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: 1  In the North, were the Minsi. the people of the stony country. 2  In the Central area, were the Unami. the people down the river. 3  In the South, were the Unilachtigo. the people who lived near the ocean.