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Source: Museum of the City of New York

Visit MCNY on Instagram Visit MCNY on Facebook Visit MCNY on Threads Visit MCNY on TikTok Visit MCNY on Youtube Sign up for our mailing list Lenape Culture Takes Center Stage Across New York City Prospect Park Alliance, the Museum of the City of New York, the Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective, and American Indian Community House invite New Yorkers to celebrate the living cultures of the city's original people NEW YORK, NY (October 1, 2026) — The Third United Lenape/Lunáapeew Nations Pow Wow returns to the LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park on Saturday, October 3, from 10 am to 7 pm, and Sunday, October 4, from 10 am to 4 pm. The free weekend brings Lenape and allied Indigenous dancers, drummers, artists, and craft and food makers from across the continent back to their ancestral homelands. Across the city, the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) has opened Halumii Ktapihna: Lenape Legacies and Futures.

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