Delaware Tribe of Indians

Delaware Tribe of Indians
Lenni Lenape (Unami)
Flag of the Delaware Tribe of Indians
Delaware Tribe of Indians is located in the United States
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Delaware Tribe of Indians
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 36°45′29.52″N 95°55′8.15″W / 36.7582000°N 95.9189306°W / 36.7582000; -95.9189306
First U.S. Recognition1975
Second Recognition1991
Third Recognition2009
CapitalBartlesville, OK
Government
 • TypeTribal Council
 • ChiefBrad KillsCrow
 • Assistant ChiefTonya Anna
DemonymLenape
Nora Thompson Dean (1907–1984), a tribal member, language educator, and herbalist, c. 1973

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.

  1. ^ Delaware Tribe regains federal recognition. Archived March 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine NewsOk. 4 Aug 2009 (retrieved 5 August 2009)