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GNACC: Thames River Heritage Park Features Native American Boat Tour With Mohegan Tribe

June 25, 2021

Take a themed boat tour on Connecticut’s most unique attraction

NEW LONDON, Ct. – The Thames River Heritage Park, in collaboration with the Mohegan Tribe, this weekend presents a new historic boat tour “Water, Wampum, and Medicine Wheels. Mohegan Life on the Thames.” Led by Tribal members, this fascinating tour will include stories demonstrating how crucial the Thames River was for food, wildlife, transportation, and trade as well as their relationship with the colonists. The Mohegans were the first in habitants along the Thames settling here toward the end of the 16th century. The Tribal interpreter will also explain the wampum system and will have some on hand.

The tour will run this Saturday at 4:30 pm and 6:15 pm. Additional dates for this tour and others offered by the Park can be found at https://www.thamesriverheritagepark.org/boat-tours.The tour is 75 minutes long and will originate at City Pier behind Union Station in the heart of New London’s Historic Waterfront District Tickets: Adult: $25, Children ages 4-12: $18 and Children ages 0-3: Free.

Tickets are $25 for adults, $18 for children under 12 who are accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available at www.thamesriverheritagepark.org

Our 2021 sponsors include Groton Utilities, 98.7 WNLC, The Day, Crockers Boatyard, the Garde Arts Center, Engineering and Consulting Center for Excellence, and Foxwoods Resort

About: The Thames River Heritage Park is a new kind of state park, one without boundaries. The park is a collection of more than a dozen national and historic sites along the shores of the Thames River – linked by a water taxi – that tell the stories that shaped our nation. Visit www.thamesriverheritagepark.organd be sure to follow us on Facebook.

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Munsee

At The Mission House, ‘Mohican Miles’ gives voice to Stockbridge’s first community

The Mission House exhibit shares the history and culture of the Stockbridge–Munsee Mohican Nation. Photo: Brian Cruey

STOCKBRIDGE — From the banks of the Konkapot River to the cascading waters of Umpachene Falls, the history of the Stockbridge–Munsee Mohican Nation runs deep in Berkshire County. Conversations surrounding the origins of the federally recognized Tribal Nation in Wisconsin — which began in the Hudson and Housatonic River Valleys of the Northeast — have not always been as audible as the rushing bodies of water named for the leaders of two Housatonic Mohican villages in 1734.

Today, 165 years after The Nation was forcibly relocated to what are now the towns of Red Springs and Bartelme in Shawano County, Wisconsin (a result of the Treaty of 1856), a new exhibit at The Mission House Museum gives voice not only to Mohican history and culture, but to land as a source of traditions and identity, and tackles the repercussions of an entire group being forcibly uprooted from their ancestral home.

“We are excited that we have a place to call ours to tell our history, our way. The history that Mohican Nation has in Stockbridge is significant and we are grateful to be able to tell it,” said Heather Bruegl, cultural affairs director for the Stockbridge–Munsee Community, about “Mohican Miles,” the exhibit opening July 2 at The Mission House. Created through collaboration with The Trustees of Reservations, the exhibit covers a wide range of topics, including an overview of Mohican history, the Tribe’s historic relationship with The Trustees, information about the community today, the work…

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Ashland area prepares for July 4 festivities

ASHLAND — Fireworks. Live music. Classic cars. 

The Ashland area will host a variety of festivities for the upcoming July 4 holiday weekend.

City of Ashland

The Rotary Club of Ashland will put on a fireworks show at Ashland Community Stadium on July 4. 

The rotary raised $17,500 for the fireworks show this year, which will start at approximately 9:15 p.m. As was the case last year, no one will be permitted to sit in the grandstands during the fireworks show, but the fireworks can be viewed from streets and backyards throughout the city. 

From 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on July 2, the rotary club will be gifting children fun packs (glow sticks, bendable neon toys, hacky sack balls, bubbles, candy and popcorn). The fun packs will be offered to the first 200 children who show up at the Rotary tent, located in the parking lot of Armstrong Cable.  

Loudonville 

In the Village of Loudonville, fireworks will be presented by Zambelli Fireworks on July 4 in Riverside Park at dusk, around 9:30 p.m. 

For its 21st year, Loudonville will host a car show. The show, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 3, will feature approximately 500 classic cars from various decades. The streets of downtown Loudonville will be closed for traffic during the show. Pre-registration and registration fees are required for vehicle owners participating in the car show. 

Loudonville car show

Loudonville Car Show. File Photo. 

Mohican State Park will also host activities in Loudonville July 2-4. Dinner will be offered in the Bromfield’s Dining Room, located in the Mohican Lodge and Conference Center, each of the three nights beginning at 5 p.m. Dinner will run until 9 p.m. on July 2 and 3, and 8 p.m. on July 4. 

