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Role1-Society Specialist

Your Role in the Group

As the Society Specialist for your group, it is your job to research the 
roles of different people in society. As you research, you should record the 
answers you find on your graphic organizer.

--What roles and responsibilities did men, women, and children have in the 
Lenape society?

--What were the religious beliefs of the Lenape?

--What were vision quests?

--What kind of medicine and healing techniques did the Lenape use?

--How is Lenape society different today than it was years ago?

Internet Links


This website has information about the Lenape community.
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape1.htm#community

This site tells about different roles for men and women.
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape1.htm#sharing

Information about Lenape beliefs and rituals.
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape3.htm#beliefs

Information about the Lenape's sacred tobacco ceremonies.
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape3.htm#tobacco

Information about Lenape vision quests.
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape3.htm#vision

Information about Lenape medicine and healing.
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape3.htm#healers

Visit this link to read about how the Lenape live today.
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape4.htm#Today

Other Resources

--Your textbook
--Other books available in the school or classroom library


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