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STILL HERE
Site-Specific Art Installation
River Hook Preserve
611 North Midland Ave, Upper Nyack, New York

Back By Popular Demand! Re-opening April 27, 2024 | 11-1
with new portraits included!

"Still Here: Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation,” is an outdoor installation of photographic portraits nestled in the woods of the River Hook Preserve.

The goal of “Still Here” is to prompt visitors of River Hook to reflect upon and honor the Lenape people who have cared for and stewarded this land long before the Dutch and English settled on the Hudson shores, and remember that their descendants still live amongst us.

"Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation" is an on-going series by artist Lisa Levart created with the guidance of Grandmother Clara Soaring Hawk.

" Every woman shown in this installation has heard directly a call to honor our ancestral matriarchs."

Grandmother Clara Soaring Hawk

This project is made possible in part with a grant from The Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation,

as well as Friends of River Hook and the Village of Upper Nyack.

More Information

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Still Here photo by Myles Aronowitz

Hine Titama_Goddess On Earth ORACLE

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Hine Titama_Goddess On Earth ORACLE

Tipa Mahuta, Elected Tribal Representative in Waikato, New Zealand chose to portray Hine Titama -- the Goddess of the Afterlife in the Polynesia/Maori tradition -- for photographer Lisa Levart's Goddess On Earth ORACLE project. Film by Myles Aronowitz

STILLHERE - NYC Indigenous Day Parade 2022

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STILLHERE - NYC Indigenous Day Parade 2022

The first Indigenous peoples of the Americas Parade in NYC, Oct 15, 2022. Hosted by the Ramapough Lenape Nation. 10 banner/portraits of the women by artist Lisa Levart were featured in the parade. Video by Myles Aronowitz

Sister Bird - Mwisa Chulën

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Sister Bird - Mwisa Chulën

BTS video by director Myles Aronowitz of the making of a portrait included in the series "Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation" by artist/photographer Lisa Levart. "Sister Bird" is portrayed by Joyce DeGroat Gamble and explores sisterhood, rising above loss and finding the inner strength to be a warrior. Joyce chose to put the red hand symbol on her face in solidarity with her indigenous sisters and the MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) movement. The red hand over the mouth stands for an epidemic of violence against women from the Native American and First Nations communities and the voices of the missing sisters who will not be heard.

STILL HERE: Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation

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STILL HERE: Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation

Evocative, short video by Myles Aronowitz of "Still Here: Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation,” an outdoor installation of photographic portraits by artist Lisa Levart. "Still Here" was installed at the RIVER HOOK PRESERVE- in Upper Nyack, New York "Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation" is an on-going series by artist Lisa Levart created with the guidance of Grandmother Clara Soaring Hawk of the Ramapough Lenape Nation. Music - "Branches" written by Dawn Avery, https://www.dawnavery.com Performed by Englewinds: Sarah Davol, oboe and R.J. Kelley, horn, www.englewinds.com at Gallery Bergen, Paramus, NJ

Kukna - Great Mother

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Kukna - Great Mother

Behind the scenes video by Myles Aronowitz of the making of a portrait included in the series "Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation" by artist/photographer Lisa Levart. "Kukna" portrayed by Pointsetta, a member of the Ramapough Lenape Nation. Music - Spirit Of The Mountain Singers In the Lenape Native American tradition, “Kukna” is seen as a living, breathing being. She is the great Mother and all life arises from her, and is nourished from her breast.

The Three Sisters

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The Three Sisters

Behind the scenes video by Myles Aronowitz of the making of a portrait included in the series "Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation" by artist/photographer Lisa Levart. "Three Sisters" is portrayed by Lisa Tyner, Tiffany Tyner and Natalie Tyner Music - Windwalker According to Native American legend, winter squash, corn, and climbing beans are inseparable sisters who can only grow and thrive together. Known as a companion planting technique the Three Sisters are: corn, which provides a strong structure for beans, beans, which provide nitrogen to the soil, and squash, whose leaves provide shade to the soil, and their rough edges deter pests.

Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation (Trailer)

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Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation (Trailer)

Trailer for a documentary that follows women from the Ramapough Lenape Nation - descendants of the original people of New York metropolitan area - participating in a portrait series with award winning photographer Lisa Levart.

Goddess on Earth ORACLE, Autumn Lorraine as Rainbow Crow

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Goddess on Earth ORACLE, Autumn Lorraine as Rainbow Crow

Behind the scenes - Autumn Lorraine and Lisa Levart during the photo session to create Rainbow Crow on top of Hook Mountain, Nyack, New York. Goddess on Earth ORACLE: A Divination Deck & Guidebook With Spirited Wisdom from Your Sisters AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER https://goddessonearth.bigcartel.com/product/goddess-action-cards-oracle-deck

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation

Witness women and young girls from the Ramapough Lenape Nation reclaiming long forgotten ancestral stories, revealing personal connections to these narratives and in the process, raising awareness to a community whose tribal land is 20 miles outside of Manhattan. This powerful series of portrait photography by Lisa Levart has been exhibited at historical museums and colleges, and available for future exhibitions.

Filmmaker Myles Aronowitz's insightful documentary follows Levart and the women as they embark on a creative process that transports viewers into an indigenous, nature-loving world; ancient, contemporary, personal, and unabashedly - matriarchal.

Grandmother South

(Cheyann Kumar)

Documentary Film Info

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EXHIBITIONS

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Past Exhibitions, Film Screenings
and Speaking Engagements

River Hook Preserve, Upper Nyack, NY

Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY

Bergen Gallery at Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ

Parliament of World Religions, Toronto, Canada

ASWM Conference (Association for the Study of Women & Mythology), Syracuse, NY

The Historical Society of Rockland County, New City, NY

Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ

Bartow Pell Museum, Bronx, NY

American Indian Community House, NYC

Governor's Island, NYC

New York Society of Ethical Culture, NYC

Nyack Library, Nyack, NY

Warwick Library, Warwick, NY

NYU Kimmel Windows, NYC

La Mama Galleria, NYC

Tappan Library, Tappan, NY

Ringwood Library, Ringwood, NJ

For information on the Ramapough Lenape Nation visit:
https://ramapomunsee.net

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