Category: Lenni Lenape

Wednesday, Dec. 11

BCSL

Pennsauken 4, Doane Academy 0 – Box Score

Pennsauken Tech 4, Pemberton 0 – Box Score

BIG NORTH

West Milford 5, Lakeland 2 – Box Score

Ramapo 5, Northern Highlands 2 – Box Score

Demarest 7, Teaneck 0 – Box Score

Dumont 7, Cliffside Park 0 – Box Score

Old Tappan 5, Pascack Valley 2 – Box Score

Fort Lee 5, Dwight-Morrow 2 – Box Score

GMC

Middlesex 4, Iselin Kennedy 0 – Box Score

Woodbridge 4, East Brunswick 0 – Box Score

HCIAL

Bayonne 7, Hudson Catholic 0 – Box Score

McNair 7, BelovED Charter 0 – Box Score

Snyder 7, Kearny 0 – Box Score

NJAC

Sussex Tech 7, High Point 0 – Box Score

Vernon 7, Hopatcong 0 – Box Score

Jefferson 6, Newton 1 – Box Score

Wallkill Valley 5, Sparta 2 – Box Score

NJIC

Hawthorne 7, Manchester Regional 0 – Box Score

OLYMPIC

Cherry Hill East 4, Seneca 0 – Box Score

Cherokee 3, Cherry Hill West 1 – Box Score

Camden Catholic 4, Lenape 0 – Box Score

Camden Tech 4, Shawnee 0 – Box Score

SHORE

Freehold Township 3, New Egypt 0 – Box Score

Brick Memorial 3, Central Regional 0 – Box Score

Colts Neck 3, Howell 0 – Box Score

TRI-COUNTY

Gloucester 4, Salem 0 – Box Score

Gloucester Catholic 4, West Deptford 0 – Box Score

Hammonton 2, Kingsway 2 – Box Score

UCC

Oratory 5, Union 2 – Box Score

Dayton 1665, Hillside 1374 – Box Score

Roselle Catholic 7, Roselle 0 – Box Score

Independent

Gloucester Catholic 4, West Deptford 0 -…

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Olympic Conference

The teams below were selected by coaches from the conference, not NJ.com. These teams are independent from NJ.com’s All-State and All-Group teams. Again, these teams are selected by coaches from the conference.

All-American Division

1st Team

F-Talia Armando, Cherry Hill East, So.

F-Abigail Ondo, Rancocas Valley, Jr.

F-Nevaeh Roark, Eastern, Sr.

F-Maddie Sadusky, Shawnee, Jr.

F-Paige Wagner, Cherokee, Jr.

M-Julia Maher, Cherry Hill East, Jr.

M-Joanna Marlin, Rancocas Valley, Sr.

M-Caitlyn Olkowski, Shawnee, So.

M-Julia Tepes, Shawnee, Sr.

M-Abbie Zubrzycki, Cherokee, Jr.

D-Erin Doyle, Shawnee, Sr.

D-Joelle Giquinto, Shawnee, Sr.

D-Kaylie Peacock, Rancocas Valley, Sr.

D-Leah Scheuemann, Eastern, So.

D-Morgan Shank, Cherokee, Sr.

GK-Araba Abanyie, Eastern, Sr.

GK-Mackenzie Borbi, Shawnee, Jr.

2nd Team

F-Aubrey Benfield, Eastern, Sr.

F-Lily Burt, Eastern, Sr.

F-Samantha Elswerth, Lenape, Sr.

F-Kira Fowler, Cherry Hill East, Jr.

F-Eva Matesich, Shawnee, Sr.

F-Cameron Petras, Rancocas Valley, So.

M-Lauren Carter, Cherry Hill East, Jr.

M-Ceci Deroian, Shawnee, Sr.

M-Stephanie Monroe, Cherokee, Sr.

M-Keira Platt, Lenape, Jr.

M-Skylar Yezzi, Eastern, So.

D-Callie Ferguson, Eastern, Jr.

D-Melina Fioravanti, Lenape, Jr.

D-Avery Kornafel, Shawnee, Jr.

D-Dylan Kratchman, Cherry Hill East, So.

D-Alyssa Perez, Cherry Hill East, Sr.

D-Morrison Reeve, Cherokee, Jr.

