ABOUT US
About Munsee-Delaware Nation
Munsee-Delaware Nation (Nalahii Lunaapeweaak, meaning: from the Upstream) is a Lunaape First Nations band government located on the northern shore of the Thames River, 25 km southwest of London, Ontario. Descendants of the Lenni Lenape, the community settled along the Thames in the late 1700s and today is home to approximately 715 citizens across a land base of over 1,000 hectares.
OUR HISTORY
The Lenni Lenape People
The Munsee-Delaware people are one of several subgroups of the Lenni Lenape, alongside the Unalachtigo, the Unami, and the Minisink — later collectively known as the Munsee. Prior to European contact, the Lenni Lenape occupied a vast territory stretching from Western Connecticut to Eastern Pennsylvania, and from the northern bank of the Raritan River north to Albany, New York.
Following the American Revolution, the Munsee-Delaware settled along the northern shore of the Thames River in the late 1700s, where the community has remained ever since. Today, the community’s land base covers just over 1,000 hectares, located 25 km southwest of London, Ontario, and is home to approximately 715 citizens, with more than 217 residing permanently on-territory.
OUR COMMUNITY
Munsee-Delaware Nation by the Numbers
Community Members
On-Territory Residents
Hectares of Land
OUR LANGUAGE
The Lunaape Dialect
The Lunaape dialect is an Eastern Algonquian language — the sole recognized genetic subgroup descending from Proto-Algonquian, the common ancestor of the entire Algonquian language family. Munsee is very closely related to Unami Delaware, and remains an important part of the cultural identity of Munsee-Delaware Nation.
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