26 Oct 2024
![Ashton Pemapanik Dunkley, fotografie door Kaylin Webster](https://assets.amsterdammuseum.nl/images/transforms/public-program/_480xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Ashton-Dunkley-1723106480.jpg)
26 Oct 2024
Amsterdam Museum on the AmstelEnvironmental justice
Join us on October 26th or November 9th for a profound museum tour led by Ashton Pemapanik Dunkley of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Nation. This enlightening program explores environmental justice and the vital role Indigenous communities play in protecting our planet.
Date and times
Saturday 26 October from 3.30 PM to 4.30 PM
Saturday 9 November from 3.30 PM to 4.30 PM
Please note: The tour will be in English.
![Ashton Pemapanik Dunkley, fotografie door Kaylin Webster](https://assets.amsterdammuseum.nl/images/transforms/public-program/_330xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Ashton-Dunkley-1723106480.jpg)
Ashton Pemapanik Dunkley
Ashton, rooted in the traditions of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape people from Delaware and New Jersey, will share insights into Indigenous identity and its deep connection to land and waters. This tour will challenge misconceptions, showcasing the resilience and sovereignty of Indigenous communities, particularly her own tribal nation. As Ashton says, “We ask you to hear our stories again, after centuries of environmental destruction and colonial exploitation.”
Ashton Pemapanik Dunkley is a Jamaican and Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape interdisciplinary historian, university instructor, and Ph.D. Candidate (University of Minnesota). Born and raised in the southernmost tidewaters of Lenapehoking—her ancestral homeland which is currently known as Delaware and New Jersey— Ashton’s scholarship uplifts the often overlooked histories of her Black and Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape ancestors. She writes and teaches about topics such as: Native American Studies, Black Studies, Black and Indigenous Feminisms, Race & Identity, Settler Colonialism, Environmental Justice, Water, and Public Memory.
![patricia kaersenhout - Non Sine Periculo, foto Mike Bink](https://assets.amsterdammuseum.nl/images/transforms/exhibition/_330xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/BC_02461_038-1723043054.jpg)
patricia kaersenhout - Non Sine Periculo, foto Mike Bink
Manahahtáanung or New Amsterdam?
The tour will go through, among others things, the exhibition Manahahtáanung or New Amsterdam? The Indigenous Story Behind New York. The impetus for this exhibition is that 2024 marks 400 years since the Dutch arrived in America to establish a colony at the mouth of the Hudson River. The Dutch invasion and decades-long colonization of the area in the 17th century had tremendous consequences for the Indigenous people who lived in the region, and on the island which they called Manahahtáanung. Not only did they lose their land, they were victims of disease, war, and the disappearance of their own livelihoods. The colonists deliberately made it impossible for Indigenous peoples to maintain their way of life and culture. Despite this, Indigenous communities have consistently resisted these changes, even up until the present moment.