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The New Generation Entertainment Resort

With the aspiration of “Inspiring Worlds, Inspiring People,” INSPIRE aims to set a new standard for entertainment resorts in South Korea, offering an unforgettable and unparalleled experience to visitors of all generations and nationalities. INSPIRE plans to open the entire resort in phases by the first half of 2024, employing a gradual opening strategy.

“This is a momentous occasion for Mohegan, marking both a historic partnership for our Tribe and a new echelon for our system of premier integrated entertainment resorts around the world,” said James Gessner Jr., Chairman of the Mohegan Tribe and the Mohegan Management Board. “We have been honored to work closely with the Korean government to make this day possible, and we look forward to INSPIRE contributing to the local and regional economies by creating local jobs, bringing visitors to enjoy the Incheon region, and attracting new businesses both on and adjacent to the property. I am grateful to the Mohegan and Mohegan INSPIRE teams for their efforts and their leadership and look forward to many years of success and partnership in South Korea.” 

A soft opening on November 30 will introduce a premier hotel comprising three towers, each with a distinct concept (Forest Tower, Sun Tower and Ocean Tower); INSPIRE Arena, a multi-purpose indoor performance venue with a total capacity of 15,000 seats; and Aurora, a 150-meter-long digital entertainment street featuring super-large LED screens. This opening also showcases Splash Bay, a glass-domed indoor water park (swimming pool available to hotel guests in the initial phase), more than 10 INSPIRE-owned restaurants, including the world-famous Michael Jordan’s Steak House, and state-of-the-art MICE facilities.

“INSPIRE is significant to us not only for our growth in the global market but also for the opportunity to share Mohegan’s legacy and spirit with the world,” said Ray Pineault, President and Chief Executive…

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Lenni Lenape

Native American veterans practice Indigenous art, connect through shared experiences

Throughout Native American Heritage Month, the University, in collaboration with The Heard Museum’s Native Artists Resource Group, displayed prints crafted by Native American veterans along the walls of the ArtSpace West gallery on the West Valley Campus from Nov. 8 to Nov. 22.

The concept was brought to life with two three-day workshops taught by Jacob Meders, an associate professor of interdisciplinary arts and performance. The workshop showed veterans the process of making, carving and block printing — a traditional Indigenous art form. Later, their work was displayed in the ArtSpace West gallery.

Block printing is “carving into blocks and then picking them up and printing them to the press,” according to Meders.

“It’s not about what you get out of it for yourself, it’s about what do you do for others,” Meders said. “It’s more meaningful.”

The Native Veterans Print Exhibition was created by Marcus Monenerkit, the director of community management at the Heard Museum.

“The Native veterans have been healing through the arts for generations,” Monenerkit said. “As you know, the past warriors would come home and take part in ceremonies, and that ceremony is art.”

For this project, Monenerkit wanted to provide a safe space to “create and to be free and to be with other veterans.” 

The printing workshop was not only about the art itself but also the effect it can have on others. 

“Instead, it is focused on the purpose of art. Art is a purposeful…

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Nanticoke

Blue catfish stomachs reveal ecological toll of their appetite

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Noah Bressman, a biologist at Salisbury University in Maryland, begins dissecting of a large blue catfish to determine the contents of its stomach. 

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In terms of appetite and willingness to gorge on just about anything, blue catfish have few peers in the Chesapeake Bay, experts say.

“They’re eating everything, anything they can get their mouths around,” said Noah Bressman, a fish biologist at Salisbury University in Maryland.

Now, a clearer picture is emerging of their ecological toll. Two new studies based in tidal rivers on opposite sides of the Bay show that the invasive species is gobbling up prized native aquatic life, such as menhaden and blue crabs, at high rates.

Previous studies have suggested as much. But the latest research adds important insights.

The investigation conducted by Bressman’s team marks the first time that the nonnative’s eating habits have been examined on the eastern side of the Bay. Meanwhile, Virginia scientists have used a previous blue catfish stock assessment to produce another first: estimates of how much of each species is eaten within a major Chesapeake river.

The goal is to determine whether plentiful and voracious blue catfish are endangering the survival of their prey within a particular river or even the entire Bay complex. Many anglers and biologists have suspected as much. They just lack the scientific evidence to prove it.

The new research brings observers closer to that goal, said Dave Secor, a fisheries biologist with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. “Some of these numbers show potentially very large impacts to predation of prey species,” said Secor, who wasn’t involved with the studies.

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Noah Bressman, left, and Davis Carter fish for blue catfish in Maryland’s Nanticoke River as part of…

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Delaware Tribe

A look at Indigenous names along the Susquehanna Greenway

PHOTO PROVIDED Shown is Chickies Rock in the lower Susquehanna in this photo by Adam Hoke provided by the Susquehanna Greenway.

