Role 3: 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 are Lenape food and methods of getting food different today than they were hundreds of years ago?

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 explains what the "three sisters" are, and how the Lenape used each kind of food. Remember, the Lenape are also called "Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands."
http://www.chaddsfordhistory.org/history/3sisters.htm

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:

Chapter 2 in your social studies textbook has additional information about the Lenape.
Books about the Lenape from our classroom library and our school library.

Three Sisters

Delran Intermediate School

Role 3: Nutrition Specialist