Category: Delaware Tribe

Staff Writer  |  Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise

Operation Clean House, a free countywide recycling event, is set for April 22, providing residents a chance to safely dispose of electronics and household or automotive waste such as cleaners, yard-care products, oil- and aerosol-based paints, pharmaceuticals, motor oil, tires and car batteries.

Organizers said since the event began in 1989, Operation Clean House has safely disposed of over 1 million pounds of waste that otherwise could have ended in local landfills or waterways.

On April 22, more than 100 local volunteers will help collect items for recycling at two area drop-off sites from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

At the Phillips 66 parking lot, just west of the railroad tracks on Adams Boulevard, volunteers will collect electronics and hazardous household waste such as cleaners, yard-care products, oil- and aerosol-based paints, pharmaceuticals, fluorescent bulbs and more.

Meanwhile, at the Dewey Washington County District 2 barn (two miles east on 9th Street off U.S. Highway 75), volunteers will collect motor oil, antifreeze, automotive batteries, tires and appliances.

One of the most commonly disposed of items at Operation Clean House is electronics, such as old TVs, cell phones and computers.

Operation Clean House also accepts a wide range of household chemicals, and typically every year volunteers collect around 550 gallons of motor oil, 175 gallons of antifreeze, 400 tires, 88 automobile batteries and 6.4 tons of household hazardous waste.

Non-hazardous items, such as general trash, alkaline batteries or latex paint, can go to regular trash pickup and will not be accepted at the Operation Clean House event.

Sponsors of the event include Phillips 66, ConocoPhillips, ChevronPhillips, City of Bartlesville, Washington County, Bartlesville Community Foundation, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Delaware Tribe, Dink’s BBQ, KWON, Cunningham Graphics and Truity Credit Union, Daylight Donuts, Weeze’s Café, Chik Fil A and Transco.

Those interested in volunteering can sign up using the organization’s…

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In celebration of Women’s History Month, Penn State University Libraries will host a virtual monthlong Wikipedia editathon focusing on Native American women activists and environmentalists from March 27 through April 18.

Wikipedia editathons are organized events held with the intention of increasing representation on Wikipedia of identified underrepresented groups and providing basic training to new editors. First-time Wikipedia editors are welcome to join the virtual event regardless of level of technology knowledge or experience. Experienced editors will be on hand to answer questions and suggest articles to edit and references to use.  

Links to all event programs, including those listed below, will be available on the Penn State Libraries Wikipedia Editathon Dashboard. Participants can access the dashboard and contribute to the selected pages anytime throughout the period.

• Monday, March 27, 1 to 2 p.m. —Julie Reed and Cathleen Cahill, faculty members in the Department of History in the College of the Liberal Arts, will provide a Zoom training session covering the basics of Wikipedia editing and best practices for writing about Indigenous people and reading and using sources.
• Wednesday, March 29, 11:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. — Nicky Michael, a member of the Lenape, a.k.a. Delaware Tribe of Indians, and interim president and executive director of Indigenous Studies and Curriculum at Bacone College, will speak in Foster Auditorium. Her talk is co-sponsored by the Department of History.
• Although participants can edit at their convenience throughout the month, there will be four virtual drop-in meet-ups where participants can edit alongside others:
  • Wednesday, March 29 — 1–3 p.m.
  • Tuesday, April 4 — 10 a.m.–noon
  • Wednesday, April 12 — 1–3 p.m.
  • Tuesday, April 18 — 10 a.m.–noon

For information about getting started with a Wikipedia account, visit the Wikipedia meetup page for the…

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Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March 25

2nd Annual Art-Full Day in the Ville 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bartlesville Art Association, Price Tower Annex, 500 S Dewey Ave. Suite B. Twelve local artists will open their private studios to the public including art for sale. Visit the BAA website for details: www.bartlesvilleartassociation.org

Friday, March 31

4th Annual Spay-ghetti Fundraiser for Washington County SPCA 6 to 9 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 205 SW Frank Phillips Blvd. Benefiting the homeless animals from Washington County SPCA, the event will feature dinner, live and silent auction, and wine pull. Tickets are $50 and go on sale Feb. 8 with limited seating. To sponsor the event, or donate auction items, please contact the WCSPCA at 918-336-1577 or info@wcspca.org.