The Susquehanna River has drawn people to its banks for thousands of years. Many of our Susquehanna Greenway River Towns were built where former Native American villages once maintained extensive agricultural fields, towns, and roads along the easily navigable shores of the Susquehanna River. Acknowledging the importance of Indigenous people in Pennsylvania’s past, present, and future is key to understanding and respecting the Susquehanna Greenway that we explore today.

Many familiar names throughout the Susquehanna Greenway have their roots in Native languages. In the Northern regions of the Susquehanna River, most Indigenous people spoke variations of the Haudenosaunee language – including Mohawk and Oneida – while those in the central and southern regions largely spoke Algonquian dialects.

In this article, you’ll learn about just a few of these parks, trails, and landmarks with key ties to Indigenous history. Remember, many of the paths we walk today have been walked for thousands of years.

Black Moshannon State Park

Situated along Moshannon Creek, Black Moshannon State Park was initially inhabited by Susquehannock people. The name Moshannon is derived from the Algonquian word “Mos’hanna’unk,” meaning “elk river place,” with “black” referring to the darkness of the water due to the plant tannins from the bog. Located within one of the most remote sections of the Susquehanna Greenway and the PA Wilds, it is also one of the few places you might see wild elk today.

PHOTO PROVIDED Shown is a view of Mocanaqua Trail in this photo by Debbie Perkins provided by the Susquehanna Greenway.

Catawissa

Catawissa, a borough in Columbia County that sits upon the banks of the Susquehanna, derives its name from the Indigenous word “Catawese.” Authorities differ…

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Mohegan

Korea’s Mohegan Inspire sets 30 November soft opening date

The Mohegan tribe has announced that its new Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort in South Korea will host a soft opening on 30 November.

Mohegan said the soft launch next week will allow visitors to access certain facilities ahead of the resort’s full launch. Several other opening phases will follow before Incheon-based Mohegan Inspire becomes fully operational during the first half of 2024.

The soft launch includes three towers, over 10 restaurants and a multi-purpose arena, the first of its kind in Korea. Visitors can also access the “Aurora” digital entertainment street and “Splash Bay”, a glass-domed indoor water park.

Following this initial phase, the resort will open the “Inspire Mall” and a foreigner-exclusive casino in Q1 of 2024. Other amenities including outdoor entertainment facility “Discovery Park”, a food court and exhibition centre, will follow in Q2.

Milestone soft launch for Mohegan

Mohegan Tribe and Mohegan Management Board chairman James Gessner said the soft launch is a “momentous” occasion for Mohegan.

“We are honoured to work closely with the Korean government to make this day possible,” Gessner said. “We look forward to Inspire contributing to the local and regional economies by creating local jobs, bringing visitors to enjoy the Incheon region and attracting new businesses both on and adjacent to the property.”

Chen Si, who was appointed president of Mohegan Inspire in September, also welcomed the news. He said the soft launch is a “major” milestone for the resort project ahead of its full opening.

Si, who previously worked at Las Vegas Sands, is overseeing budget and business plans for the $5.0m integrated resort project.

“I would like to express a sincere gratitude to the Korean government, municipalities, local communities and our team members for their support and collaboration on this project,” Si said.

“As we grow with…

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Guided by trust and collaboration, the Berkshire Museum will hand over two sets of remains to the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe

PITTSFIELD — The remains were found in the late 19th century. 

A tag indicated they were recovered at a river washout in “Springfield/Longmeadow,” and a forensic exam conducted by the University of Massachusetts in 1995 found they likely belonged to an adult and an adolescent.

The location suggests they could belong to any of a few different Native American tribes. They were donated to the Berkshire Athenaeum and went into the Berkshire Museum’s collection when the entities separated in 1932.

Now, nearly a century later, the museum has granted custody of the two sets of remains to the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians.

“Because we have standing, and it is part of our history in that area and we have kinship ties,” said Bonney Hartley, who is the tribal historic preservation officer for the tribe. “We are trying to step in and respectfully care for the ancestors and provide a dignified reburial for them, so they don’t remain on shelves at the museum and disturbed in their journey.”

Native artifacts in display case

Artifacts, all of which have been repatriated to the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohicans, are on display as part of a public exhibit at the Mission House in Stockbridge. 

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The repatriation was part of a larger process that began in 1990 when a landmark federal law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, ordered America’s museums and universities to return Native American cultural objects, including the remains of ancestors removed from their burial locations.

The long, slow process continues today, with the cataloging of thousands of items to find their rightful home, happening largely out of the spotlight.

