We Are Still Here! Lunaapeew/Lenape Celebration Weekend – Day 1
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) and more (see below!)
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 - 12pm |
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| 12pm - 12:45pm | Red Blanket Singers Drum & Dance Performance, Opening Remarks |
| 1pm - 2pm |
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| 1:30pm | Red Blanket Singers Drum & Dance Performance |
| 2:00pm-3:30pm | Panel Discussion: The Effects of Dutch Colonization on Lenape Communities Today
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| 2:00pm-4pm |
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| 5pm-9pm | NYC Intertribal Social |
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
Accessibility: Assistive listening devices are available and our auditorium wheelchair lift can accommodate manual and motorized wheelchairs (max. capacity 500 lbs). Please contact the Museum at 917.492.3333 or info@mcny.org with any questions.
Supporters:
This program is supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.
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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