was an Oneida chief and overseer for the Iroquois confederacy. In his position as chief and...
White Eyes

White Eyes

male
American Revolutionary War death, Native American from Pennsylvania, Koquethagechton, Native American Chief of Pennsylvania, Ohio Country, Native American in the American Revolution…lenape
White Eyes (c.1730-November 1778), was a leader of the Delaware (Lenape) people in the Ohio Country during the era of the American Revolution....
Frances Slocum

Frances Slocum

female, deceased (1847)
fort wayne, indian reservation, Miami tribe, lenape, Mississinewa Reservoir and State Forest, Mississinewa River
Frances Slocum (Maconaquah, "The Little Bear") was an adopted member of the Miami tribe taken from her family home by the Lenape in Pennsylvania at...

David Zeisberger

male, deceased (1808)
Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, Clergy in the American Revolution, Herrnhut, Iroquoian, czech, missionary…lenape
David Zeisberger was a Moravian clergyman and missionary among the Native Americans in the Thirteen Colonies. He established communities of Munsee...

Captain Pipe

male
Native American from Pennsylvania, from Pennsylvania, Native American, leader, lenape, Native American in the American Revolution
Captain Pipe (1725 ?-1818 ?), also called Hopocan, was an 18th Century chief of the Delaware Lenape Indians and a member of the Wolf Clan. The...
Buckongahelas

Buckongahelas

male, deceased (1805)
Buckhannon River, Buckhannon, Lenni-Lenape, Gnadenhütten massacre, John Camillus McWhorter, The Scout of the Buckongehanon…lenape
Buckongahelas (1720? - May 1805) was a regionally and nationally renowned Lenni-Lenape chief, counselor and warrior. He lived during the brutal...

Neolin

male
prophet, British, Native American, polygamy, materialism, alcohol…lenape, Lenni Lenape
Neolin (the Delaware Prophet) was a prophet of the Lenni Lenape, who was derided by the British as "The Imposter". Beginning in 1762, Neolin...
Christopher Gist

Christopher Gist

male, deceased (1759)
North Carolina colonial, Maryland colonial, Kingdom of Great Britain, death by smallpox, Ohio Country, Yadkin River…lenape
Christopher Gist (1706 - 1759) was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country in what would become the United States, credited for...