“First Generation Off the Reservation” with Muriel Miguel & Louis Mofsie

Join artists Muriel Miguel and Louis Mofsie for an intimate conversation about growing up in the 1940s and ’50s as “first generation” Native New Yorkers born and raised in Brooklyn, not on a reservation.  As teenagers, Mofsie and Miguel formed the Little Eagles, a performance group which eventually became the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, the city’s oldest resident Native American dance company. While Mofsie still acts as the director, Miguel went on to found Spiderwoman Theater, the longest running Indigenous feminist theater company on Turtle Island (i.e., North America). The two will sit down with performer Soni Moreno to consider how their work as performers, directors, choreographers, and educators has been influenced and informed by their experiences as Native New Yorkers.

The program will begin with opening remarks from David Martine, Shinnecock Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Educator, Artist, and Chairperson, AMERINDA.

This program is co-presented with the American Indian Community House and AMERINDA.











When: Tue., Nov. 5, 2019 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Ave.
212-534-1672
Price: $15 for Adults | $12 for Seniors, Students, and Educators (with ID) $10 for Museum Members
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Join artists Muriel Miguel and Louis Mofsie for an intimate conversation about growing up in the 1940s and ’50s as “first generation” Native New Yorkers born and raised in Brooklyn, not on a reservation.  As teenagers, Mofsie and Miguel formed the Little Eagles, a performance group which eventually became the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, the city’s oldest resident Native American dance company. While Mofsie still acts as the director, Miguel went on to found Spiderwoman Theater, the longest running Indigenous feminist theater company on Turtle Island (i.e., North America). The two will sit down with performer Soni Moreno to consider how their work as performers, directors, choreographers, and educators has been influenced and informed by their experiences as Native New Yorkers.

The program will begin with opening remarks from David Martine, Shinnecock Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Educator, Artist, and Chairperson, AMERINDA.

This program is co-presented with the American Indian Community House and AMERINDA.

Buy tickets/get more info now