The Lenape Indian Tribe
of Delaware represents the citizens of a Lenape Tribal Community concentrated
in central Kent County, Delaware.
Our mission is to
protect the cultural identity of the Lenape people of Delaware through
educational, social and cultural programs and to promote the physical and
economic health of our citizens through specialized health and economic
development programs tailored to our needs. We also advocate for the civil and
human rights of our community and our citizens.
- Principal Chief,
Dennis J. Coker
The Lenape Indian Tribe
of Delaware formed a constitutional Tribal Government in March, 2010. We are a
member of the Confederation of Sovereign Nentego-Lenape Tribes, which is an
intertribal union between our Tribe, the Nanticoke Tribe in Sussex County, DE, and the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indian Tribe
(headquartered in Bridgeton, New Jersey) with which we are historically and
genealogically interrelated.
Our Tribal Constitution
provides a structure for a Sovereign Tribal Government and is the acknowledged standard
at the national level.
The Lenape Indian Tribe
of Delaware was also granted State Designated Tribal Area status for the
purpose of the Federal 2010 US Census.
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