Events, Education, and Collaborations
See below for information on upcoming events, classes, exhibits, documentaries,
and arranging programs or consultations.
Polk Township's Annual Environmental Day
Join us again this year for Polk Township's Annual Environmental Day! Visit the Nation Table which will feature a Children's Table with activities, games, and furs in addition to our usual educational and advocacy items for sale! Enjoy Music, Food, Face Painting, Children's Crafts, Cider Pressing, a Petting Zoo, and much more! Admission is free, and the event will be held rain or shine.
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Sunday Oct. 4th | 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The Annual National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade
Join us again this year for the annual National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade, featuring Speakers, Dancers, Drummers, and Regalia from Indigenous communities spanning the Americas!
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9:00 AM: Line Up
10:00 AM: Speakers
12:00 PM: Parade starts at Madison Square Park
2:00 PM: Parade Ends at 17th Street & Broadway
Saturday Oct. 17th | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Lenape Culture, Drumming, & Storytelling at Woodmere
Join us again this year for our annual program and celebration at Woodmere Art Museum! Details will be announced soon, but count on cultural programming, drumming, and storytelling. Also, learn about Woodmere's role as the 2026-2030 Holder of the Wampum, awarded during the 2026 Rising Nation River Journey!
Thursday Nov. 19th | Evening TBA
Online Lenape Language Classes (Unami Dialect)
Our language classes, which have been featured in K. David Harrison’s The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World’s most Endangered Languages (published by National Geographic), have moved online! Clan Mother Shelley DePaul, Director of Language, has taught the Unami dialect of the Lenape Language in colleges, schools, and in the community. Over decades of research and teaching, she has developed a 390 page textbook for our language students, who are composed of nation members, community participants, university professors, and many others. Classes are free, but students need the textbook.
Enduring Presence: Art of the Fourth Crow
Our travelling art exhibit, which has been featured at Temple University, Haverford College, Arcadia University, and Northampton Community College, now has a home at our Lenape Cultural Center! Due to limited space at the Center, the exhibit is truncated, and we are always open to seeing it travel to venues that can display it in its entirety; if your organization is interested in hosting Enduring Presence: Art of the Fourth Crow, don't hesitate to get in touch.
Fulfilling a Prophesy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania
Visit this exhibit in person at our Cultural Center or tour the exhibit website. We created this exhibit with the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. It was hosted at the Penn Museum for three years, and afterward travelled to our Cultural Center, where it remains today. This exhibit tells the story of our people in four stages, arranged around a story of four crows.
Keepers of the Way Documentary Screenings
Evan Cohen's award-winning short film Keepers of the Way has recently completed the independent film festival circuit and is now available to be shown at public locations! The film documents the LNPA's Walking Purchase Healing Journey, a two-day trek up the path of the infamous Walking Purchase to educate the public about the historical travesty and heal some of the lingering pain that still surrounds it. Screenings and panel discussions with the filmmakers and LNPA councilmembers are now available to public venues! Don't hesitate to reach out if your venue would like to host a screening and/or panel discussion.
Speaking engagements, Public events, and programs
We offer educational programs for all audiences, including K-12, colleges and universities, museums, historical societies, environmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and many others. Our drummers and dancers are happy to participate in public events (but we do not conduct our cultural ceremonies for the public). We speak on many topics, including Lenape history, presence, culture, stories, politics, art, and environmental stewardship. Feel free to contact us about these collaborations.
Lenape Gardens
and Horticulture
We have collaborated on many Lenape gardens and planting projects with colleges and universities, arboretums, farms, nature preserves, and other organizations that would like to dedicate a space to growing traditional Lenape medicinal herbs or food crops. Whether the space spans feet or acres, a Lenape garden is a wonderful way to embrace indigenous culture in a beautiful and useful way. See this link for our Lenape Garden at the University of Pennsylvania, or download the article here. See this link for our garden at Staten Island's Skyline Community Garden. Feel free to contact us if you are interested in discussing.
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Consultations: Curriculum Development, representation, and other topics
We are always happy to hear from people who want to assure that education about, or representation of, our people is accurate and appropriate. We have professional and cultural educators who are always willing to discuss curriculum, land acknowledgements, exhibits, mascots, and other issues. Please get in touch if you would like to consult with us.