Munsee

Members of the Lunaapeew/Lenape community and the Museum of the City of New York invite you to join us for an inaugural weekend of activities celebrating the resilience and cultural heritage of the Munsee people. 

Visitors of all ages can enjoy two days of events with musical and dance performances, craft workshops, a marketplace, and discussions led by Indigenous speakers and artists. Join us and learn about the past, present, and future of the First Nations and First People of the New York City region.

Events on May 4th and May 5th from 11am-4pm daily, including:

Registration will be recommended but not required. Registration will open April 1, 2024. 

400 Years of Resilience 

This two-day event is the public launch of a multi-year partnership between the Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing (Land of the Lunaapeew) Project and the Museum of the City of New York, with the support of the American Indian Community House and the Dutch Consulate of the Netherlands, in collaboration with the Amsterdam Museum. 

Coinciding with the 400th year since Dutch settlers’ arrival in what is now New York City in 1624, this international effort speaks to the resilience and creativity of Indigenous people today, and to the importance of recognizing their central role in shaping our city and nation. 

ÍiyachKtapihna! (We Are Still Here!) 

The original Indigenous inhabitants of today’s five boroughs are known by many names, including Lenape (from the Unami dialect), Lunaapeew (from the Munsee dialect), Lenni-Lenape, Delaware, and Munsee-Delaware, among others. Many of these communities have been displaced across North America – known as Turtle Island – with several communities nearby in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States and in Ontario or Southeastern Canada. The Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing (EL) Project aims to establish a partnership between these communities, with a vision to unite and hear the voices of the Lunaapeew across Turtle Island. Current participating members of…

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Members of the Lunaapeew/Lenape community and the Museum of the City of New York invite you to join us for an inaugural weekend of activities celebrating the resilience and cultural heritage of the Munsee people. 

Visitors of all ages can enjoy two days of events with musical and dance performances, craft workshops, a marketplace, and discussions led by Indigenous speakers and artists. Join us and learn about the past, present, and future of the First Nations and First People of the New York City region.

Events on May 4th and May 5th from 11am-4pm daily, including:

Registration will be recommended but not required. Registration will open April 1, 2024. 

400 Years of Resilience 

This two-day event is the public launch of a multi-year partnership between the Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing (Land of the Lunaapeew) Project and the Museum of the City of New York, with the support of the American Indian Community House and the Dutch Consulate of the Netherlands, in collaboration with the Amsterdam Museum. 

Coinciding with the 400th year since Dutch settlers’ arrival in what is now New York City in 1624, this international effort speaks to the resilience and creativity of Indigenous people today, and to the importance of recognizing their central role in shaping our city and nation. 

ÍiyachKtapihna! (We Are Still Here!) 

The original Indigenous inhabitants of today’s five boroughs are known by many names, including Lenape (from the Unami dialect), Lunaapeew (from the Munsee dialect), Lenni-Lenape, Delaware, and Munsee-Delaware, among others. Many of these communities have been displaced across North America – known as Turtle Island – with several communities nearby in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States and in Ontario or Southeastern Canada. The Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing (EL) Project aims to establish a partnership between these communities, with a vision to unite and hear the voices of the Lunaapeew across Turtle Island. Current participating members of…

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Native Americans in New Hope, covered bridges, postcard collections and premiered one-act plays will provide a wide variety of topics for the New Hope Historical Society’s 22nd annual Speaker Series each Monday in April at 5 p.m., when the Logan Inn will provide its comfortable, modern Logan Theater for the series.

The April Speaker Series, created by longtime board member Lynn Stoner, kicks off April 1, with a talk by Chief Blue Jay, Barbara Michalski, who was given the name by her grandfather, Bill Thompson, late Chief Whippoorwill of the Unalachtigo (people near the ocean) Tribe of the Turkey Clan.

She is a member of Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania (LNPA), and she has immersed herself in the activities of the nation. She serves on the Tribal Council; and is tribal secretary and one of the Storytellers of the Nation. Last year, she was appointed Chief of Culture. She educates the public by attending events or festivals in the Lenapehoking (Homeland of the Lenape).

Blue Jay will present an intimate portrait of Lenni-Lenape life and culture in Bucks County dating back more than eight centuries.

On April 8, R. Scott Bomboy, author, and historian, will present an in-depth look at the birth, demolition, and preservation of covered bridges.

He is the author of “The Lost Covered Bridges of Montgomery County” and “Wooden Treasures: The Story of Bucks County’s Covered Bridges.” Bomboy is also chair of the Bucks County Covered Bridge Society.

Bomboy has received five Edward R. Murrow awards in television, and he currently is the editor-in-chief of the National Constitution Center.

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