What kind of Games did the Delawares play?
Our Lenape (Delaware Indian) people had several other games besides the football game, which is described in the section Lenape Football. In brief, there is a Kokolsh (Rabbit Tail) Game. This used a sharp stick with string tied to the base and some cone-shaped pieces on the string with a rabbit tail tied on the end of the string to keep the cones from coming off. Object is to catch the cones on the stick. Good for dexterity. There is Selahtikn, not unlike Jackstraws. Pieces of reed were decorated with various lines and dots (for scoring purposes) and these were dropped onto a surface and then picked up one at a time without disturbing any others. There is Mamandin, which is a dice game. Some dice (usually made of bone or deer antler) were placed in a wooden bowl, and it is brought down on a folded hide or blanket to make the dice jump in the bowl. Score was kept. Up north in Canada where some of the Munsee and Delaware people had to move, they play a game called Snowsnake in which a sp
