Join Center CIRCL and community partners on September 17 and 18 for a two-day gathering attending to Indigenous presence and relations in New York City. There will be film screenings, workshops, panels, and performances. We will be gathering at NYU Washington Square Campus and other sites in the city. 

This gathering coincides with the launch of Center CIRCL’s biennial theme: This City is So Indigenous. Scholars, artists, and community researchers making work connected to this theme attend to the diversity of Indigeneites in New York and to the Lenape communities here and in diaspora, their histories and their ongoing presence and futures. This gathering also coincides with the fall equinox. The length of day and night are in balance in the days leading up to and after the autumnal equinox. 

We hope this gathering is a chance for students, community members, artists and educators to meet again in New York City, starting a new season of study, research, struggle, and relation. Comprising events planned by different Indigenous groups and organizations, this two-day event will provide multiple ways to think about the relations that will carry us through the months and years ahead. 

More info coming soon! Preliminary schedule includes:

Wednesday September 17:

• Screening and talk back of the acclaimed film Singing Back the Buffalo.

• Showcase of films by Native Students

• Panel with First Nations Performing Arts and Relative Arts

Thursday September 18:

• Kinstillatory fire organized by Emily Johnson/Catalyst arts and Kai Recollet at Abrons Art Center.

• Workshop and visit with oysters co-organized by the Billion Oyster Project and Center CIRCL.

• A panel with the incoming Center CIRCL Fellows and Lenape citizens

• Workshop with Joseph Pierce and walking visit with Minetta Creek