Atlantic City, N.J. — A new exhibit at the Noyes Arts Garage of Stockton University will celebrate two southern New Jersey tribal communities through the display of historical documents, traditional artifacts and contemporary art.
“Still Here: The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape and Powhatan-Renape Nations of Southern New Jersey” opens Oct. 9 and runs until Jan. 5, 2025. An opening reception will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12.
Some of the traditional artifacts that will be on display as part of the exhibit.
The exhibit hopes to bring attention to two area Indigenous communities that share a common culture, languages, historical roots and a united commitment to preserving their past, present and future, said the exhibit’s curator Phoebe Farris.
“The first two words in the title of this exhibition are used in many Native-themed exhibitions. I am not the first or last curator to include this popular phrase,” said Farris, a professor emerita at Purdue University in Indiana. She identifies as Powhatan-Pamunkey descent and her research expertise centers on contemporary Indigenous art and culture.
“The phrase is used frequently because too many people in the United States and around the world think Indigenous peoples are extinct or just ‘remnants’ of past ethnic, racial and cultural populations that have become so mixed and ‘unpure’ that terms like Indigenous, Native American, American Indian and First Nations do not really apply to them. This current exhibition highlights that we are still here in New Jersey.”
Among the items in the exhibit are painted drums, baskets, beaded moccasins, jewelry, clothing, contemporary paintings, photographs, and feather headdresses. The exhibit will also feature books, newspapers and other…
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