We Are Still Here! Lunaapeew/Lenape Celebration Weekend – Day 1

When: Saturday, May 4, 2024, 11:00am

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A man and a young girl in traditional clothing sing in front of a turquoise backdrop.
Courtesy of Kriston Jae Bethel

Members of the Lunaapeew/Lenape community and the Museum of the City of New York invite you to join us for a weekend of activities celebrating the resilience and cultural heritage of the First People of the New York City region. Saturday's activities will include a musical and dance performance by We Are the Seeds, a hands-on workshop with master artist Denise Bright Dove Ashton-Dunkley (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation) and more (see below!)

Don't miss it! Opening remarks and performance at 12:30pm

All ages welcome!  

Day 1: Saturday, May 4, 11am-4pm - See Below for Activities

Day 2: Sunday, May 5, 11am-4pm - Learn More & Register Here

 

Schedule

11am Opening Performance: We Are the Seeds
Ongoing Activities
  • Arts & Crafts, Scavenger Hunt, Lenape Games 
  • Wampum-Making with Chief Mark Tayac (Piscataway) 
  • Marketplace
11:45am-12:15pm

Workshops: 

  • Storytelling & Flute Music Performance by Tchin 
  • Munsee Language Workshop with Kristin Jacobs (Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit) 
  • Corn Husk Doll Making with Denise Bright Dove Ashton-Dunkley (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation)
12:00pm-12:30pmPerformance: We Are the Seeds Dance Troupe
12:30pm-1pmFlute Performance, Welcome Remarks
1pm-1:30pmDrum Songs Performance: Red Blanket Singers and Dancers
1:45-2:15pm

Workshops: 

  • Storytelling & Flute Music Performance by Tchin 
  • Munsee Language Workshop with Kristin Jacobs (Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit) 
  • Corn Husk Doll Making with Denise Bright Dove Ashton-Dunkley (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation)
2:30-4pm

Panel Discussion: Lenape Communities Today and The Legacies of Dutch Colonialism 

Speakers: 

  • Chief Urie Ridgeway (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation) 
  • Chief Vincent Mann (Turtle Clan Chief of the Ramapough Lenape Nation) 
  • Brent Stonefish (Eelŭnaapéewi Lahkéewiit), co-founder of the Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective 

Moderator: 

  • Mónxo Lopez, Curator of Community Histories, MCNY
4pmEvent Concludes

Intertribal Social, 5-9pm

Indigenous community members of NYC and beyond, allies, and guests are invited to join an intergenerational Intertribal Social celebrating the Lenape in their traditional homeland, from 5-9pm. RSVP here.

Registration is recommended but not required.  All activities are included with general admission to the museum. Walk-in's welcome.

General admission is pay-what-you-wish, and free for ages 19 and under, our neighbors in zip codes 10029, 10035, or 10037, and many others. Please see the full list here. 

Learn more about the Celebration Weekend

 

Supporters:

This program is supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. 

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Family Programs are made possible in part by the Margaret S. Ogden and Stephen A. Ogden Memorial Fund, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Rochlis Family Foundation, and Tianaderrah Foundation 

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