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Munsee

New Wisconsin Biographies shares legacy of Mohican teacher, mentor

November 2, 2023 Ian Lewitz

PBS Wisconsin Education is thrilled to launch the newest addition to the Wisconsin  Biographies collection. Electa Quinney: Mohican Teacher and Mentor was created in collaboration with the Stockbridge Munsee Community to share Quinney’s legacy of generosity and her dedication to education.

Known as the first public school teacher in Wisconsin, the animated video depicting Quinney’s story will premiere at approximately 7:55 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7 at the conclusion of Finding Your Roots on PBS Wisconsin.

The full resource including the animated video is available to explore online now.

Wisconsin Biographies is a collection of free-to-use, educational, online media resources to enrich social studies and literacy curriculum, using the stories of notable people in Wisconsin history.  The collection brings Quinney’s story to life for learners today, with an animated video, a digital book with audio, a gallery of historical images and an educator guide.

PBS Wisconsin Education staff working with Stockbridge-Munsee Community members.

PBS Wisconsin Education staff working with Stockbridge-Munsee Community members.

Through an inclusive production model, PBS Wisconsin Education seeks to feature identities, perspectives and experiences behind the scenes in the making of educational media.

For the production of Electa Quinney: Mohican Teacher and Mentor, PBS Wisconsin Education worked with scriptwriters, story consultants, voiceover artists, music talent and advisors, and worked to gain approval on various aspects of the project from the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians Tribal Council.

PBS Wisconsin director of education Megan Monday felt fortunate to work with the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians Community, including Monique Tyndall, director of the tribal nation’s cultural affairs office, and the individuals who contributed to the production.

“We couldn’t have done justice to the Electa Quinney story without the deep collaboration from the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Community,”…

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Mohegan

Concert review: Jethro Tull entertains followers at Mohegan Sun

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — One of the most unique groups in the history of rock music is still touring in their seventh decade.

Jethro Tull, with their distinctive sound, performed Sunday night at Mohegan Sun Arena as part of their latest global tour.

Led by flutist/singer/songwriter Ian Anderson, 76, the show was broken down into two parts.

A mix of new material and old, including several rarer tunes, from an array of albums, filled the song sets.

The legendary British progressive art rock group, whose music touches on folk, classical, blues, and jazz, has always been theatrical, and songs were accompanied by video on a large screen behind the band.

Anderson was his usual animated self, shuffling around the stage playing his flute, an instrument he introduced to rock ‘n roll and still remains rare for the genre.

Jethro Tull came out with a new album in April and the first two songs in the concert were “Nothing is Easy” and a new version of “We Used to Know,” that the Eagles — which at one time opened for Jethro Tull — used some chords from for “Hotel California.”

“Heavy Horses” was a folky tune, and “Sweet Dream” was an appropriate song for Halloween, with clips of horror characters on the screen.

“Hunt by the Numbers” and an early Christmas number, “Holly Herald,” were followed by another new song, “Wolf Unchained.”

Then came “Mine is the Mountain,” which depicted God on the 2022 album, and “Bourree,” a Bach cover that saw Anderson jamming with bassist David Goodier, who co-sang on the lengthy “Farm on the Freeway.”

After another new number, “The Navigator,” about gods and sailors, was “Zealot Gene,” which is about social media and was on that titled album from two years ago — the group’s first studio album in nearly two decades.

Anderson warned…

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Mohican

New “Wisconsin Biographies” shares legacy of Mohican teacher and mentor

In continued efforts to explore and raise awareness of diverse Indigenous stories, history, and culture in Wisconsin, PBS Wisconsin Education will be launching their newest addition to their “Wisconsin Biographies” collection on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at approximately 7:55 p.m. upon conclusion of “Finding Your Roots” on PBS Wisconsin. 

The new animated video will be titled “Electa Quinney: Mohican Teacher and Mentor” and will follow Quinney’s legacy as the first public school teacher in Wisconsin and mentor in the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican community where both traditional Native education and non-Native education were used to keep Mohican culture and values alive, according to a press release from PBS Wisconsin. The video is also available now online at https://pbswisconsineducation.org. 

This piece of important and impactful history is a piece of Wisconsin Biographies’ larger mission to support education and knowledge by highlighting historical figures through online media resources.

Animation from “Electa Quinney: Mohican Teacher and Mentor”
(Photo Credit PBS Wisconsin Education)

PBS worked closely with educators, students, scriptwriters, story consultants, voiceover, art, music talent, and advisors, along with collaboration from the Stockbridge-Munsee community and approval from the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians Tribal Council to provide an animated video, a digital book with audio, a gallery of historical images, and an educator guide.

PBS Wisconsin Education Director Megan Monday showed gratitude towards the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans Indians Community, especially Monique Tyndall, director of the tribal nation’s cultural affairs office, along with many other contributors.

“We couldn’t have done justice to the Electa Quinney story without the deep collaboration from the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Community,” Monday said in a press release. “Working directly with the community ensured historical and representational accuracy and enhanced the art and storytelling of the resources.”

Funding for “Wisconsin Biographies: Electa Quinney” is…

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Lenni Lenape

Penobscot Nation to Reclaim Ancestral Land in North Central Maine

Details By Native News Online Staff November 01, 2023

The Penobscot Nation has plans to reclaim more than 30,000 acres of their homeland in Maine from a national nonprofit Trust for Public Land (TPL), according to a press release from the organization.

