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 Indians. The first people to live in the Mount Laurel area were the Lenni Lenape Indians. Their territory was the Delaware River Basin which is now southeastern New York, eastern Pennyslvania and most of Delaware and New Jersey. The word Lenape (len-ah-pee) means original people. Go to the Delaware Indian Website.