Author: jeff

Categories
Delaware Tribe

Delaware District 3 surrenders lead late to fall in World Series

The Delaware District 3 team certainly must have been having a case of déjà vu last Sunday, Aug. 7, when they battled it out with Southwest (District 9, Waco, Texas) in the Senior League Softball World Series championship final on Layton Field at the Lower Sussex Little League Complex at the Pyle Center in Roxana.

The local contingent jumped out to a 3-0 lead and seemed to be playing with much confidence, especially with one of the largest crowds the tournament has seen in all the years it has been played in Roxana. Kinsley Hall was mowing the Southwest hitters down, and her defense was flawless behind her.

Until that one fateful inning… again.

Just like in their loss to Southwest in pool play on Tuesday, Aug. 5, Delaware District 3 somehow lost the momentum, and thereby the game, when the team from Texas had their bats come alive. Southwest collected six of their eight hits in the game during their 9-run 6th inning, with the biggest blow coming from K. Alonzo as she ripped a pitch deep over the left-centerfield fence for a grand-slam home run and a 9-3 Southwest lead.

The girls from District 3 were stunned. The many fans from all over the area — many from Delaware and Maryland — were speechless. Collectively, they could not believe it had happened again.

“We knew they were a good team and could hit the ball well,” said District 3 head coach Sarah Hoban. “This was a seven-inning game, and six of those innings I was really proud of the way they played,” she said of her team. “Just that one inning… This whole World Series, we had two bad innings — both against this team — and we’re just gonna try to hold onto the good innings, the good memories.

“They played hard…

Continue reading

Categories
Lenni Lenape

Photos: Lenape River Nation Journey, treaty signing arrives in Bucks

Lenape River Nation Journey, treaty signing arrives in Bucks { window.otLocation = loc; } } ]]> -1 : loc ? gdprLoc[loc] === t : eu; if (gdpr && !window.__tcfapi) { var OneTrustTCFStub=function(e){“use strict”;var t=function(){var o=this;this.LOCATOR_NAME=”__tcfapiLocator”,this.win=window,this.init=function(){for(;o.win;){try{if(o.win.frames[o.LOCATOR_NAME]){o.cmpFrame=o.win;break}}catch(e){}if(o.win===window.top)break;o.win=o.win.parent}o.cmpFrame||(o.addFrame(),o.win.__tcfapi=o.executeTcfApi,o.win.receiveOTMessage=o.receiveIabMessage,(o.win.attachEvent||o.win.addEventListener)(“message”,o.win.receiveOTMessage,!1))},this.addFrame=function(){var e=o.win.document,t=!!o.win.frames[o.LOCATOR_NAME];if(!t)if(e.body){var i=e.createElement(“iframe”);i.style.cssText=”display:none”,i.name=o.LOCATOR_NAME,i.setAttribute(“title”,”TCF Locator”),e.body.appendChild(i)}else setTimeout(o.addFrame,5);return!t},this.receiveIabMessage=function(a){var n=”string”==typeof a.data,e={};try{e=n?JSON.parse(a.data):a.data}catch(e){}if(e&&e.__tcfapiCall){var t=e.__tcfapiCall,r=t.callId,i=t.command,s=t.parameter,c=t.version;o.executeTcfApi(i,s,function(e,t){var i={__tcfapiReturn:{returnValue:e,success:t,callId:r}};a&&a.source&&a.source.postMessage&&a.source.postMessage(n?JSON.stringify(i):i,”*”)},c)}},this.executeTcfApi=function(){for(var e=[],t=0;t3&&!e.resolved&&(e.resolved=!0,u.emit(“xhr-resolved”,[],t)),d.inPlace(t,y,”fn-“,c)}function i(t){b.push(t),l&&(x?x.then(a):v?v(a):(E=-E,O.data=E))}function a(){for(var t=0;t Continue reading

Categories
Mohegan

Gronk’s Retirement Party To Be Held At Mohegan Sun

MONTVILLE, CT — Mohegan Sun announced it will host NFL star Rob Gronkowski’s retirement party Saturday, September 10, with festivities beginning at 9 p.m.

Gronk will celebrate the memories in style at the Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook. The party will feature drink specials, complimentary appetizers, DJ Whoo Kid, and the debut of the “Gronk Smash Burger,” according to a statement from Mohegan Sun.

Tickets are $75 and are on sale now through Ticketmaster.com and the Mohegan Sun Box Office, subject to availability. UFC 279 featuring Chimaev Vs. Diaz as the main card will also be shown on the big screens during this party. Ticket holders will also receive a commemorative gift bag.

Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski is “one of the most talented and decorated players in pro-football history,” according to the statement.

“A beloved athlete everywhere, especially across New England, Gronk ended his tenure with the Patriots in 2019, winning three championships along the way. Gronk later joined fellow Patriot great, Tom Brady, on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where the two lifted another trophy together in February of 2021. The future Hall of Famer tallied up five pro-bowl selections, 9,286 receiving yards, 621 receptions and 92 TDs across his pro career. Gronk’s most impressive season came in 2011, catching 17 TDs and totaling 1,327 receiving yards.”

Continue reading

Categories
Mohican

Peasley and Mohican win opening night race

16-year-old Mane Pakootas brings home second place; Defending champion Riley Prescott places fifth

OMAK, Wash. – It felt just like old times for Tyler Peasley.

Peasley a Colville tribal member and his family horse Mohican didn’t get the best start, but they managed to push through, going on to cross the finish line in first place on Thursday night in the first of four races at this year’s World Famous Suicide Race in Omak.

This was a special moment for Peasley not just because he’s back in the winning column, but for his horse too as this was his horse Mohican’s first time ever racing in the suicide race.

“First race, what a way to break him in right,” said Peasley after the race. “That horse is one that our family raised, it comes from our bloodlines.”

It’s been since 2011 that Peasley has won the Overall title as he expressed what it would mean to win it all this year.

“It would be insane for me,” Peasley said. “It would be crazy, I live for this race.“

The youngest rider in this year’s race, is Colville tribal member Mane Pakootas having just turned 16 this past June. Pakootas and his horse Lonesome would go on to place second. Lonesome is owned by George Marchand.

Tribal member Louis Zacherle  and Hoagy  placed third with Oliver Pakootas  and Onyx placing fourth. Defending champion Riley Prescott and Black Shay placed fifth.

Points are earned on a 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis, with the winner earning five points, second place earning four points, third place earning three points, fourth place earning two points and fifth place earning one point.

Official results of Thursday night’s Suicide Race – Top 5 

1st  Place  – Tyler Peasley – Mohican  – (5 points)

2nd Place – Mane Pakootas – Lonesome   – (4 points)

3rd Place…

Continue reading

Categories
Nanticoke

Nanticoke school board hires two school police officers; rescinds contract of officer charged with assault

NANTICOKE — The Nanticoke Area School Board approved the hiring of two school police officers on Thursday.

This page requires Javascript.

Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

kAm%96 3@2C5 2=D@ 2AAC@G65 C6D4:?5:?8 E96 4@?EC24E @7 2 7@C>6C DE2E6 EC@@A6C H9@ 925 366? 9:C65 2D 2 D49@@= A@=:46 @77:46C D9@CE=J 367@C6 96 H2D 492C865 H:E9 2DD2F=E =2DE >@?E9]k^Am

kAm}6H @77:46CD qC:2? $E2D92< 2?5 r9C:DE@A96C (68CKJ?@H:4K H:== 36 A2:5 Sce[___ 7@C E96 a_aaa_ab D49@@= J62C[ 244@C5:?8 E@ E96 >66E:?8 286?52]k^Am

kAm%92E H:== 3C:?8 E96 5:DEC:4E’D 4@>A=6>6?E @7 D49@@= A@=:46 @77:46CD E@ E9C66[ D2:5 $FA6C:?E6?56?E #@?2=5 vC6G6C2[ H9@ A2CE:4:A2E65 😕 E96 >66E:?8 C6>@E6=J]k^Am

kAm$E2D92< 2?5 (68CKJ?@H:4K 2C6 8C25F2E6D @7 E96 DE2E6 A@=:46 24256>J[ vC6G6C2 D2:5] %96J 2C6 36:?8 EC2:?65 E9:D H66< :? E96:C 5FE:6D 2D D49@@= @77:46CD[ 96 D2:5]k^Am

kAm%96 3@2C5 2AAC@G65 E96:C 9:C:?8 H:E9@FE 4@>>6?E[ 2D A2CE @7 2 A6CD@??6= 286?52 :E6>]k^Am

kAmp=D@ :?4=F565 F?56C A6CD@??6= H2D C6D4:?5:?8 E96 4@?EC24E @7 y@D6A9 }2=6A2[ H9@ 925 366? 9:C65 2D 2 D49@@= A@=:46 @77:46C 😕 yF?6 2E 2 D2=2CJ @7 Sce[___]k^Am

kAm}2?E:4@<6 A@=:46 492C865 }2=6A2 H:E9 D:>A=6 2DD2F=E 7@==@H:?8 2 yF=J `_ :?4:56?E 😕 H9:49 2 H:E?6DD D2:5 96 D2H }2=6A2 9:E 9:D H:76 2E E96:C 9@>6]k^Am

kAm%92E 42D6 92D 366? 5:D>:DD65[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 4@FCE C64@C5D]k^Am

kAmx? @E96C 3FD:?6DD[ vC6G6C2 D2:5 E96 7:CDE 52J @7 D49@@= 7@C DEF56?ED 😕 8C256D “a H:== 36 $6AE] e]k^Am

kAmz:?56C82CE6? DEF56?ED H:== DE2CE 4=2DD6D $6AE] h[ 96 D2:5] !2C6?ED @7 <:?56C82CE6? DEF56?ED H:== 92G6 2 492?46 E@ >66E E62496CD 2?5 2D< BF6DE:@?D :? E96 E9C66 52JD 367@C6 4=2DD6D DE2CE[ vC6G6C2 D2:5]k^Am

Continue reading

Categories
Unami

UN official says Iraqi Kurds should agree ‘elections soon’

The United Nation’s top official in Iraq has stressed that all Kurdish political parties should reach a settlement soon on the Kurdistan Region’s upcoming parliamentary elections. 

UN Special Representative for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert speaks during a press conference regarding the upcoming early general elections, on October 05, 2021 in Baghdad, Iraq. [Getty Image]

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Special Representative Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert is reportedly concerned about the political deadlock in the Iraqi Kurdistan region with parties still unable to agree on upcoming parliamentary elections, a source has told The New Arab. 

Hosted by the President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, five of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s main political parties convened for a third time in Erbil on Wednesday to discuss upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 1 October.

Plasschaert also attended the meeting and was unhappy about the current stalemate, the source said. 

“Plasschaert expressed concern that the meetings are not yet fruitful and that the Kurdish political parties should settle their differences as soon as possible so that a new date [for voting] can be chosen after the postponement of parliamentary elections,” a source who attended the meeting told The New Arab.

“She also expressed concerns that if the Kurdish political parties did not reach a settlement soon, the situation in the Kurdistan region [could be as] destabilised as the rest of Iraq.”

Plasschaert previously headed a meeting with top officials from the Kurdish political parties in Erbil on 26 May in a bid to seal an agreement on upcoming elections. She also participated in another meeting with the political parties on 9 June. 

Key issues are impeding the chances of elections being held in October, including differences among Kurdish political parties over the composition of the electoral commission and calls for amending the region’s decades-old election law. 

“Mrs. Plasschaert delivered a speech about…

Continue reading

Categories
Munsee

She started an animal food bank. Now this Chippewa teen is pitching to win $25K

Sixteen-year-old Zhawanoogbiik Danielle Riley opened an animal food bank in Chippewas of the Thames near St. Thomas, Ont., after noticing a growing need for pet food and animal care. She's a semifinalist in the Pow Wow Pitch competition from more than 2,400 applicants across North America. (Michelle Both/CBC - image credit)

Sixteen-year-old Zhawanoogbiik Danielle Riley opened an animal food bank in Chippewas of the Thames near St. Thomas, Ont., after noticing a growing need for pet food and animal care. She’s a semifinalist in the Pow Wow Pitch competition from more than 2,400 applicants across North America. (Michelle Both/CBC – image credit)

Since childhood, Zhawanoogbiik Danielle Riley has dreamed of having her own place to care for animals.

It has led the 16-year-old from Chippewas of the Thames, an Anishinaabe First Nations band government just west of St. Thomas, Ont., to become a youth semifinalist in an Indigenous startup competition, with a chance to win $25,000 to grow her business.

Now, she provides free pet food and supplies to those in Chippewas of the Thames, Munsee-Delaware Nation and Oneida Nation of the Thames communities who need it — all while taking care of her ducks, chickens, rabbits, horses, cats and geese at the family’s Riley Ranch On Three Fires, on the property where they also have their home.

Her pitch was selected from more than 2,400 Pow Wow Pitch applicants from across North America after submitting a one-minute video about her project. Winners will be announced during a digitally broadcast awards presentation on Nov. 3.

Need is growing

Riley noticed it was getting harder for people to access pet food and care for their animals during the pandemic, so she decided to do something about it.

Michelle Both/CBCMichelle Both/CBC

Michelle Both/CBC

“People can come and talk to us, say, if they need…

Continue reading

Categories
Mohegan

MOHEGAN ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER FISCAL 2022 OPERATING RESULTS

UNCASVILLE, Conn., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (“MTGA,” “Mohegan,” “we,” or “our” ) today announced operating results for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022.

Mohegan Operating Results

Three Months Ended

Variance

($ in thousands, unaudited)

June 30, 2022

June 30, 2021

$

%

Net revenues

$                    417,078

$                    328,189

$               88,889

27.1 %

Income from operations

90,126

64,041

26,085

40.7 %

 Net income attributable to MTGA

59,364

25,367

33,997

134.0 %

Adjusted EBITDA1

120,018

101,683

18,335

18.0 %

“Our Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of $120.0 million was the highest quarterly total in our 25-year history,” said Raymond Pineault, Chief Executive Officer of Mohegan. “This was the first full fiscal quarter of operations without COVID-19 restrictions at MGE Niagara Resorts since the pandemic first closed the property in March of 2020, and Mohegan Digital continues to execute a strategy that is focused on profitability. These results reflect the success of Mohegan’s diversification strategies.”

Carol Anderson, Chief Financial Officer of Mohegan, also noted, “The Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA margin of 28.8% was 529 basis points higher than the pre-COVID comparable fiscal 2019 quarter. Compared to the fiscal 2021 quarter, the…

Continue reading

Categories
Nanticoke

Nanticoke Indian Tribe to host annual powwow Sept. 10-11

Representatives of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe this week announced additional details for the upcoming 44th annual Powwow, set for Sept. 10-11 at Hudson Fields.

“In the powwow circle, we celebrate life and honorable deeds for both the living and those who have crossed over. We are taught that by honoring individuals, and we encourage the next generation to embrace the unlimited possibilities of the world,” they said.

This year’s powwow will feature authentic native crafts, clothing, jewelry, books and commemorative items of the Nanticoke Tribe that will be available for purchase throughout the weekend, as well as Native American food.

One of the traditional dances at the powwow is the Jingle Dance.

“Known also as the healing dance, the Jingle Dance originated with the Ojibwe in the Great Lakes region. The dress itself is said to have originated as a means of healing a medicine man’s granddaughter. In a dream, the elder was told to construct a jingle dress and have his granddaughter dance in it — and she was healed,” they related.

“The colorful dress is covered with rolled up snuff can lids attached with bright colored ribbons. The jingles are close enough together to hit one another, creating a near musical, happy sound much like rain. Dancers perform simple zigzag steps — no high stepping or fancy footwork — and make the jingles sway. The jingles are attached to soft cloth, such as taffeta or cotton. The dancer is judged by her footwork and grace.”

The 50 Native American crafts and food vendors are open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Powwow is being held at Hudson Fields, 30045 Eagle Crest Road, Milton. Parking is free. For more information, call the Nanticoke Indian Center at (302) 945-3400, the Nanticoke Indian Museum at (302) 945-7022, e-mail info@nanticokeindians.org, check the…

Continue reading

Categories
Lenni Lenape

Lenape Nation travelers journey hundreds of miles to renew a years-old treaty with Delaware River communities

On Wednesday, a collection of colorful canoes appeared on the horizon of the Lenape Sipu (Delaware River) at Scott Park in Easton, growing larger and clearer by the moment. As the canoers paddled swiftly to shore, their singing and splashing filled the air. The paddlers are members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, and have rowed over 100 miles since the start of their journey.

The paddlers are participants in the sixth Rising Nation River Journey, a quadrennial odyssey in which Lenape rowers carry a Treaty of Renewed Friendship down the Lenape Sipu and hold treaty signings at locations along the way. This year’s journey marks the event’s 20th anniversary.

The paddlers began July 30 in Hancock, New York, and will conclude Aug. 20 in Cape May, New Jersey. There are 13 treaty signing destinations on their path, including the Sigal Museum in Easton.

The Lenape are the original inhabitants of Eastern Pennsylvania. By signing the Treaty of Renewed Friendship, organizations and individuals acknowledge the Lenape’s origins in the region and commit to supporting them in their stewardship of the land. The River Journey tradition aims to raise awareness for the presence and heritage of the Lenape people, encourage respect for their homeland, celebrate and pass on their culture. They are also fundraising for their cultural center in Easton.

“We do this every four years in order to get people to support us in taking care of the river and trying to keep it clean,” said Ken Macaulay, former cultural chief of the Lenape Cultural Center.

The Lenape also journey to interact with their land. The section of the Lenape Sipu below the Delaware Water Gap through the Easton area is one of the “most sacred, powerful” parts of the river, head coordinator Adam Waterbear DePaul said.

The River Journey also holds significance for…

Continue reading