On July 2, a scavenger hunt will be held…

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KRG responds to EU and UNAMI statements on Erbil appellate court’s decision

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Office of the Coordinator for International Advocacy on Thursday responded to the latest statements by the United Nations and European Union Mission in the Kurdistan Region with regards to a recent appellate court decision on five detainees.

Follow-up Statement on EU Mission and UNAMI on the Decision of the Criminal Court of Erbil

On February 16, 2021, the Criminal Court of Erbil sentenced five detainees to six years each in jail. After the legal papers were subjected to appeal, the Appellate Court of Erbil upheld the decision of the Criminal Court on May 6, leaving a space for a final court appeal. On June 27, the highest judiciary filter upheld the decision.

KRG has flourished with bedrock values that are essential for consolidating coherent democratic institutions, a thriving civil society, and efficient legislation and policy-making strategies that strictly adhere to rule of law and the preservation of essential freedoms.

The court is independent of the government and apolitical.

The Kurdistan Regional Government does not and will not interfere with legal processes. We call on the foreign and domestic entities to respect the court’s decisions and heed the impartiality of the judicial process.

The Criminal Court transferred the case papers of these five persons to the Appellate Court, which retained the discretion to reverse or alter the convictions inferred by other courts. The Appellate Court has now upheld the decision of the Criminal Court in two judicial stages. The rulings of the Appellate Court are binding.

KRG believes that free media is important for its own sake and is an essential element in a well-functioning democracy. KRG has a vibrant media, and Kurdistan has long been recognized as a regional exemplar of freedom of expression and freedom of the media.

KRG has requested…

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Lenni Lenape

Fashion Designer Prabal Gurung Accused of Photoshopping NY Chinatown Mural Paying Respect to Lenape People

Prabal Gurung, a New York-based Nepalese fashion designer, ignited backlash for photoshopping an AAPI-Indigenous solidarity mural in Chinatown for his new Resort 2022 collection.

The controversy: Gurung showcased the new dresses in his collection last week, Vogue reported.

  • Two of the pictures from the collections drew flak online, prompting ethnographer Diane Wong to call out the brand for removing the mural on a red brick wall in Chinatown’s Mosco street, according to Refinery29.

  • The mural is a way to pay respect to the Lenape people, which the Smithsonian Magazine described as the true native New Yorkers.

  • Non-binary Asian artist Jess X. Snow created the mural, “In the Future Our Asian Community is Safe,” as a depiction of a future “where we transcend white supremacy and anti-Asian violence,” W.O.W Project told Refinery29.

  • The group described the removal of the Indigenous land acknowledgment as “harmful,” adding, “Indigenous land cannot be erased and Chinatown is not a backdrop for capital gain. It is unfortunate that this act of erasure has distracted us from the intention of this mural. We simply want to recenter the conversation back to this intention: creating a healing space for our community.”

Addressing the issue: Gurung apologized for his actions last Friday and asked Refinery29 to publish the statement in full.

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Nanticoke Indian Powwow will move to Hudson Fields in Lewes

The Nanticoke Indian Powwow is moving to Hudson Fields in Lewes for its 43rd year.

Held off Route 24 in Millsboro until now, the event celebrates the unique cultural traditions of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe. It attracts thousands of people annually, including many other East Coast tribes.

“It’s a time the Nanticoke tribe or any tribal community celebrates heritage, comes together as a renewing and refreshing of our spirits, remembers our ancestors,” said Chief Natosha Harmon Carmine. “We’re also teaching our children our culture and our traditions and sharing them with the public at large.”

Carmine is the first female chief of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe, beginning her tenure in 2016. She said they planned to move the powwow to Hudson Fields last year for “exposure and accessibility” purposes, but the event was canceled due to COVID-19.

HISTORY: Nanticoke Indians once owned the land around Cypress Swamps

The Nanticoke Indian Tribe is one of two state-recognized Native American tribal communities, along with the Kent County-based Lenni Lenape.

There were about 200 Nanticoke warriors living with their families along the Nanticoke River in when it was sailed by Capt. John Smith in 1608, according to the tribe’s website. The Nanticokes eventually dispersed after European colonization, but a number of them moved east and settled near on the Indian River near Millsboro.

Today, about 500 Nanticokes reside in Sussex County, the website says. 

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This year’s powwow will take place from 4-8 p.m. to Friday, Sept. 10; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11; and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12.

Events include a pig roast, vendors, drumming and dance sessions. Keith Colston will emcee, Urie Ridgeway will serve as arena director, and Keith Anderson and Adrienne Harmon will be the head dancers….

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Gegard Mousasi to defend title vs. John Salter at Bellator 264 in Connecticut

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Bellator will head back to Mohegan Sun this August and bring a middleweight title fight with it.

Bellator 185-pound champion Gegard Mousasi will compete for the first time in 2021 when he battles John Salter. The fight will serve as the main event of Bellator 264 on Aug. 13.

