We Are Still Here! Lunaapeew/Lenape Celebration Weekend – Day 2

When: Sunday, May 5, 2024, 11:00am
Price: Registration is recommended.
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A man in a large hat and traditional style vest plays a flute.
Courtesy of Max McDonald

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. Sunday's activities will include a musical and dance performance by We Are the Seeds, Lenape Language Workshop with Kristin Jacobs (Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit), learning stations, and more (see below!)

All ages welcome!  

Day 1: Saturday, May 4, 11am-4pm - Learn More & Register Here

Day 2: Sunday, May 5, 11am-4pm - See Activities Below

 

Schedule

 

11am - 12pm
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Munsee Language Workshop
  • Medicine-Bag Making
  • Marketplace
11:30amRed Blanket Singers Dance Performance
12pm - 2pm
  • Storytelling & Flute Music Performance by Tchin 
  • Wampum-Making Demonstration with Chief Mark Tayac (Piscataway) 
  • Workshops, Lenape Language Workshop with Kristin Jacobs (Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit)
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Marketplace
1:00pmRed Blanket Singers Dance Performance
2:00pm-3:30pm

Panel Discussion:  Lenape Futures: Language, Cultural Heritage, and Youth

  • Speakers:
    • Denise Bright Dove Ashton-Dunkley (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation of New Jersey)
    • Karelle Hall (Nanticoke Indian Tribe)
    • Youth Speakers
2:00pm-4pm
  • Lenape Games led by Lenape Youth Leaders 
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Wampum-Making Demonstration with Chief Mark Tayac (Piscataway) 
  • Marketplace

 

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

 

Members: To receive your discount, click on the "Buy Tickets" button above, then sign in to your account on the ticketing page.

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. 

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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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