The transfer will put the acreage— taken from the Penobscot Nation in the nineteenth century in the Katahdin region of Maine— back into tribal stewardship, the nonprofit said. TPL purchased the land when it went up for sale in 2022.

“We are very excited to work with TPL towards this common goal of returning a portion of unceded lands back to the governance of the Penobscot Nation,” said Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis in a statement. “We are also ecstatic for the opportunity to explore and improve the aquatic and wildlife habitat within this parcel to conserve more land in the Katahdin region for our future generations.”

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The 31,367 acres going back to the Nation sit within the Penobscot River watershed and include forests, recreational trails, wetlands, and more than 50 miles of streams.

The nonprofit and tribe will work together to: re-establish the Penobscot Nation as legal stewards of the land, create public access to the southern portion of the land, and boost local economies through the creation of public access, TPL said.

Trust for Public Land President and CEO Diane Regas said the land back announcement isn’t “just an isolated act, but a deep acknowledgment and reaffirmation of a timeless bond, a rich history, and a promising future.”

As we collaborate with the Penobscot Nation, the National Park…

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Nanticoke

Cohanzick Nature Reserve aims to preserve and teach Lenape culture

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Tyrese Gould Jacinto credits her father’s generation for firmly establishing roots so that her children and grandchildren do not have to face the same perils of identity erasure that her father did growing up.

“We went all up and down the whole East Coast to all the pow-wow who you know to be with other communities,” she said, describing how her dad helped regroup the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians starting in the late 1970s. Tyrese Gould Jacinto poses for a photo in the forest.Tyrese Gould Jacinto founded the non-profit Native American Advancement Corp, which provides job training and promotes home ownership. ”We needed to forge something here so we don’t lose our children,” she said. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Jacinto is now following her father Mark “Quiet Hawk” Gould’s footsteps. Gould served as the chief of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation for 45 years. Jacinto founded the Native American Advancement Corporation in 2009 with the goal to retain the future generations of her tribe in the South Jersey region.

“My generation got their education and they went someplace else because they had to make a living someplace else,” she said. “It’s our idea that we need to forge something here so that we can stay and make this place a better place so that we don’t continue to lose the generations with education and a better life and the so-called American dream.”

The organization, which trains in the fields of building sciences and energy conservation, started at Jacinto’s dining…

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Mohegan

Savor the pause as the calendar turns to November

What is it about the last week of October in Connecticut that is so gorgeous and bittersweet?

The warmth after the chill, the soft air after cold breezes, the greens, golds and reds and oranges of the leaves that blend perfectly like a well-rehearsed choir, becoming more brilliant before they are gone. I always wonder why the oaks trees lose their leaves last? Somehow every year right before Halloween, the earth gives us one more peek at springtime-just enough to hold us over until next April. It’s a tease, but a wonderful one.

The sunsets are amazing – with raspberry pinks and violet blues swirling in fuzzy stripes at twilight. For the last month we here in northeastern Connecticut have taken the brilliant natural display for granted. Now it is nearly over, and we remember to cherish it. Bringing in the plants from outside that can’t make it through the winter, mowing the lawn and raking the leaves, saying goodbye to the hummingbirds.

Yes, there are sports events, and apple cider and the holidays to anticipate. But right now, the mad rush of holidays has not begun. We can breathe for a moment, reflect on how fast the year has passed, and give thanks for the mini break from winter heating challenges.

My pony’s reddish coat is fuzzy – he is growing a wispy beard on his chin and furry “stockings” on his short legs. The cat hangs out on the back of the couch near the picture window soaking up the sun on her soft charcoal fur. I put a lawn chair out one last time to catch the slanting light in the late afternoon. Houses are decorated with cornstalks, pumpkins, ghostly spider webs and beautiful chrysanthemums in magenta, yellow and purple.

Chrysanthemums symbolize friendship, trust, joy, optimism, longevity and fidelity in the language…

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Mohican

Young boy cuts ‘Goldilocks’ hair to help three cancer charities

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A 4-year-old boy named Henry Coulson from Whitburn, decided to get his long locks chopped off, in order to help three cancer charities.

Henry had never had his hair cut in his life, and had managed to grow long Blonde curls all the way down his back.

However, after growing his hair to an exceptional length, Henry asked his mother if he could get a cool new haircut.

Henry’s mother, Karen Fairlie said she was originally shocked that Henry wanted to cut off his hair, especially since he asked for a Sharkie Boys hair cut which is essentially a mohican.

“Obviously I said no we are not doing that!” Karen laughed. “We’re not going from goldilocks to a mohican!”

However the mother and son compromised on a very cute, short hair style, which was cut by Nicola Wilkes from hairdressing salon Clipperz, in Whitburn.

Karen did not want Henry’s long locks to go to waste, and after a close friend of hers was diagnosed with cancer, she decided not only to donate Henry’s hair to be made into wigs, but also raise money for cancer charities.

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Karen donated Henry’s hair to The Little Princess Trust, a charity established in 2005 which donates wigs free of charge to children and young people who have lost their own hair through cancer treatment and other conditions.

Karen explained: “To donate to The Little Princess Trust all you need to do is cut the hair while it is tied into a…

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Lenni Lenape

Where to Explore Indigenous Culture & History in Philadelphia

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