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For about 14 years now, several Shawnee Public Schools students representing various Native American tribes have competed and performed in the Spirit Wolf Dance Troupe, expressing their love of dance and their culture.

According to SPS Indian Education Coordinator Graham Primeaux, the dance troupe is composed of a group of students who perform at SPS school sites and in the Shawnee community.

“When schools need some cultural education, we use our own Native American students who dance to go out into the district to share their cultural, heritage and traditions,” Primeaux said.

He explained students of multiple ages in the district participate in the dance troupe and each presentation is different.

“We have anywhere from six to 18 students that we have in our district that do dance,” he said. “There are no auditions; we just know a lot of the students’ families.”

He explained about 30 percent of SPS students are Native American students and 41 different tribes are represented by those students.

About 13 different tribes are represented by the students on the dance troupe.

Those tribes include the Kickapoo Tribe, Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Sac and Fox Nation, Delaware Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ponca Nation, Osage Nation, Otoe-Missouria Tribe, Pawnee Nation, Choctaw Nation, Comanche Nation, Caddo Nation, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.

Primeaux explained the troupe is beneficial to students because it gives them the opportunity to share their heritage and be confident in who they are.

“Our dancers are building on their own identity and are able to participate in their own cultural teachings and traditions through dance,” he said. “So when we go out into the schools we’re able to use our own students to teach and educate non Natives about the culture, heritage and traditions of our Indian people.”

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Mike Standeford stood outside his Bartlesville home on Monday morning, his driveway teaming with cars and people waiting with him, despite the cold temperatures making their breath visible. 

He pointed to a large, black motorcycle.

“That was his bike.”

One week after the shooting death of his son, Austin “Buck” Standeford, 40, at biker-friendly bar The Kickstand Saloon, the father awaited the arrival of members of the Mongol Motorcycle Club, a community that embraced the family, both in life and in death.

“Everybody loved Buck. Everybody. He was always smiling, always helping people. Didn’t have a mean bone in his body. Everybody was really shocked this would happen to him. He’s just not that way,” Mike Standeford said. “He was a Mongol, he loved the Club. The Mongols are wonderful. They’re always there to support their own. They’ve been here supporting me.”

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As a familiar, low rumbling sound approached, the road in front of the house was filled with a procession of hundreds of motorcycles, their riders donning leather vests bearing the same symbol, but different words.

Mongols MC of Oklahoma. Mongols MC of Shawnee. Of Texas. Of Virginia. It overwhelmed the grieving father.

“There they are. Those are the people he loved right there. Excuse me. Just seeing them coming in …” Mike Standeford said, taking a deep breath.

The local community of Mongols was rocked on Dec. 13 when, at 8:30 p.m., an altercation in The Kickstand Saloon led to the shooting of Austin Standeford and Van Parson — both affiliated with the club and employees of the bar. 

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas men’s basketball will be participating in Native American Heritage Celebration culminating Saturday, Dec. 18 for the Stephen F. Austin game set for 7 p.m. inside Allen Fieldhouse.

This is the second Native American Heritage Celebration of the 2021-22 season as KU women’s basketball recognized and honored Native Americans at its Nov. 14 game against Tennessee State in Allen Fieldhouse.

The upcoming event will honor past and current Native American Jayhawks. Activities began, on Monday, Dec. 13, when KU men’s basketball assistant coach Jeremy Case was presented with a Star Quilt by the Native American community prior to practice. Case, who played basketball at Kansas from 2004-08, is a member of the Choctaw Tribe. Case’s mother, Rita Newton, and son, Malachi, were also present for the Star Quilt ceremony that included Native American representation from University of Kansas, Haskell Indian Nations University and local leaders. Case and head coach Bill Self each received handmade Jayhawk medallions during the ceremony.

