2023 Programs & Events

We’re wrapping up 2023 surrounded by friends, appreciative of the natural world’s abundance, and with seeds that will grow into new dreams for 2024.

Here are NRFF’s seasonal recaps of the year:

WINTER & SPRING
January:
🌱Nanticoke Squash Seed Harvest with the Seed Farm at Princeton and Experimental Farm Network
April:
☕Indigenous Foodways: Yaupon Tea with Project CommuniTea and the Delaware Art Museum
🌳Ohpemenshee (Chestnut) Blessing with the Delaware Nature Society (read Rebecca’s reflection on NRFF’s blog)
📚Ruhlman Conference at Wellesley College (check out Isabella’s original research and zine!)

May:
☀️Heritage Day with the Nanticoke Indian Museum
☀️Powwow with the University of Delaware

June:
🍓Threading Connections: Native American Beadwork & Native Plants (Tehim) in partnership with instructors Kesha and Karelle and the Route 9 Library & Innovation Center
☀️Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Powwow with the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe
🌱Nanticoke Squash Rematriation with Experimental Farm Network

SUMMER
July:
☀️The Beauty Around Us: Native Plants & Cyanotype Printing with the Rehoboth Beach Public Library
☀️The Beauty Around Us: Native Plants & Cyanotype Printing with the Rehoboth Art League
⭐Powwow of Arts & Culture with the Delaware Art Museum
☀️The Beauty Around Us: Native Plants & Cyanotype Printing with the Seed Farm at Princeton
August:
🌲The Beauty Around Us: Kuwe (Lenape for Pine) in partnership with instructor Abby and Blackwater Apothecary
☀️The Beauty Around Us: Native Plants & Cyanotype Printing with Bright Spot Farm
🌿Painting with Pokeweed with Mt. Cuba Center
✈️Minneapolis trip with the Seed Farm at Princeton and Experimental Farm Network
September:
⭐Nanticoke Indian Powwow with the Nanticoke Indian Tribe
🌳Revitalizing palettes with Mahchikpi (Lenape for Pawpaw) with the Nanticoke Indian Tribe (read more about Mahchikpi on NRFF’s blog)

FALL
October:
⭐IPDNYC with IPDNYC and Redhawk Native American Arts Council

🌳Revitalizing palettes with Mahchikpi (Lenape for Pawpaw) with IPDNYC and the Redhawk Native American Arts Council (read more about Mahchikpi on NRFF’s blog)
⭐Variety Showcase with the Seed Farm at Princeton, Experimental Farm Network, and Ujamaa Farmer Collective
November:
⭐A Celebration of Nanticoke Squash with the Seed Farm at Princeton, Experimental Farm Network, and Ujamaa Farmer Collective
December:
⭐Threading Connections: Native American Beadwork & Native Plants (Yaupon) in partnership with instructors Kesha and Karelle and the Dover Public Library
⭐Maycock Squash Harvest with the Seed Farm at Princeton, Experimental Farm Network, and Ujamaa Farmer Collective