Saturday, April 1

Fools in April, a concert of musical jokes, presented by Bartlesville Chorale 7 to 9 p.m. at the Bartlesville Community Center, 300 SE Adams Blvd. Enjoy a choral concert of fun and silly texts and musical witticisms. Featuring the works of Joseph Haydn, Gilbert and Sullivan, Eric Whitacre, P.D.Q. Bach, and more. Tickets are $15 – $27. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 918-337-2787.

Price Tower’s Annual Youth Art Show Opening Reception 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Price Tower Art Center, 510 S Dewey Ave. Celebrating youth art education and young artists, this annual Youth Art Show has exhibited more than 300 pieces of artwork from students in public, private, and homeschools from grades Pre-K to 12th grade.

Sunday, April 2

Scouts BSA and YMCA Cornhole Tournament Fundraiser 1 to 5 p.m. at the City Center Pavilion, located at the entrance to Johnstone Park at the corner of Cherokee Avenue and Hensley Boulevard. Join us for drinks, food, cornhole, and competition! Cost is $20. To register,…

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The Lenape of Manahatta: A Struggle for Acknowledgement – Columbia Daily Spectator0)if(e&&”performance”in e&&e.performance&&”function”==typeof e.performance.setResourceTimingBufferSize)e.performance.setResourceTimingBufferSize();!function(){if(BOOMR=e.BOOMR||{},BOOMR.plugins=BOOMR.plugins||{},!BOOMR.plugins.AK){var n=””==”true”?1:0,t=””,a=”eyckraaeaaanajqacqnqaeyaabrrrh3e-f-f10968fa5-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net”,i=”false”==”true”?2:1,o={“ak.v”:”32″,”ak.cp”:”650905″,”ak.ai”:parseInt(“704480″,10),”ak.ol”:”0″,”ak.cr”:3,”ak.ipv”:6,”ak.proto”:”h2″,”ak.rid”:”1cec0f8f”,”ak.r”:26474,”ak.a2″:n,”ak.m”:”dscr”,”ak.n”:”ff”,”ak.bpcip”:”2604:a880:400:d0::”,”ak.cport”:49094,”ak.gh”:”23.215.130.76″,”ak.quicv”:””,”ak.tlsv”:”tls1.3″,”ak.0rtt”:””,”ak.csrc”:”-“,”ak.acc”:””,”ak.t”:”1662558052″,”ak.ak”:”hOBiQwZUYzCg5VSAfCLimQ==QtTGT4/4ipITaI1oVbNKJQvPp30wnZFwOEm2A7rYWWUQKlqTrEIEb5FAIOacp9v3/vZLYaHq8scG+pmhv2ndxurbqhDKzlFGNSdSWr6G2eo1jLLAsuF2HH1qjqoyXGtR8U4v04niwtrCnSAx2vaSlbLiwnmhER4BFVuSanNxJiQJKy0nvRHHfkLlgbSvyd6ULrgR2uF32VZN6N0ikH2PzSLSiGlgKoVuYX/UBp9IQjA4cHzS+0FVDskx9PM7EcrNqBwAJ0qU2n5Bekd70SYCrPNnEHEY8ZHVuCvvFM11MDw/tZf8zc3uWPvwSRB5jtBEyaDlTXgCOQAkCGB7O9Zp6irdUsWGoS+H5UjKdV0/41fgyP1uRaWBc6o4cYr5HJxe4vSrOpz+84iYXruHNqX4+E3SMQ63os8v/X2QH40yYq8=”,”ak.pv”:”28″,”ak.dpoabenc”:””,”ak.tf”:i};if(“”!==t)o[“ak.ruds”]=t;var r={i:!1,av:function(n){var t=”http.initiator”;if(n&&(!n[t]||”spa_hard”===n[t]))o[“ak.feo”]=void 0!==e.aFeoApplied?1:0,BOOMR.addVar(o)},rv:function(){var e=[“ak.bpcip”,”ak.cport”,”ak.cr”,”ak.csrc”,”ak.gh”,”ak.ipv”,”ak.m”,”ak.n”,”ak.ol”,”ak.proto”,”ak.quicv”,”ak.tlsv”,”ak.0rtt”,”ak.r”,”ak.acc”,”ak.t”,”ak.tf”];BOOMR.removeVar(e)}};BOOMR.plugins.AK={akVars:o,akDNSPreFetchDomain:a,init:function(){if(!r.i){var e=BOOMR.subscribe;e(“before_beacon”,r.av,null,null),e(“onbeacon”,r.rv,null,null),r.i=!0}return this},is_complete:function(){return!0}}}}()}(window);]]>Dozens of people attended the ceremony, crowding around the land acknowledgement plaque located just outside of John Jay Hall. Speeches from Columbia’s Native American Council, Lenni-Lenape people, University President Lee Bollinger, and other University officials accompanied the plaque unveiling. New York City-based intertribal drum and singing group SilverCloud performed a song before the ceremony. One of its members, George Stonefish, who is a First Nation member and half Lenape, also led a Lenape prayer.”,”type”:”text”},{“content”:”The moment was years in the making. NAC’s initiative began in 2013, led by then-sophomore council member Julian NoiseCat, CC ’15, who wrote a column advocating for a Lenape land acknowledgement in Spectator titled “A poignant plaque.”The effort was revived two years later by then-sophomores Tristan Stidham, CC ’17, and Noah Ramage, CC ’17. The council posted an online petition on Change.org that garnered more than 1,000 signatures in support of instituting a land acknowledgement on campus.”,”type”:”text”},{“content”:”According to a post by NAC, the council advocated for the project to the Office of University Life and Office of Multicultural Affairs, consulted Lenape groups for “guidance on the language,” and presented an annotated bibliography of its research for the University’s board of trustees.”,”type”:”text”},{“content”:”Hundreds of users commented in support of the petition. Some wrote about their Indigenous identity and the value of land acknowledgement.”,”type”:”text”},{“content”:”“I am a member of the…
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A quarter of a millennium ago, the last publicly identified members of the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) tribe of Native Americans were forcibly removed from the territory in Eastern Pennsylvania where they had fought to establish a homeland. [1] Today there remains almost no public awareness of the scale and scope of this great historic crime, though the Delaware people remain active in drawing attention to their struggles both past and present. [2]