For the Stephen F. Austin at Kansas Game:

• The Haskell Indian Nations University Color Guard will present the colors for the national anthem.
• There will be a canned food drive with proceeds going to organizations that host food distribution programs for the Native American Community in Lawrence, reservations in Kansas, as well as students of Haskell Indian Nations University. Organizations that will benefit from this canned food drive will range from the Indian United Methodist Church of Lawrence, Kansas, Boys & Girls Club of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, as well as the Kansas City Indian Center.
• There will be Native American tabling throughout Allen Fieldhouse to help educate fans on Native culture, traditions, etc.
• A special halftime presentation by Native American Powwow Dancers.

Native American Jayhawks being recognized include:

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Contributed to the Coshocton Tribune

COSHOCTON — Jack Walker III took first place in the 2021 Mary Harris Prizes essay contest for non-fiction writing.

The awards are annually sponsored by Scott Butler and are to encourage the study and better understanding of Coshocton’s frontier history. It’s open to persons of any age who reside or work in Coshocton County, including students whose permanent home is in the county. The essays are judged double-blind by Butler and an out-of-state panel of individuals.

In Walker’s “A Living Document,” he describes the importance of avoiding personal bias when it comes to writing non-fiction. He also explores the need to accept that revisions and objectivity are needed when it comes to writing non-fiction, a task that can be difficult when facing history that has been accepted as the truth for long periods. Walker weaves this into his journey of researching his family’s genealogy. Ultimately, he describes history as a living document, something that is always open to change as discoveries are uncovered.

Second place was split between three entrants. Robbie Khel’s “The Bug” detailed a string of fires in Roscoe in 1912. Martha Richardson’s “John Chapman: Pleasure or Profit?” questioned the motivations behind the actions of the man known as Johnny Appleseed. Jennifer Wilkes’ “Pike Township, Coshocton County: A History” tells the story of the southwest corner of Coshocton County from the frontier and its wildlife, the first settlers, to the growth of the township. 

Four essays received honorable mentions. They were Annalissa Hankinson’s “The Delaware Tribe of Coshocton County,” Dana M. Kittner’s “Human Trafficking in North American: A firsthand account by John Leith,” Verlyn Miller’s “Religious History of the Delaware and Moravians” and Christine Sycks’ “Where Paths of Others Lead.”

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Andrew Joseph “Andy” Lyons Sr., 64, of Millville, passed away suddenly at home Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. He was born in Teaneck, N.J., son of the late John Frederick Lyons of Upper Saddle River, N.J., and the late Muriel Grace Brennan Lyons of West Palm Beach, Fla.

Lyons graduated from Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J., where he was a tackle on the football team. Over the years, he worked in all types of construction, building custom homes. He built entire communities, roads, sewer and water projects, a water tower and many types of commercial buildings, including wastewater treatment plants, banks, an AT&T telephone exchange and an operating room. He did several commercial historical renovations. The one thing that he always wanted to build was a bridge, but he built many in other ways.

Lyons started one of the first home-inspection businesses in the area, was at one time the code enforcement officer for the City of Lewes and for the Town of Frankford, and had been on the board of adjustment for the Town of Millville. He finally found out what he wanted to be when he grew up after the birth of his first grandchild – “Grandpa.”

Over the years, he also served the community in many ways. He was a member of the Lord Baltimore Lions Club, of which he was president from 1987 to 1988. He was a Sunday school teacher and MYF leader at Mariner’s Bethel United Methodist Church in Ocean View. He worked with the FACES grant program, and worked with Troop 281 of the Boy Scouts. Lyons was a charter member of Contractors for a Cause.

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COURTESY OF THE JOHNSON HUMERICK HOUSE MUSEUM  |  The Times-Reporter

The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum recently announced the 2021 winners of The Mary Harris Prizes for nonfiction writing.  

The goal of the competition, sponsored by Coshocton native Scott Butler, is to encourage the study and better understanding of Coshocton’s frontier history. It’s open to people of any age who reside or work in Coshocton County, including students whose permanent home is in Coshocton County. The essays are judged double-blind by Butler and an out-of-state panel of individuals. 

This year’s first place winner was Jack Walker III with his essay “A Living Document.” Walker describes the importance of avoiding personal bias when it comes to writing nonfiction and explores the need to accept that revisions and objectivity are needed when it comes to writing nonfiction. He focuses on his journey of researching his family’s genealogy through an objective lens. 

