Category: Lenni Lenape

Off-Broadway News See Who’s Starring in New York Premiere of Manahatta at The Public

The new play from Mary Kathryn Nagle begins performances November 16, with Laurie Woolery at the helm.

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Full casting has been revealed for The Public Theater‘s upcoming New York premiere of Mary Kathryn Nagle‘s Manahatta, taking the Off-Broadway company’s Anspacher Theater November 16–December 17. Opening night is December 5 with Laurie Woolery at the helm.

The cast will include Rainbow Dickerson as Toosh-ki-pa-kwis-i and Debra, Elizabeth Frances as Le-le-wa’-you and Jane, David Kelly as Jonas Michaelius and Michael, Jeffrey King as Peter Minuit and Dick, Enrico Nassi as Se-ket-tu-may-qua and Luke, Joe Tapper as Jakob and Joe, and Sheila Tousey as Mother and Bobbie. Jessica Ranville and Rex Young will round out the company as understudies.

The work follows a young Native American woman with an MBA who reconnects with her ancestral Lenape homeland after moving from Oklahoma to New York for a banking job in 2008. The piece was written as part of The Public’s Emerging Writers Group, and returns to The Public for a full production following earlier runs at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Yale Repertory Theatre.

The production will feature scenic design by Marcelo Martínez García, costume design by Lux Haac, lighting design by Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, sound design and composition by Paul James Prendergast, fight and intimacy direction by Kelsey Rainwater, and movement direction by Ty Defoe. Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed will be the production stage manager and Janelle Caso will be the stage manager. Lenape Center Executive Director and Cofounder Joe Baker is serving as cultural consultant.

“It is nothing less than incredible to witness the first production of Manahatta on the island of Manahatta,” shares Nagle. “The Lenape may have been forcibly removed from their home hundreds of years ago, but they…

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For years, American history has been taught through the lens of colonization. The erasure of America’s indigenous people has persisted for centuries, suppressing the rich and profound history of generations of native populations. Despite decades of displacement and disenfranchisement, however, America’s indigenous populations persist and advocate for a brighter future for their people. Today, let’s look inside Trenton’s native population and explore the vast world of the Lenni-Lenape people.

The Lenape, or the Lenni-Lenape, were the first settlers of Trenton and communities throughout the region. The tribe’s historical territory includes New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Lower New York Bay, and parts of Delaware. Lenni means genuine or original, while Lenape translates to “real/original person,” inferring that this was the region’s original people. The tribes were then broken into three subdivisions:

• The Minsi, or “the people of the stony country,” lived in the North
• The Unami, or “the people down the river,” lived in Central regions
• The Unilachtigo, or “the people who lived near the ocean,” lived in the South

The Lenni-Lenape were great stewards of the land, working with the seasons to maximize food and crop production. A highly skilled community familiar with the ins and outs of New Jersey’s ecosystem, the Lenape population could rely on the land for food, clothing, shelter, and more. Known as skillful hunters, gatherers, and fishermen, the Lenape built a thriving civilization alongside the ebbs and flows of the natural world.

Illustration of a typical Lenape village

Regretfully, however, as is the case for many of America’s native populations, European colonization proved a vast detriment to the Lenape tribe. With European settlement came war, disease, and displacement, resulting in great turmoil for tribes throughout the United States. The…

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According to Indigenous folklore, Earth began on the back of a giant turtle. The creation story often begins with a woman falling from the sky, hurtling toward a watery grave. Animals spot her descent and intervene to save her life. She lands on the back of a turtle, packed with mud to form solid ground, and once she gives birth, a new world is born.

While versions of this tale appear in many different cultures, the Lenape have been telling it for at least hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Also known as the Delaware, these Indigenous Americans inhabited land on both sides of the Delaware River long before English settlers arrived.

William Penn signed a peace treaty with the Lenape one year after he established the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681, as memorialized in a painting, but subsequent colonists pushed the Lenape across the country to Oklahoma. Though many settled there permanently, Lenape influences are still felt all over the state and in the city of Philadelphia, in words derived from their language like Manayunk, Kingsessing, Passyunk and Wissahickon. Some Lenape people also remain in Pennsylvania — and are currently fighting for state recognition.

Now, their myths and traditions have been collected in a new book from Camilla Townsend, a history professor at Rutgers University, and Nicky Kay Michael, president of Bacone College and a member of the Delaware. “On the Turtle’s Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren” traces the Lenape’s folklore through stories recorded by anthropologists and the authors’ own interviews and expertise. They range from fables warning against the neglect or abuse of nature to the humorous exploits of Strong Man, a literal-minded character the authors compare to Amelia Bedelia.

