Community Organization providing Concert Readings of Plays, Literature, Musicals and Poetry on Sundays from 4:00 - 6:00PM at Indian Cafe
“RED HARLEM” became a joking way, among Indian people who lived here 30-40 yrs. ago, to describe an active and thriving Native American community between 106th and 110th, including Morningside Heights.
• At one time there was a Sweat Equity building on Amsterda
m and 109th Street that was comprised of JUST Indian families.
• The Native American Education Program, a city-wide project under the aegis of the NYC Board of Education, was located in PS 165 on 109th and Indian kids attended after school classes from every borough.
• CORN (Circle of Red Nations) was located in a storefront of Columbus Ave between 106 & 107. There was a shop in the front and the big backyard was used for all kinds of Native events from Strawberry Festivals to summer day camps for Indian kids.
• Families who lived in this neighborhood were from diverse Indian nations - Apache, Cherokee, Lakota, Seneca, Mohawk, Taino, Amara, Cree, Wampanoag, Shinnecock, Waccamaw, Azteca, Tarascan, Navajo, Tuscarora, Creek, etc. The Red Harlem Readers takes its name from those Indian people who lived, worked and raised their families in this neighborhood.
