Click on a Fun Activity Below for Instructions
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| The Lenape had a game similar to the "Bowl Game". In prehistoric times, the bowl was of wood and "chips" were made from bone, and painted with charcoal or natural plant dyes. | |
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| The Lenape made small bags to carry special personal items in. Follow the instructions and make your own. | |
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| To make things for fun, the Lenape used what they had available. Cornhusk dolls were made by boys and girls and never had a face to deter children from being vain. | |
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| The Lenape wove large baskets, and used them to carry firewood and foods that they had gathered. The baskets hung on their backs from a band that went around the forehead or over the shoulders. This band was called a tumpline. | |
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| Indians of the Eastern Woodlands played games with what they had around them. Simple games of "aim and toss" were played with the shuttlecock. | |
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| Print out and color picture of Woodland Indian boy and girl. | |
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