A Lenape Ritual, launching the Down to Earth Festival
In front of Shorakkopoch Rock in Inwood Park, the site of the Indian village where (according to legend and the plaque on the rock), Peter Minuit "bought" Manhattan, a member of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribal nation named Opalanietet (English name: Ryan Victor Pierce) performs a ritual greeting, celebrating the 12,000 birthday of Lënapehòkink (the land of the Lenape) and launching the first-ever Down to Ea…