D-Aspen Tucker, Lenape, Fr.

GK-Gabriella Jacobo, Rancocas Valley, Fr.

GK-Madison Schultz, Cherry Hill East, Sr.

All-National Division

1st Team

F-Lizzie Arthur, Moorestown, Sr.

F-Veronika Jablonski, Cherry Hill West, So.

F-Hunter Kintzing, Paul Vi, So.

F-Erin Moriarty, B. Eustace, Sr.

F-Julie Short, Cherry Hill West, Sr.

M-Mia Abbey, Bishop Eustace, Sr.

M-Alana Alayo, Cherry Hill West, Jr.

M-Julia Blong, Moorestown, Jr.

M-Hannah Eichman, Seneca, Jr.

M-Emma McCarthy, Paul VI, Jr.

D/M-Dani Hennessy, Paul VI, Sr.

D-Reghan Dundee, Bishop Eustace, So.

D-Nora Eberman, Seneca, Sr.

D-Elia Oteri, Moorestown, Jr.

D-Rayna Robertson, Cherry Hill West, Sr.

GK-Izzy Serano, Bishop Eustace, Sr.

GK-Lauren Swafford, Moorestown, Sr.

2nd Team

F-Katie Bianco, Moorestown, Sr.

F-Abbie Brown, Camden Catholic, Fr.

F-Mikayla Cubbage, Winslow, Jr.

F-Carli Fox, Bishop Eustace, Fr.

F-Caydence Feehan, Seneca, Jr.

F-Jahyra Jackson, Winslow, Jr.

F-Camryn Koerner, Paul Vi, So.

F-Julia Lewis, Cherry Hill West, Sr.

M-Leilani Beasley, Camden Catholic, Sr.

M-Caelyn Black, Winslow, Jr.

M-Alyssa Catando, Seneca, Sr.

M-Leah Dicicco, Camden Catholic, Sr.

M-Kayla Dunn, Camden Catholic, Sr.

M-Natalie Janulis, Moorestown, So.

M-Eleanor Lawyer, Paul Vi, So.

M-Mya Tinges, Bishop Eustace, So.

M-Daniela Vogel, Paul VI, Jr.

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The Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing Culture Fair will bring together Lenape and other Indigenous artists from around the region.

Photos by Denise Dunkley and Traditional Hands via Prospect Park Alliance

by Susan De Vries

Head to Prospect Park this weekend for art, music, and culinary delights at the inaugural Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing Culture Fair. The event, a collaboration of the Prospect Park Alliance, Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing Collective, and the American Indian Community House, will bring together Lenape and other Indigenous artists from around the region.

On Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8, more than a dozen Indigenous artisans will display their hand-crafted wares. Attendees will also be able to check out food vendors, participate in workshops, and experience the music, dancing, and drumming of The Red Blanket Singers.

The event takes place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Picnic House and is free to the public. More information, including a list of some of the participating vendors, can be found on the event page online.

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Tuesday, Dec. 3

BCSL

Ewing 4, Maple Shade 0 – Box Score

GMC

South Brunswick 3, East Brunswick 1 – Box Score

St. Joseph (Met.) 4, Woodbridge 0 – Box Score

Monroe 4, Old Bridge 0 – Box Score

Edison 4, Middlesex 0 – Box Score

OLYMPIC

Cherokee 4, Shawnee 0 – Box Score

Eastern 4, Seneca 0 – Box Score

Camden Tech 4, Camden Catholic 0 – Box Score

Cherry Hill East 4, Cherry Hill West 0 – Box Score

Lenape 4, St. Augustine 0 – Box Score

SHORE

Toms River North 2, Brick Memorial 1 – Box Score

Toms River South 2, Toms River East 1 – Box Score

Central Regional 2, Brick Township 1 – Box Score

Middletown North 3, Long Branch 0 – Box Score

Red Bank Regional 3, Monmouth 0 – Box Score

Middletown South 2427, Shore 2006 – Box Score

Matawan 3, Keansburg 0 – Box Score

Keyport 3, St. John Vianney 0 – Box Score

SKYLAND

Hunterdon Central 7, Watchung Hills 0 – Box Score

Franklin 7, Bridgewater-Raritan 0 – Box Score

Belvidere 4, Warren Hills 3 – Box Score

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December 3, 2024

Grant will fund creation of the New Jersey Center for Indigenous Justice and support growth of Native American and Indigenous Studies

Posted in: Humanities and Social Sciences, Press Releases, University

Members of the Red Blanket Singers of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribe perform a traditional dance at Montclair’s 2022 celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day. (Photo by Mike Peters)

The Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) program of Montclair State University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences has been awarded a three-year, $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to create a new center, the New Jersey Center for Indigenous Justice (NJCIJ), and to expand its programing.

