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Role3-Nutrition Specialist

Your Role in the Group

As the Nutrition Specialist for your group, it is your job to research the 
food the Lenape ate. As you research, you should record the answers you find 
on your graphic organizer.

--What animals did the Lenape hunt? What tools did they use for hunting? How 
did they use all parts of the animals they killed?

--What tools did the Lenape use to fish?

--What foods did the Lenape grow? What were the Three Sisters?

--How have Lenape food and methods of getting food changed over the years?

Internet Links


A site with information about growing, hunting, and gathering.
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape1.htm#growers

How the Lenape prepared their food.
http://www.lenapelifeways.org/lenape2.htm#food

Pictures and information about Lenape fishing practices.
http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/fishing.html

The Three Sisters
This site talks about the Iroquois people, but the "three sisters" were the 
SAME for the Lenape.
http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/north-south-east-west/iroquois/three_sisters.html

On this page, you will need to scroll down to read the section called the 
Lenape Culture. These paragraphs tell how the Lenape used all parts of the 
animals they hunted.
http://www.lenapeprograms.info/Lenape_History/L_history2.htm

Click on this link to read about the Lenape today. What do they eat and how 
do they get their food 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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