“It’s more pervasive than most people are aware of, and not publicized because of the sensitives involved,” said Hartley, who works from the Stockbridge-Munsee office in Williamstown. “We…

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Delaware Tribe

Fashion designer moved to Timmins to pursue her dream

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“Cree Style by De Lores” founder planning Indigenous fashion gathering

Published Nov 26, 2023  •  Last updated 19 hours ago  •  2 minute read

Fashion designer Delores Gull was a model of urban Indigenous style at the Niska Noël market on Saturday. Gull’s label Cree Style by Delores, features original ribbon skirts often made from Teton trade cloth, a Texas-based company run by the Delaware Tribe. Gull is busy planning an Indigenous Fashion Historical Teachings Gathering in Cochrane on Feb. 29. The location is yet to be determined. NICOLE STOFFMAN/THE DAILY PRESS

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Fashion designer Delores Gull was a model of urban Indigenous fashion, pairing a buffalo-patterned ribbon skirt with combat boots, AC/DC t-shirt and bomber jacket at the Niska Noël Market on Saturday.

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Setting off the eye-catching ensemble was her wide leather regalia belt made by her partner especially for her, beaded earrings depicting a pair of wolves, and a bold collection of oversized turquoise rings.

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Regalia belts are worn at ceremonies with regalia or with a ribbon skirt for more casual occasions.

A member of Weenusk First Nation, Gull moved from Peawanuck to Timmins in 2014 to pursue her dream of making clothes. She got a job at Fabricland soon after and learned to sew from her co-workers.

“I asked the ladies there, who became my friends, and they started teaching me how to read a pattern, and that’s how I started,” said Gull, who sells her ribbon skirts, regalia belts and mukluks at “Cree Style by De Lores” on Facebook.

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Mohegan INSPIRE integrated resort in South Korea gears up for soft launch on November 30

Mohegan Gaming will hold a soft opening of its new South Korean property INSPIRE Entertainment Resort on November 30. The announcement was made this week by Mohegan Gaming’s President Chen Si.

INSPIRE is a large-scale integrated entertainment resort in the International Business Center III (IBC-III) near Incheon International Airport in Yeongjong-do. The resort is the eighth property of its parent company, Mohegan. Spanning a land area of 461,661 square meters, the facility required an investment of approximately KRW 2 trillion ($1.53 billion).

This first phase includes three hotel towers with 1,275 rooms, Korea’s first multi-purpose arena, MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) facilities including the largest ballroom in Korea, restaurants, and digital entertainment street Aurora.

INSPIRE plans to open the entire resort in phases by the first half of 2024, employing a gradual opening strategy.

“This is a momentous occasion for Mohegan, marking both a historic partnership for our Tribe and a new echelon for our system of premier integrated entertainment resorts around the world,” said James Gessner Jr., Chairman of the Mohegan Tribe and the Mohegan Management Board.

“We have been honored to work closely with the Korean government to make this day possible, and we look forward to INSPIRE contributing to the local and regional economies by creating local jobs, bringing visitors to enjoy the Incheon region, and attracting new businesses both on and adjacent to the property.”

The soft opening will introduce a premier hotel comprising three towers, each with a distinct concept (Forest Tower, Sun Tower, and Ocean Tower); INSPIRE Arena, a multi-purpose indoor performance venue with a total capacity of 15,000 seats; and Aurora, a 150-meter-long digital entertainment street featuring large LED screens.

This opening will also showcase Splash Bay, a glass-domed indoor water park (swimming…

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Nanticoke

TidalHealth Nanticoke’s 3rd Quarter 2023 Team Members of the Quarter

SEAFORD — TidalHealth Nanticoke honors four team members as 3rd Quarter 2023 Team Members of the Quarter.

Stephen “Steve” Hitchens of Accounting is TidalHealth Nanticoke’s 3rd Quarter 2023 Team Member of the Quarter for Administrative and Support Services. Mr. Hitchens started working at TidalHealth Nanticoke in June 1976. He has done every job in accounting including payroll, taking direct deposits to the bank, general ledger and accounts payable. Mr. Hitchens is known throughout the hospital as the “Candy Man” because he spends a small fortune out of his own pocket to make sure hospital team members can satisfy their candy needs throughout the workday.

MaryAnne “Mimi” Clark of Respiratory Care is TidalHealth Nanticoke’s 3rd Quarter 2023 Team Member of the Quarter for Professional Services. Ms. Clark started her career at TidalHealth Nanticoke in February 2022. Quick critical thinking skills are mandatory as a respiratory therapist and Ms. Clark is doing a great job thinking outside the box and giving the best care to her patients.

Vanessa “Dawn” Chaffinch of the Emergency Department is a TidalHealth Nanticoke 3rd Quarter 2023 Team Member of the Quarter for Nursing Services. Ms. Chaffinch is friendly, kind, compassionate and caring and these traits are reflected in the way she takes care of her patients. In her role, she has occasions to sit with some of the same people during their repeat visits. She gets to know them and builds a rapport with them which helps the patients during their stays. To her they are more than patients, they are like family. Patients will specifically request Chaffinch and she is willing to come in on a day off if she knows one of her familiar patients is here.

Melissa Wheedleton, RN, of the Progressive Care Unit (PCU) is a TidalHealth Nanticoke 3rd Quarter 2023 Team Member…

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