The Lenape’s values and core beliefs shine through in these stories, and often highlight the Lenape’s striking differences from Western…

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By John Fey

Published: 5:10 am EDT September 18, 2023Published: September 18, 2023Updated: 6:34 am EDT September 18, 2023

Image via Michener Art Museum.

The Michener Art Museum, located at 138 S Pine Street in Doylestown, has been awarded a large grant for a major upcoming exhibition. For the exhibition, the museum is commissioning an installation from jackie sumell.

The Michener Art Museum, located at 138 South Pine Street in Doylestown, has been awarded a large grant for a major upcoming exhibition.

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage awarded the museum with a large grant for the 2024 exhibition “Behind These Walls: Reckoning with Incarceration.” The museum, whose property was once a jail until it was made into an art hub in the 1980s, will discuss concepts of incarceration in the exhibit, as well as its own past as a prison in the area.

An advisory committee, which will be led by local community leader Marlene Pray, will initiate this project. The themes of the exhibition, as well as a detailed history of the Bucks County jail, will be important parts of next year’s showing.

For the exhibition, the museum is commissioning an installation from jackie sumell, whose work critiques incarceration by foregrounding and humanizing incarcerated people.

“sumell will collaborate with community volunteers to plant and tend a ‘solitary garden’ designed in correspondence with an incarcerated person,” the museum said online. “The solitary garden will be the size and layout of a standard prison cell, but it will be overtaken by plants chosen by the incarcerated ‘solitary gardener.’”

Learn more about the grant and the upcoming exhibition at the Michener…

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POCOPSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) — Residents near the Chester County Prison are being asked to lock their doors and stay inside due to a heavy police presence in the area – as the search for escaped inmate Danelo Cavalcante continues into a third day.

Cavalcante, who authorities said escaped Thursday morning, was convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend Deborah Brandao.

Officials said at a news conference Saturday they continue to believe Cavalcante has not gotten more than 1 to 2 miles away from the prison, and are closing in on him.

Because of the ongoing search, Longwood Gardens closed on Saturday as a precaution.

However, officials worry the escapee may try to break into a home, especially if the owner is away for the Labor Day weekend.

At about 12:30 a.m. Saturday, he was seen on a residential surveillance camera the 1800 block of Lenape Road in Pocopson Township, about 1.5 miles from where the prison is located, according to the Chester County District Attorney’s Office.

The office released surveillance video filmed about one hour later that they say shows Cavalcante. In the video, filmed on a Eufy surveillance camera, a man can be seen walking through a yard next to a wooded area.

Police were also told of an attempted burglary Friday night on the 1000 block of Ballintree Lane. A homeowner there confronted a man fitting Cavalcante’s description, District Attorney Deb Ryan said at the news conference.

“Look in your basements, look around your areas, check your cars. Make sure that things are locked,” Ryan said.  

Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark said residents need to be vigilant. No one should approach Cavalcante, but securing your property is paramount.

“They need to be conscious of things such as someone’s been in their shed, or they’re missing a bike, or a door’s open that…

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Search continues for escaped convict Danelo Cavalcante

Over 100 law enforcement personnel narrowed the search for Danelo Cavalcante after he was spotted on a home surveillance camera early Saturday, about 1.5 miles from the prison he escaped from on Thursday morning.

POCOPSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Officials in Chester County announced their search for escaped convict, Danelo Cavalcante was ongoing Sunday afternoon. In the announcement, they stated they have beefed up search with additional law enforcement personnel on the ground, along with the already hundreds in search for Cavalcante.

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Police are now also working with residents in their homes, making sure neighbors are safe and the convict is not on anyone’s property.

Cacalcante was captured on video by nearby home surveillance cameras early Saturday morning, in Pocopson Township.

The Chester County District Attorney’s Office says Danelo Cavalcante, 34, was spotted on a camera about 1.5 miles from Chester County Prison early Saturday morning – about a day and a half after he escaped from the prison.

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Authorities say he was spotted on the 1800 block of Lenape Road around 12:30 a.m. and was wearing prison-issued pants, a light colored t-shirt, and white sneakers.

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“Our presence in the area has only gone up since this positive sighting last night,” stated Supervisory Deputy with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, Robert Clark. “The reason we had that sighting is because the public was vigilant.”

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Danelo Cavalcante seen in residential security camera footage

Chester County escaped convict Danelo Cavalcante seen in the early morning hours of September 2nd on the 1800 block of Lenape Road in Pocopson Township. Provided by Chester County District Attorney’s Office.

His appearance also remained unchanged, as he was described as having long black curly hair. He was also seen wearing a backpack. He’s been described as…

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