The real story of the removal of the Delaware clashes with the “official” narrative of American history as laid out by the New York Times. In 2019, the Times’ 1619 Project argued that America’s “true founding” was the year of the arrival of the first slave ship in Port Comfort, Virginia. Fundamental to the 1619 Project was the claim that “black Americans fought back alone” to “make America a democracy.” To the Times and the 1619 Project, the American Revolution was a counterrevolution led by reactionaries aimed at protecting slavery. The argument of 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones and the Times amounted to a declaration that the British Empire was the progressive force in the struggle against the colonists.

The World Socialist Web Site and a section of principled historians have exposed the New York Times and the 1619 Project’s false, pseudo-historical foundation, but one element which has not been sufficiently addressed is its lack of any serious reference to the struggles of the Native Americans to resist the encroachment of their lands by the British Empire. Even the selection of 1619 as the year of America’s “true founding” leaves out the fact that the immensely complex and ultimately tragic dynamic between the Native population and Europeans began years earlier upon the arrival of the first colonists.

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This essay recounts the Delaware tribe of Native Americans…

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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…

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ROXANA – The tears will dry.

The regrets will fade.

The night in the national limelight and the attention it brought their community will become a memory to treasure for the Sussex County all-star softball players.

But they’ll also remember how close they were to the Senior Little League World Series title and the catastrophic inning that derailed them Sunday night on the Lower Sussex Little League’s Bruce Layton Field.

Southwest regional champion Waco, Texas, erupted for all of its runs in the sixth inning, courtesy of seven hits, the last Ky-Li Alonzo’s grand slam, to rally past the host team 9-5.