With its commitment to Indigenous rights, racial justice, decolonization and eco-justice, the NAIS program emphasizes the priorities of New Jersey’s state-recognized Native American tribes – the Ramapough Lunaape, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape and Powhatan Renape nations – which include environmental justice, political recognition, cultural heritage and language revitalization.

The NJCIJ will be a center for communication, fundraising, events and gatherings that highlight the unique questions facing Montclair’s Indigenous students and New Jersey’s tribal communities. It will coordinate the University’s work to change public narratives, increase Indigenous student enrollment and pursue justice-oriented action on issues affecting Native people in the state.

“The NJCIJ will give focus to the varied work Montclair faculty and students are doing in partnership with New Jersey’s tribal communities,” says Anthropology Department Chair Chris Matthews, a co-director of NAIS and co-Principal Investigator of the grant. “[It] will be the first and only university-based project in New Jersey that aims to transform public understanding of Native people and to do so in partnership with Indigenous communities across the…

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Big North

Freedom Division: Fair Lawn, Hackensack, Northern Highlands, Ridgewood, River Dell

Liberty Division: Clifton, Lakeland, Pascack Valley, Passaic, Passaic Tech

National Division: Demarest, Indian Hills, Mahwah, Ramapo, Ramsey

Patriot Division: Old Tappan, Paramus, Tenafly, Wayne Hills, Wayne Valley

United Division: Immaculate Heart, Paramus Catholic

Cape-Atlantic

American Division: Egg Harbor, Mainland, Ocean City, Our Lady of Mercy, Vineland

National Division: Absegami, Atlantic City, Cedar Creek, Holy Spirit, Middle Township, Oakcrest

CVC

Colonial Division: Hightstown, Hopewell Valley, Lawrence, Notre Dame, Princeton, West Windsor-Plainsboro North, West Windsor-Plainsboro South

Valley Division: Ewing, Hamilton West, Nottingham, Robbinsville, Steinert, Trenton

GMC

Red Division: East Brunswick, Monroe, Old Bridge, South Brunswick, St. Thomas Aquinas

White Division: Metuchen, Mother Seton, North Brunswick, Piscataway, Sayreville

NJAC

American Division: Chatham, Morris Hills, Morris Knolls, Morristown, Randolph, Roxbury

Freedom Division: Hackettstown, High Point, Kittatinny, Lenape Valley, Vernon

Independence Division: Hanover Park, Kinnelon, Madison, Mountain Lakes

Liberty Division: Morristown-Beard, Parsippany, Parsippany Hills, Pequannock, Villa Walsh

National Division: Mendham, Montville, Mount Olive, Pope John, Sparta, West Morris

NJIC

Garfield, Harrison, Leonia, Lyndhurst, Mary Help of Christians, New Milford, Rutherford, Secaucus, Weehawken

SEC

American Division: Columbia, Livingston, Millburn, Montclair, Montclair Kimberley, Mount St. Dominic, Newark Academy, West Essex

Liberty Division: Bloomfield, Caldwell, Glen Ridge, Newark East Side, Science Park, St. Benedict’s, Verona, West Orange

Shore

A North Division: Colts Neck, Holmdel, Marlboro, Red Bank Catholic, Red Bank Regional, Rumson-Fair Haven, St. Rose, Trinity Hall

A South Division: Central Regional, Donovan Catholic, Jackson Memorial, Manasquan, Point Pleasant Boro, Southern, Toms River East, Toms River South

B North Division: Freehold Township, Howell, Manalapan, Middletown South, Ocean Township, Ranney, Shore, Wall

B South Division: Barnegat, Brick Memorial, Brick Township, Lacey, Manchester Township, Toms River North

