""Reviving the Pow Wow tradition in Prospect Park provides the Lenape/Lunáapeew who were forced to relocate across the continent back to their ancestral homelands to reunite and celebrate, and offers Brooklynites of all backgrounds the chance to immerse themselves in the cultures of the original stewards of this land," said Morgan Monaco, President of Prospect Park Alliance, in a statement."
""This Pow Wow serves as an educational message to the broader community, and a social and cultural message for us, the Lenape people," said George Stonefish, founder of the EL Collective."
""We want all to leave the Pow Wow with a deeper understanding about why we as contemporary Native Americans still follow our culture, practice our"
Prospect Park will host the United Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow on Sept. 13 and 14, the first intertribal gathering in the park since 1972 and the second-ever Lenape Pow Wow in New York City. The event welcomes indigenous Lenape communities back to their ancestral homeland and features dancing, music, food, art, and artisan crafts. The Prospect Park Alliance is partnering with the Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective and the American Indian Community House to revive the tradition. The Lenape, also known as the Lunáapeew, historically lived across the five boroughs, including Brooklyn, and were displaced by conflict, war, and disease.
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