“It was still an awesome experience, no matter how it turned out. It was great” Lower Sussex catcher Lily Hoban said, still fighting tears and her voice cracking. “Just the time I got to spend with the team, being with them, playing with them, just being with the girls.

“We knew we could do this,” added the rising senior at nearby Indian River High. “We had a bad inning. It’s hard when it’s just one inning, and it just got out of our grip pretty quickly.”

ESPN2 aired the game nationally and several hundred fans filled just about every space around the field and in bleachers where they could see the action, including state-flag-waving Delaware and Texas rooters.

Lower Sussex led 3-0 entering the top of the sixth and starting pitcher Kinsley Hall had allowed just two hits and struck out seven.

“They got one hit, they got another and they went crazy,” said Hall, who was relieved in the inning by Megan Daisey, whose luck wasn’t any better. “We couldn’t stop the momentum. They were hitting good.

“It’s disappointing, but it happens,” added Hall, also heading into her senior year at Indian River.

Waco, which won all seven of its tournament games, had also erased a 3-0 lead…

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Both the national park and surrounding preserve — with a planned Lenape cultural center — would utilize federal lands that make up the national recreation area now. 

“We would divide it up with 10% or 15% of the land becoming the national park, which would run like an emerald ribbon of green along the Delaware River and other attractions in the watershed, including some of the waterfalls and things like that,” Donahue explained.

While several Lenape tribes and nations told PA Local they have no objection to the proposal in theory, none knew enough about it to be certain. 

“This is the first I’m hearing of it,” said Chief Brad KillsCrow of The Delaware Tribe of Indians in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, one of three federally recognized Lenape tribes in the U.S. that were forcibly removed from homelands in and around the Delaware River and water gap and driven west. 

“If somebody’s going to talk about our tribes, our ancestors, and our history, it’d be nice to be involved in that.”

Representatives of another tribe — the Delaware Nation in Anadarko, Oklahoma — told PA Local that while their Historic Preservation Office has a vague recollection of being approached about the project some time ago, they’ve heard nothing since.

Adam Waterbear DePaul, a tribal council member with the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, which is not federally recognized, said they haven’t heard from organizers either.

“It came to our attention through backchannels,” he said. “We have not been involved at all.”

A release from the Sierra ​​Club’s New Jersey chapter trumpeting the project — formally dubbed the Delaware River National Park and Lenape Preserve by organizers — touts the “informal endorsement from many tribal leaders” and upcoming “formal endorsement” from several tribal nations. 

Donahue was less definitive, saying, “I didn’t put that out.” 

He added: “A member of our steering committee has reached out to…

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Millions of people visit New York each year from around the world. They come to see Times Square or the Statue of Liberty, to work, to study. Yet they may not even know they’re in Lenapehoking, the land of the Lenape people, also called Lenape’ok or Delaware.

Our homeland spans the watershed ecology of the Delaware River, including also the lower Hudson River, and the Atlantic coastline from the mouth of the Hudson to the mouth of the Delaware. Today it holds places that are essential to the American identity, like Philadelphia and New York City.

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All of the sovereign nations of the Lenape people were driven out of Lenapehoking by plagues, war, exploitative treaties and scalp bounties. Our homeland was taken from us, but we are reclaiming our voices and our places there.

Last fall I traveled to Lenapehoking on assignment, bringing three other Lenape’ok with me: Lauryn French, Trinity Guido and my adult child, River Whittle.

But we weren’t tourists. We never could be, even if we’d never been there before. We were returning to our family — a place that’s woven into our identity and literally in our blood.

Parts of the trip were painful. We saw land that holds the bones of our ancestors, now covered in concrete and asphalt. We thought about the brutality inflicted on our people.

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But it wasn’t just that. There was also joy.

“Do I want to go back sad? I feel like there have been so many tears in the hundreds of years that we’ve been removed. My line has cried enough about our homeland,” Lauryn said. “I’m going to go and be happy. I am going to go and enjoy it. Everything in my line told me that was not supposed to happen.”

Returning To…

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