It’s wonderful to acknowledge that we Indigenous people are here, we’re still here, and that we honor our Mother Earth.
– Tchin, Blackfeet & Narragansett Storyteller & Educator.
Our performance at Painted Bride was written about in The Philadelphia Inquirer by Sabrina Iglesias, “Connecting community to the land: Earth Day on 52nd Street centers Lenape practices and stories.”
Our work was performed alongside several other events in the area that day.
This project grew out of decolonizing work [and] thinking about centering Indigenous and Black histories in our city.
The performance is a healing ritual with the land.
– Esther Baker-Tarpaga