C North Division: Freehold Borough, Long Branch, Middletown North, Monmouth, Neptune, Raritan, St. John Vianney

SJSL

Caribbean Division: Eastern, Haddon Township, Lenape, Moorestown, Moorestown Friends, Rancocas Valley, Seneca

Mediterranean Division: Camden Catholic, Cherokee, Cherry Hill East, Cherry Hill West, Haddonfield, Shawnee

Skyland

Delaware Division: Bridgewater-Raritan, Hillsborough, Mount St. Mary, Pingry, Ridge, Watchung Hills

Raritan Division: Bernards, Hunterdon Central,…

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OLYMPIC CONFERENCE ALL-STARS

NOTE: These teams are selected by the Olympic Conference, not NJ.com.

AMERICAN DIVISION

First Team

• Jake Bartletta, Rancocas Valley, Sr., F
• Sean McFadden, Shawnee, Sr., F
• Cruz Candray, Cherry Hill East, Jr., F
• Nate Linden, Eastern, Sr., F
• Antonio Perez, Lenape, Sr., F
• Danny Williams, Shawnee, Sr., F
• Lukas Heon, Lenape, Sr., M
• Connor Winters, Shawnee, Sr., M
• Jacob Santamaria, Shawnee, Sr., M
• Ashton Ritter, Cherokee, Jr., M
• Darrin Doyle, Shawnee, Sr., D
• Cooper Adinolfi, Shawnee, Jr., D
• Joe Robb, Cherokee, Sr., D
• Will Reid, Lenape, Sr., D
• Dylan Johnson, Eastern, Sr., D
• Cole Butler, Cherokee, Jr., G
• Jack Luehrs, Cherry Hill East, Sr., G

Second Team

• Liam McCloskey, Cherokee, Sr., F
• Noli Murtaj, Cherokee, Jr., F
• Matt Capriotti, Eastern, Sr., F
• Santiago Villalba, Lenape, Sr., F
• Nolan Perry, Cherry Hill East, Jr., F
• Chase Salerno, Cherokee, Jr., M
• Brett Maggs, Rancocas Valley, Sr., M
• Logan Cherkas, Eastern, Jr., M
• Aiden Santamaria, Shawnee, Sr., M
• Andrew Gallardo, Cherry Hill East, Sr., M
• Chase Dougherty, Eastern, Sr., D
• Matthew Cyganik, Cherry Hill East, Sr., D
• Cale Stielau, Shawnee, Sr., D
• Andrew Szymanik, Lenape, Sr., D
• Jake Ricciardi, Rancocas Valley, Sr., D
• Evan Gonzalez, Lenape, Sr., G
• Brady Lynch, Eastern, Sr., G

NATIONAL DIVISION

First Team

• Declan Capps, Moorestown, Sr., F
• Luke Rath, Seneca, Sr., F
• Jordan Marrero, Cherry Hill West, Sr., F
• Chase Giambri, Paul VI, Jr., F
• Cooper Macri, Cherry Hill West, Jr., F
• Alfay Depaula, Moorestown, Jr., M
• Travis Hemphill, Paul VI, Sr., M
• Christian Pacella, Cherry Hill West, Sr., M
• Jacob Syntil, Winslow, Sr., M
• Travis Bauer, Seneca, Sr., M
• Luke Damian, Moorestown, Sr., M
• Aiden Ryder, Cherry Hill West, Sr., D
• Brady McDonough, Bishop Eustace, Sr., D
• Vaughn Worthing, Seneca, Jr., D
• Andrew Coutinho, Moorestown, Sr., D
• Charles Byrd-Leitner, Moorestown, Sr., D
• Michael Della Rosa, Moorestown, Sr., G
• Matthew Corsetti, Paul VI, Sr., G

Second Team

• Jake Bauer, Seneca, Jr., F
• Owen Callinan, Camden Catholic, Jr., M
• Luke Plunkett, Paul VI, Sr., M
• Jim Ramirez, Camden Catholic, Sr., M
• Chukwudi Obasi, Camden Catholic, Jr., M
• Jake Lenghe, Paul VI, Sr., D
• Gavin Tallant, Seneca, Sr., D
• Brody Harris, Winslow, Sr., D
• Chiz Obasi, Camden Catholic, Sr., D
• Benjamin Mrvica, Bishop…

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