A History of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware

Presenter: Chief Dennis Coker

The Delaware Public Archives will commemorate Native American Heritage month with a presentation by Dennis J. Coker, Principal Chief of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware. The Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware, representing the ‘First People of the First State,’ is located in northern Kent County in and around the town of Cheswold. Its’ people, who are ethnically distinct, have been known historically as the Delaware Moors. Chief Coker will present historical information about the Lenape Indian Tribe and discuss how the elders of the Cheswold Lenape community decided in the 1990s to celebrate their unique history and form the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware.