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NEW PALTZ – Historic Huguenot Street presents “Soul of A Nation: Tribal Sovereignty and the American Revolution,” an online presentation with Heather Bruegl and Chief Mark Peters at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 10.

The presentation will examine how Indigenous groups, like the Munsee and the Mohicans, were either inspired or persuaded to take sides in the conflict, and explain how such decisions would go on to impact the course of their communities’ histories forever.

Bruegl is a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and first line descendent Stockbridge-Munsee. Peters is chief of the Munsee-Delaware Nation in Southwestern Ontario, Canada and historian for their community for the past 30 years. General admission, $8.
Discounted Admission $5 (For HHS members, seniors, students, active military members, and veterans) 

Learn more and register at https://www.huguenotstreet.org/calendar-of-events/2022/3/10/soul-of-a-nation. 

Revolutionary graves being researched

NEW LEBANON – A new consortium of workers and the members of the Cemetery of the Evergreens board have joined to identify and honor veterans in the graveyard, many of whom helped establish the town over 200 years ago.

Current New Lebanon Town Historian Elizabeth Sheffer-Winig, who is also a Hendrick Hudson Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter member, said the project will “identify, catalog, and honor those who served in the American Revolution. The oldest part of the cemetery, called Cypress Hill, is where the earliest burials occurred, including possibly three dozen Revolutionary War veterans, according to the chapter.

The intention is to restore the stones, research the lives and military service of the patriots buried there, and produce a booklet about them, the chapter said. The project’s culmination will be a grave-marking…

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East Lyme completes magical run with 48-35 win over Waterford in ECC D-I final

Mohegan — Jeff Bernardi told his upstart East Lyme boys’ basketball team that they’d win Tuesday night’s Eastern Connecticut Conference Division I tournament title if they scored fifty.

The Vikings just missed.

But they didn’t even need to score 40 to win.

Sixth-seeded East Lyme hustled and hassled fourth-seeded Waterford from the jump and used a pivotal third-quarter run by tournament MVP Riley Walsh to finish their wild ride through the tournament with a 48-35 win before close to 3,000 at Mohegan Sun Arena.

It was the eighth straight win for the Vikings (15-8).

To think that they were 7-8 after a 61-50 loss to Norwich Free Academy on Feb. 3.

“Defense won this game,” Bernardi said. “Yes, we had 48 points but how many points did we score off of defensive stops and turnovers and transition?

“Our calling card was establish the tone with your defense and to turn your defense into offense and tonight was just picture perfect.”

Walsh, a senior, scored 10 of his game-high 15 points during a late third quarter run for the Vikings.

Senior Will Anglin (10 points, six rebounds, four steals) and junior Gavin O’Brien (11 points) joined Walsh on the all-tournament team.

“We’re nitty-gritty,” Walsh said. “We’re sound. We trust each other for sure. We know that if someone is going by (us) that there’s going to be someone on help defense and honestly, (senior) Rowan (Mundell) and Will are the two dogs of the defense. They’re insane defenders and we kind of rely on them.”

Seniors Sean O’Connell (nine points, seven rebounds) and Jordan Elci (six points) both made the all-tournament team for Waterford (17-6), and junior Logan Peabody added 10 points.

The Lancers beat the Vikings in their only regular season meeting (36-32, Jan. 25).

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Book a Getaway in the Trees at the Mohicans

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Lenape uses late run to beat EHT 66-52

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District II basketball championships return to Mohegan Sun Arena this weekend

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13 Lenape district wrestlers qualify for state championships

The Lenape Regional High School District has advanced 13 wrestlers to the NJSIAA State Individual Wrestling Championships March 3-5 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

Shawnee led the way with five qualifiers, followed by Cherokee with four and two each from Seneca and Lenape based on their performance at the NJSIAA Region 7 tournament Feb. 25-26 at Moorestown High School.

The Region 7 field consisted of the top three finishers in each weight class from the NJSIAA District 25-28 tournaments held at various sites Feb. 19.

The top four finishers in each weight class at the regionals earn a trip to Atlantic City.

Geisenheimer a Region 7 champ at 285

Cherokee Team Finish: 7th place, 69 points.

State Qualifiers: Jason Brown, freshman, 29-8 record (138; 4th place), Thomas Lapinski, senior, 31-3 record (150; 3rd place), Evan Brown, junior, 30-3 record (157; 2nd place), Aidan Geisenheimer, senior, 30-4 record (285; 1st place).

Coach’s Comment: “I thought my wrestlers competed very well and we have four kids that qualified and will be wrestling in Atlantic City this weekend,” said Cherokee coach Michael Booth. “Aidan Geisenheimer wrestled close matches all tournament and won his final three bouts in the ultimate tie break to become our first region champ since Collin Wickramaratna in 2018. Evan Brown wrestled well but came up a little short. He will be ready this weekend for states. Tommy Lapinski dropped a hard-fought semifinal bout (to Southern Regional’s Cole Velardi) and rebounded to take third. Jason Brown won an overtime match to qualify for the state tournament as a freshman. I look forward to watching them compete this weekend.”

Friedman, Langlois move on to Atlantic City

Lenape Team Finish: Tied 16th place, 29 points.

State Qualifiers: Trey Friedman, junior, 26-2 record (113; 3rd place), Kevin Langlois, senior, 23-5 record…

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Woman calls out school’s “racist” routine during sports game in viral video

A viral video of a performance during a basketball game at an Indiana high school has viewers disgusted after two students dressed in traditional Native American clothing and danced.

Sarah Holba, who goes by the username @rradredgina, posted a video of the students culturally appropriating Native culture by having two students dress as the high school’s official mascot “the Indian” and “the Maiden.”

The video, titled “what in the #culturalappropriation” received more than 146,000 views and 3,800 comments since it was posted on February 22.

Cultural appropriation is the act of taking aspects of an oppressed or minority group’s culture without permission. WeRNative, a health resource for Native youth, provides resources to youth struggling to fight Native cultural appropriation.

WeRNative recommends individuals who see individuals appropriating Native culture start a conversation about why what they are doing is harmful and disrespectful, although the conversations can be uncomfortable.

“I literally hate Indiana,” the on-screen text read as Holba showed a student dressed in a reconstruction of a traditional Native American headdress running across the high school’s basketball court.

Holba told Newsweek the incident occurred at Anderson High School in Anderson, Indiana, on February 22. Although Holba has no association with the school, she was attending a basketball game for the school’s senior night when she started recording the school’s mascot.

In the video, a male and female student stood in the middle of the basketball court dressed as Native Americans including war paint, feathers, and a large feathered headdress.

At one point during warm-ups for the basketball game, the two individuals stood in the middle of a group of cheerleaders as the male student pretended to blow a horn.

“I have had several students at Anderson comment and reach out to me saying that this has gone on historically for years at the school,” Holba said. “When students…

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WNBA Considered Terminating New York Liberty Over Chartered Flights

WNBA - New York LibertyWNBA - New York LibertyConnecticut Sun guard/forward DiJonai Carrington (21) and New York Liberty guard/forward Betnijah Laney (44) in action during a WNBA game between New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun on September 15, 2021, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. (Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

*The New York Liberty were fined $500,000 for taking charter flights to away games during the second half of the WNBA season.

Team owners Joe and Clara Wu Tsai reportedly chartered the flights, which included an unsanctioned team trip to Napa, California. These flights are said to be a violation of WNBA’s bargaining agreement, per Howard Megdal of Sports Illustrated.

Joe previously spoke about the team’s travel on Twitter, saying a “constructive solution to this problem” needs to be explored. 

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The Liberty’s $500K fine, Sports Illustrated shared, came after the league reportedly tried to fine the organization $1 million, which was then appealed. Liberty executive Oliver Weisberg is also allegedly being removed from the WNBA’s executive committee as a result. WNBA general counsel Jamin Dershowitz reportedly threatened the “termination of the franchise” and the loss of “every draft pick you have ever seen” in response to the flights that were chartered for every road game during the season’s second half. 

As reported by Bleacher Report, the Liberty has pushed for chartered flights to become standard for team travel.  

“I think what charter flights represent in the world of sports is it gives you…

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