Tamanend
Tamanend | |
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The Treaty of Penn with the Indians by Benjamin West, depicting William Penn negotiating with Tamanend | |
| Lenni-Lenape leader | |
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| Born | c. 1625 North America |
| Died | c. 1701 (aged 75–76) North America |
Tamanend ("the Affable"; c. 1625 – c. 1701), historically also known as Taminent, Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle (Pùkuwànku) clan of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the founding peace treaty with William Penn.
Also called a "Patron Saint of America", Tamanend represented peace and amity, and became a popular figure in 18th-century America, especially in Philadelphia. A Tammany society founded in Philadelphia holds an annual Tammany festival. Tammany societies (Tammany Hall being the most well-known and influential) were established across the United States after the American Revolutionary War, and Tammany assumed mythic status as an icon for the peaceful politics of negotiation.