Native Americans Celebrated At Teaneck Creek Conservancy

TEANECK N.J. -- A Native-American Heritage Month celebration is planned on Sunday at the Teaneck Creek Conservancy.

Jan Barry of Teaneck will discuss the film "American Native" on Sunday at the Teaneck Creek Conservancy .
Photo Credit: *Paula Rogovin/Daily Voice File*

11/19/2016 4:30 a.m.

Activities take place from 3-7 p.m. on Nov. 20, courtesy of the Teaneck Creek Conservancy in partnership with the Puffin Cultural forum and the Ramapough Conservancy.

Activities include,

3 p.m. Lunaape language class with Karen Mosko.
4 p.m. Exhibition opening "Native" with artwork by Jack Crying Raven and other participating artists.
4:30 p.m. "American Native" film screening followed by panel discussion with Judith Sullivan, founder of the Ramapough Conservancy, and Jan Barry, investigative journalist and Ramapo College professor. The film tells the story of the struggles of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, indigenous people only 30 miles from New York City.

The event is free. Funding was provided by a history grant from the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs.

Teaneck Creek Conservancy is located at 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck.

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