Outlandish and Pingora Celebrate the Lenape Nation's Legacy With New Hudson Valley Pack
All proceeds from the backpack, which features the Indigenous Nation’s historical petroglyphs, will benefit the Urban Indigenous Collective.
Brooklyn hiking store Outlandish has partnered with Utah-based sporting gear brand Pingora to create the Hudson Valley Lucid 13 Pack: a hiking bag that serves to celebrate the Lenape Nation’s legacy as the first inhabitants and caretakers of the Lenapehoking.
The bag, equipped with an ergonomic harness, durable Nylon 210D ripstop and adjustable straps, features petroglyphs that were drawn by the Lenape on the ridge of the Delaware River, roughly 3,000 to 5,000 years ago. The carving is the largest Lenape petroglyph to be discovered, with illustrations of lizards, dragonflies, deer, bears, a man with a bow a crescent moon and a shaman.
“We’ve been here this whole time. We’re still here,” Que Powell, a member of the Ramapo Lenape Nation who became a thoughtful collaborator on the project, said in a statement. “We’re mountain people, and sometimes known as an Afro Indigenous tribe, amongst other things.” The tribe is a subcategory of the Lenape, whose land previously sprawled from Albany, New York to the Raritan River North, New Jersey. Today, the Lenape encompass a seven-mile radius in the foothills of the Ramapos Mountains, on the border of New York and New Jersey.
“Respect for nature is the biggest element–how we watch nature as a way to be better ourselves,” Powell, who models the bag on a hike in the campaign, added. “For example, learning to flow like a river. Don’t try to go upstream. Go where it goes and make the best of where you land.”
Outlandish added, “The hope is that the product will play a small role in helping New Yorkers carry Lenape art, storytelling and heritage forward as we explore landscapes they originally cared for.”
The Hudson Valley Lucid 13 Pack will be available to purchase online via Outlandish in the coming days. All proceeds from the pack will benefit the Urban Indigenous Collective. See the design in the gallery above.