Two people with knowledge of the matchup informed MMA Junkie of the booking Friday but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

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Mousasi (47-7-2 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) has not competed since October 2020 when he spoiled Bellator welterweight champion Douglas Lima’s bid at a title in a second division. The win earned him the then-vacant 185-pound title, which he held once prior before a loss to since-retired Rafael Lovato Jr.

Salter (18-4 MMA, 8-1 BMMA), meanwhile, has compiled a three-fight winning streak in the middleweight division since he too lost to Lovato in September 2018. The streak includes a submission over Chidi Njoukuani, a unanimous decision against Costello van Steenis, and a submission over Andrew Kapel.

No other fights have been announced at this time.

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Tribe wins second straight USSSA softball state title

Finding themselves in a 4-0 hole after just two innings, the Delaware Tribe 13U softball squad mounted an impressive comeback win over the Delaware Express Glanden for an 8-5 USSSA championship-clinching performance on Sunday, June 27, at the Lower Sussex Little League Complex.

It was the second straight USSSA state title for this particular group, which won the 12U title last year. This one came in a higher division — against older teams — but, more importantly, came while the team was battling some adversity with key members of the team out due to injuries.

“It was fun, and we hit the ball well all weekend,” Tribe head coach Dennis Scurci said of his team’s effort. “We played a couple clean games with no errors, and we went long a couple times as well. Ryleigh Smith had her first two travel-ball home runs. She had a grand slam on Saturday, and then another one on Sunday.

“We had a tough game in the finals against the Delaware Express Glanden, found ourselves behind, and then came back to win it in the end. It was a great weekend. We were in the toughest bracket. The Delaware Vipers are probably the No. 1 team in the state, and the Express Glanden are probably No. 2 in the state, and we beat both of them so all in all a great weekend.”

A great weekend, indeed.

The Tribe went 5-0 for the weekend, having won three games on Saturday and two more on Sunday. They scored 41 runs over those five games, while allowing just 11.

In the championship finale, the Tribe got multiple-hit efforts from five different batters, with Sophie Scurci, Ava Snelsire, Ava Calciano, Ashlynn Ullman and Katelyn Murray all collecting two hits. Scurci and Snelsire each scored twice. Ashlynn Ullman smashed a three-run bomb for…

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Xbox Elaborates On What It Means Being The ‘Official Console Of Battlefield 2042’

Xbox Elaborates On What It Means Being The 'Official Consoles Of Battlefield'

Yesterday it was revealed that Xbox is the “official console of Battlefield 2042“, but we had no idea what that meant. It seems not many other people did either, considering the game’s not an exclusive. Somebody posed the question to an Xbox exec who revealed all on social media. Unfortunately, it’s not that exciting.

Josh Munsee, the senior marketing manager at Xbox, was asked on Twitter what it means by Xbox being the official console of Battlefield 2042. Munsee elaborated, revealing that all it essentially means is “marketing, branding, gameplay capture, etc.”

When asked if this was a usual practice, Munsee added: “It was part of a bigger series of announcements they made so maybe not “usual” but in context of listing full partnership announcements, not out of place.”

Whether anything else comes out of this slogan remains to be seen, but it seems pretty tied down to being just simple marketing jargon – a theory we proposed when it came about. We’ll learn more about Battlefield 2042 in the coming weeks, especially with the EA Play Live event coming up on July 22, so maybe we’ll get further clarification there.

How do you feel about Xbox being “the official console of Battlefield 2042”? Let us know in the comments below.

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Get a glimpse into Mohican history at Mission House Museum

STOCKBRIDGE — “Mohican Miles,” a new exhibit celebrating the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians’ history and culture in its original homelands, opens Friday at the Trustees of Reservations Mission House Museum, 19 Main St.

The federally recognized tribal nation, based in Wisconsin and with origins in the Hudson and Housatonic River valleys, coordinated the exhibit with the Trustees. The semipermanent exhibit can be viewed by the public beginning Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and then ongoing during regular museum hours, also from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays.

The exhibit includes an overview of Mohican history, the tribe’s historic relationship with the Trustees, information about the community today, the work of the Historic Preservation Office in the homelands, and displays of historic objects belonging to the tribe.

“We are excited that we have a place to call ours to tell our history, our way. The history that Mohican Nation has in Stockbridge is significant, and we are grateful to be able to tell it,” said Heather Bruegl, cultural affairs director for the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

The tribe curated and designed the exhibit from the archives of the Arvid E. Miller Memorial Library Museum in Bowler, Wis., which houses the largest collection of Mohican documents and artifacts in the world.

Trudy Fadding, of Stockbridge, through a fellowship at Williams College, where the tribe maintains a Tribal Historic Preservation Extension Office, worked locally with the tribe’s office to develop the exhibit content.

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As a result of an agreement with the Trustees, the Stockbridge-Munsee Community will maintain exhibit materials in the Carriage House, the separate exhibit room behind the Mission House, for at least the next four years.

The space formerly held many objects belonging to the Mohican people that were purchased by Mabel Choate, the founder of the…

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