LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Jennie Bobb and her daughter, Nellie Longhat, both were Delaware Native Americans of the Lenape tribe that lived in Oklahoma, 1915. This is where most Staten Island Lenape people moved. (Courtesy, Oklahoma Historical Society)
NuevaYorkinos’ work is dedicated to preserving stories of Latin American and Caribbean diasporas in New York City. Lovers of this land, we acknowledge that our work situates itself within Lenapehoking, the traditional lands of the Lenape. We pay respect to all Lenape relatives and ancestors past, present and future. We pay respect to all Eastern Algonquin (Mahican of the upper Hudson Valley, and the Montauk, Shinnecock, and Unkechaug of eastern Long Island) relatives and ancestors past, present and future. We pay respect to all Haudenosaunee (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca Nations), Abenaki, Arikara, Erie, Tonawanda, Tuscarora, and Wenro relatives and ancestors past, present, and future. We offer our care, gratitude, love, and respect for the land, the water, and the legacies of all Indigenous peoples to the state of present-day New York.
Lenape family. Taken between 1898 and 1902. Courtesy of The Brooklyn Museum.
El trabajo de NuevaYorkinos está dedicado a preservar historias de diásporas latinoamericanas y caribeñas en la ciudad de Nueva York. Amantes de nuestra ciudad y nuestro estado, reconocemos que nuestro trabajo se sitúa dentro de Lenapehoking, la patria ancestral de los Lenape. Rendimos respeto a todos los Lenape parientes y antepasados pasados, presentes y futuros. Rendimos respeto a todos los algonquinos orientales (Mahican del valle superior de Hudson, y el Montauk, Shinnecock y Unkechaug del este de Long Island) parientes y antepasados pasados, presentes y futuros. Rendimos respeto a todas las naciones Haudenosaunee (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga y Seneca), Abenaki, Arikara, Erie, Tonawanda, Tuscarora, y parientes y antepasados Wenro pasados, presentes y futuros. Ofrecemos nuestro cuidado, gratitud, amor y respeto por la tierra, el agua y los legados de todos los pueblos indígenas al estado de Nueva York.
Find more resources on Turtle Island and its Indigenous history here.
Support NY-based Indigenous Organizations:
FORGE PROJECT is a Native-led initiative on unceded Muh-he-con-ne-ok homelands supporting leaders in cultural work, decolonial education, food security & land justice.
The Urban Indigenous Collective supports access to health and wellness services for Indigenous peoples in Lenapehoking and the greater NYC area.
The Lenape Center has been creating and developing exhibitions, public art, symposia, music, opera, theater, and educational resources.
The American Indian Community House works to improve and promote the well-being, and increase the visibility of Native cultures in an urban settings.