Second place was split between three entrants, Robbie Khel’s “The Bug,” Martha Richardson’s “John Chapman: Pleasure or Profit?” and Jennifer Wilkes’ “Pike Township, Coshocton County: A History.” 

Kehl wrote an essay detailing a string of fires in Roscoe in 1912, where he describes the history of several fires that plagued the town. Richardson wrote about John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, and brings to question the motivations behind his actions. Wilkes wrote about the story of the southwest corner of Coshocton County from the frontier and its wildlife, the first settlers and the growth of the township.  

Four essays received honorable mentions, including Annalissa Hankinson with “The Delaware Tribe of Coshocton County”; Dana M. Kittner, with “Human Trafficking in North American: A firsthand account by John Leith”; Verlyn Miller, with “Religious History of the Delaware and Moravians”; and Christine Sycks, with “Where Paths of Others Lead.” 

For information: 740-622-8710; jhmuseum@jhmuseum.org. 

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One of Philadelphia’s salient features is the grid pattern of our streets as originally laid out by William Penn and Thomas Holme. There are, though, some major thoroughfares that deviate from the norm. Ridge Avenue, Germantown Avenue, and Passyunk Avenue interrupt the orderly Philly lattice. Each of these roads share something in common: they were originally Indian trails that had been established long before William Penn or any other Europeans had come to this land. Although Philadelphia’s population today is only .36 percent Native American, our land was once home to a flourishing and expansive Indian community.

In January 2020, the Museum of Indian Culture in Allentown opened a Historic Preservation Office to help members of the Delaware Nation connect to their ancestral homeland. To celebrate this event, a map of the Delaware Valley prior to European settlement was driven from Pennsylvania to the Delaware Nation, now based in Oklahoma. Photos of the map intrigued me, so I set out to learn more about its origins and purpose.

The Coaquannock Map

The Works Progress Administration published the little-known Coaquannock map in 1934. | Image courtesy of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

The full title of the map recently gifted to the Delaware Nation is Philadelphia Region when known as Coaquannock “Grove of Tall Pines” AND AS FIRST SEEN BY THE WHITE MEN. WITH INDIAN VILLAGES, ABORIGINAL NAMES OF LOCALITIES, STREAMS AND ISLANDS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania has three original copies of the map, and I recently visited their reading room to take a closer look. 

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East Stroudsburg University  |  Special to Pocono Record

An East Stroudsburg University honors program student is using modern technology to educate others about an ancient culture in a new exhibit.

Emily Serpico, a senior history and communication double major who is also pursuing a business writing certificate, utilized 3D technology to replicate several artifacts from Greene Dreher Historical Society for her honors thesis project, currently on display in Stroud Hall. The exhibit, Living Legacies: Community Connections, is the result of several months of work in which Serpico teamed up with Susan Bachor, Delaware Tribe Historic Preservation Office and ESU instructor of history and geography; Darlene Farris-LaBar, ESU professor and chair of art + design; and students such as art + design major, James Holloway, by lending various areas of expertise, including 3D scanning and 3D printing.

The exhibit allowed Serpico to apply her various skill sets and take a hands-on approach to her studies. She honed her cataloguing and researching skills during her internship with Bachor last summer, and she currently works at the Schisler Museum of Wildlife and Natural History and McMunn Planetarium. Her supervisor at the museum, Cathy Klingler, did some consulting work on the project. “It came together pretty naturally,” Serpico said.

The exhibit timeline was aggressive, according to Bachor: “The initial brainchild happened in the spring. We wanted to have what Emily was already doing incorporated into her thesis so it wasn’t overwhelming. She ended up designing this project and exhibit. It took about 8-9 months, which is a short time for an exhibit. That’s a very demanding timeline that Emily held to. November is Indigenous People’s Month and we had the Assistant Chief visit us on campus, and this helped us stick to the timeline.”

Serpico’s exhibit includes replicated projectile points, a Delaware blanket, buckskin pelts, a map, and a collection of minerals. Many of…

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