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Inwood Hill Park: A Lenape Creation Story by Opalanietet (NANTICOKE LENNI-LENAPE)

August 30, 2025

2:30pm & 5:30 pm

A Lenape Creation Story by Opalanietet (NANTICOKE LENNI-LENAPE)

A Lenape Creation Story of Turtle Island, a theatrical piece conceived by Eagle Project Written by Opalanietet Music by Danielle Jagelski Directed by Ash Marinaccio Performed by Opalanietet, Brianne Lugo, and Beto O’Byrne. The Lenape Theatre Collective EAGLE PROJECT performs a musical and immersive retelling of a Lenape creation story of Turtle Island in Inwood Hill Park at the Hudson River–where the landscape has not changed for hundreds of years. EAGLE PROJECT will offer a blessing while acknowledging and celebrating the island of Mannahatta. Conceived by Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape theatre artist, Opalanietet, A LENAPE CREATION STORY features text that is centuries old along with new music by Oneida Nation and Ojibwe composer, Danielle Jagelski of Renegade Opera/Simmer Arts. Free and open to the public.

Inwood Hill Park: Native American Heritage Month: Lenape Ethnobotany

Native American Heritage Month: Lenape Ethnobotany

Sunday, November 3, 2024

1:00 p.m.2:30 p.m.

During Native American Heritage Month, explore the past and present experience of Native Americans. The study of the healing power of plants is thousands of years old, and many of these plants still grow in our parks. Join us on a hike through Inwood Hill Park to look for plants that native people used for food and medicine

Location

Seaman Avenue and Isham Street in Inwood Hill Park
Manhattan

Directions to this location

Cost

Free