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fromBrownstoner
2 hours ago

How the Prentice and Packer Families Shaped Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights evolved from Indigenous bluffs and rural farmland into an upscale suburb shaped by prominent families, Revolutionary War events, and ferry-driven development.
fromBrooklyn Paper
6 months ago

Prospect Park honors Lenape culture with 'Voices of Lunaapeew' exhibit through Nov. 30 * Brooklyn Paper

This Indigenous Peoples Day, Prospect Park is honoring the history and resilience of the land's first inhabitants through a powerful blend of art, storytelling and celebration in Brooklyn. The Prospect Park Alliance and the Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective (EL Collective) have joined forces to present "Eelunaapéewi Ehaptoonáakanal: Voices of Lunáapeew/Lenape," a new video exhibition at the Lefferts Historic House running through Nov. 30. The exhibit, part of the ReImagine Lefferts initiative, features "video interviews with Lunáapeew/Lenape knowledge-keepers and culture bearers about their relationships to their ancestral homelands."
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fromBrooklyn Eagle
10 months ago

New video exhibit highlights Lenape history at Prospect Park

A new video exhibit features Lenape voices sharing their history and relationship with the land, focusing on trauma and recovery.
Brooklyn
fromBKReader
10 months ago

New Video Exhibit Brings Lenape History to Brooklyn's Prospect Park

Centuries of indigenous history are highlighted through a video exhibit featuring Lenape knowledge-keepers and their resilience in Prospect Park.
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