The true origin of canonization and beatification must be sought in the Catholic doctrine of the worship (cultus), invocation, and intercession of the saints. As was taught by St. Augustine (Quaest. in Heptateuch., lib.
Some of the Lenape lived in large villages of two to three hundred people, but most of them lived in small bands of 25 to 50 people. 1  Families were important to the Lenape Indians. 2  The Lenape had three clans (or phratries) â Wolf, Turtle and Turkey â which traced their descent through the female line.
The Lenape lived in settled villages but did not stay in one place for the whole of their lives. Every ten or twelve years they had to move their entire village to a new site because they had used up many of the natural resources of their area. During the year, small groups might re-locate to temporary camps farther removed from the main village.