Delaware Tribe of Indians
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Location in the United States | |
Coordinates: 36°45′29.52″N 95°55′8.15″W / 36.7582000°N 95.9189306°W | |
First U.S. Recognition | 1975 |
Second Recognition | 1991 |
Third Recognition | 2009 |
Capital | Bartlesville, OK |
Government | |
• Type | Tribal Council |
• Chief | Brad KillsCrow |
• Assistant Chief | Tonya Anna |
Demonym | Lenape |
The Delaware Tribe of Indians, or the Eastern Delaware, based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is one of three federally recognized tribes of the Lenape people in the United States. The others are the Delaware Nation based in Anadarko, Oklahoma,[1] and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Wisconsin. More Lenape or Delaware people live in Canada.