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Special Events

Beyond the Oak Tree Treaty: A Social Gathering 

When

Mon, Oct 14, 2024 10:30AM – 3:00PM

Where

Great Lawn and Wave Hill House

Price

Free with registration, and admission to the grounds is free

Join Wave Hill and Sweetwater Cultural Center as we honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day with the local Ramapough-Munsee Nation. Participate in a ceremonial tribute to the Sloat-Zamboni Family recognizing the historic return of a land deed to the Ramapough-Munsee. Throughout the day, events will feature a range of activities and a presentation, inviting reflection, cultural exchange, and opportunities for community engagement. Drumming provided by Quiet Eagle Singers. All ages are welcome at this special community event.

Schedule of the Day:

10:30AM - 12:30PM Cornhusk Doll Making with Family Art Project Wave Hill House
10:30AM - 3:00PM Educational Displays Wave Hill House
11:30AM - 3:00PM Shop with Traditional Artists On the Grounds
1:00PM - 2:00PM Traditional Flutist, Spirit Eagle, opens the Speaker Presentation Great Lawn
2:00PM - 3:00PM Dancing and Refreshment Sampling Great Lawn

In lieu of an admission fee on October 14, we invite visitors to make a pay-what-you-wish donation to support the Sweetwater Cultural Center.

Advance registration encouraged, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251. Day-of registration based on availability and not guaranteed.

Picnicking is permitted on the Great Lawn for this special community event. Visitors may bring folding chairs and blankets for use on the Great Lawn only. Rain moves the event inside to Wave Hill House.

Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or call the telephone number and extension above.

Wave Hill House and Armor Hall are wheelchair-accessible. There is an accessible, ground-level entrance at the front of the building with a power-assist door. The restroom on the ground level is all-gender and ADA-compliant. Additional ADA-compliant restrooms are available on the lower level, which can be accessed by elevator.

Oleana Whispering Dove

Oleana Whispering Dove

As Keeper of Cultural Lifeways, Oleana has worked as a museum professional for over 15 years and now curates Native American programs, spotlighting Traditional and Contemporary Indigenous Artists. Oleana is Smithsonian Museum-trained in Lenape Indigenous history and fulfills public speaking engagements on the topics of Carving Out a Legacy and Historic Native American Women Chiefs, which reflects her Indigenous heritage as a Tsalagi-Algonquian Native American descendant, an enrolled Rampapough-Munsee.
Recently launched into the art of spoken word, Oleana shares her inherited diary of published poems: Reflections of a Whispering Dove; Entangled in a Simmons Serenade, co-authored with Def Poetry Jam’s Co-founder Danny Simmons and permanently catalogued and archived pictorial diary with the Schomburg Center for Research. Undeterred by social injustice during a global pandemic, Oleana accepted the role as an Associate Producer of the short film titled "Silent Tribute," produced by Rainy Film & Media that memorializes George Floyd and the Murdered, Missing Indigenous Women and Girls on Native American Reservations.
Sweetwater Cultural Center

Sweetwater Cultural Center

Sweetwater Cultural Center is situated on returned property from the Presbytery of Hudson River and is a foundational Ramapough-Munsee heritage space that is dedicated to promoting the education, health, and welfare of Indigenous or Native Peoples. Accordingly, it seeks to preserve their cultures and ceremonial practices locally, regionally, and around the western hemisphere.