Title: Facts for Kids: Lenni Lenape Indian Tribe (Delaware Indians, Lenapes)
Headings: Learn More About The Lenni Lenapes
Learn More About The Lenni Lenapes
Content: Today, Native Americans only build a wigwam for fun or to connect with their heritage, not for shelter. Most Lenapes live in modern houses and apartment buildings, just like you. What was Lenni Lenape clothing like? Did they wear feather headdresses and face paint? Lenape women wore knee-length skirts. Lenape men wore breechcloths and leggings. Here is a website with some pictures of what a Native American breechcloth looks like. Shirts were not necessary in the Lenape culture, but the Lenapes did wear deerskin mantles when the weather was cool. Both genders wore earrings and deerskin moccasins on their feet. In colonial times, the Lenapes adapted European costume such as cloth blouses and jackets, decorating them with fancy beadwork.