A Conversation on Nora Thompson Dean, with Joe Baker and Hadrien Coumans

Friday, June 23, 2023, 6 PM

Join us for an evening celebrating the Lenape traditionalist Nora Thompson Dean, who dedicated her life to preserving Lenape culture and language, with two of the founders of the Lenape Center, Joe Baker and Hadrien Coumans. The Lenape Center is a New York-based organization with the mission of continuing Lenapehoking, the original Lenape homeland in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, through community, culture, and the arts. The program will be moderated by Sal Robinson, Lucy Ricciardi Assistant Curator, Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

Nora Thompson Dean: Lenape Teacher and Herbalist and the Morgan Garden will be open prior to the program for attendees.

The event will take place in Gilder Lehrman Hall. By entering the museum, you agree to our updated Visitor Guidelines and Policies. Masks are encouraged, but not required for attending all public programs.

Tickets: 
Free; Advanced registration required

Image: Nora Thompson Dean. Photograph by Roy Pataro.

Please call (212) 685-0008 ext. 560 or e-mail tickets@themorgan.org for information.