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 Lenni-Lenape were organized into three subtribes: In the North, were the Minsi the people of the stony country In the Central area, were the Unami the people down the river In the South, were the Unilachtigo the people who lived near the ocean Each subtribe had a sub-chief (sakima) and the Lenni-Lenape usually considered the Unami sakimi to be chief of all subtribes. From the map you can see where the trails were that they used to move between their villages and their summer residences. Many of the trails would became the early highway system for the Europeans.