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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 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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The Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing Indigenous Culture Fair on Dec. 7 and Dec. 8 will include performances, craft vendors and workshops celebrating Lenape and other Indigenous traditions.
The Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing Indigenous Culture Fair will occur on Dec. 7 and Dec. 8 in Prospect Park, with performances, craft vendors and workshops celebrating Lenape and other Indigenous traditions.
Highlights of the event include performances by the Red Blanket Singers, who will share songs, dances and drumming, according to a press release. Attendees can also participate in corn husk-making workshops and enjoy Indigenous cuisine from vendors such as the award-winning Sly Fox Den.
In addition, over a dozen Indigenous artisans will showcase their work, including Turtle Soul Native Arts, Schenandoah Deerskin Designz and Blue Turquoise Rose Trading Post.
The event, held at the Picnic House, is organized by Prospect Park Alliance, in collaboration with the Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing Collective and the American Indian Community House.
“We are honored to welcome these talented artists and artisans from across the regions to the heart of Brooklyn’s Backyard, their ancestral homeland and share their culture with our community,” said Prospect Park Alliance President Morgan Monaco.
The fair is part of the Alliance’s ReImagine Lefferts initiative, a project transforming the Lefferts Historic House Museum to focus on the history, resistance and resilience of the Lenape and enslaved Africans who once lived on these lands. The event is funded by grants from the American Indian Community House and New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.
“Indigenous people and culture have profoundly shaped New York City,” said Speaker Adams. “The Council is proud to support this event, offering New Yorkers a chance to celebrate the rich history of the Lenape people. Understanding our past is essential to building a brighter, inclusive future.”
For more information on the fair, click here.
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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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
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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…
The seals of the three federally recognized Lenape Tribal Nations in the United States – the Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.
Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples have cared for the land today’s American public live, work, and recreate on.
The Service has a trust responsibility for federally recognized Tribal Nations and must consider whether our proposed actions will affect Tribal interests. We coordinate best practices for landscape conservation and cultural and historic preservation in accordance with federal laws and our Native American Policy. Our decision-making is enhanced by Tribes’ Traditional Ecological Knowledge — or Indigenous Knowledge — which is the evolving wisdom and experience acquired by Indigenous peoples over thousands of years, through their direct contact with the environment.
But how can Indigenous communities that were forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands give substantial information on how to care for them?
Three Lenape Tribes facing this conundrum wanted to reconnect their youth with their ancestral homeland in the Delaware River Watershed. Thanks to some guidance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and an America the Beautiful Challenge grant, the Tribes can make this dream a reality.
Lenape Tribes’ Homelands
During the 19th century, three Lenape Tribal Nations were forced by war, disease and exploitative treaties to leave the territories that had supported their ancestors for millennia. Called the Lënapehòkink, these territories include modern northeastern Delaware, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania along the Delaware River watershed, New York City, western Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley.
Map of the Lënapehòkink displaying its reach of territories from New York down to New Jersey. (Credit: Nikater/Wikipedia)
Following a painful period of westward removals, the Delaware Tribe and Delaware Nation resettled in Oklahoma, and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community resettled in Wisconsin. They are the three federally recognized Lenape Tribal Nations in the United States.
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OLYMPIC CONFERENCE ALL-DIVISION TEAMS, 2024
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NATIONAL DIVISION
FIRST TEAM
- M-Isabella Moore, Camden Catholic, Sr.
- F-Sophia Stazi, Camden Catholic, So.
- F-Savannah Freeland, Camden Catholic, Jr.
- D-Lauren Iaccio, Camden Catholic, Jr.
- M-Adelae Chierici, Moorestown, Sr.
- M-Marley Procopio, Moorestown, Sr.
- G-Sophia Mazza, Moorestown, Sr.
- M-Fiona Sokorai, Seneca, So.
- F-Ava Thomas, Seneca, Sr.
- D-Madison Stillwell, Seneca, Sr.
- F-Tatum Woods, Cherry Hill West, Sr.
- D-Anna Marquardt, Bishop Eustace, Sr.
- M-Alex Braem, Bishop Eustace, So.
- M-Carlyn McKendrick, Paul VI, Sr.
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- M-Madison Logan, Camden Catholic, Sr.
- G-Madelyn LaForm, Camden Catholic, Jr.
- D-Gianna Piperata, Camden Catholic, Jr.
- D-Lyla Klopp, Camden Catholic, Fr.
- D-Sophia Sullivan, Moorestown, Jr.
- D-Clare Martin, Moorestown, Sr.
- M-Josephine Perrin, Seneca, Sr.
- F-Isabella Ounjian, Seneca, Jr.
- D-Olivia Montgomery, Seneca, Jr.
- D-Juliana Racoballdo, Bishop Eustace, Jr.
- M-Addison Petti, Cherry Hill West, Sr.
- D-Kylie Ruggieri, Cherry Hill West, Jr.
- F-Amelia Niven, Paul VI, Sr.
- D-Ainsley McKendrick, Paul VI, D
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Field Hockey: Shawnee at Cherokee, September 28, 2024
AMERICAN DIVISION
FIRST TEAM
- D-Chloe Yoder, Eastern, Jr.
- D-Kasey Abbott, Shawnee, Sr.
- D-Alivia Ronning, Cherokee, Sr.
- F-Abby Davidson, Shawnee, Sr.
- F-Sadie Errickson, Cherokee, Fr.
- G-Gaby Hoffmaster, Eastern, Sr.
- G-Erin O’Brien, Cherokee, Jr.
- M-Kylie Bregman, Cherry Hill East, Jr.
- M-Adia Hall, Cherry Hill East, Jr.
- M-Brynn Somers, Eastern, Sr.
- M-Tessa Connor, Eastern, So.
- M-Ava Fisher, Rancocas Valley, Jr.
- M-Elena Bonfrisco, Shawnee, Sr.
- M-Brooke Hughes, Lenape, Sr.
SECOND TEAM
- D-Sarai Morrison, Cherry Hill East, Jr.
- D-Melany Mosier, Eastern, Sr.
- D-Elizabeth Cutbush, Shawnee, Sr.
- D-Brooke Butler, Cherokee, Fr.
- D-Maggie Nielson, Lenape, Jr.
- F-Maelynn Casey, Cherokee, Fr.
- F-Allie Mazur, Cherokee, Jr.
- F-Alexis Distefano, Lenape, So.
- G-Madison Krieger, Cherry Hill East, Sr.
- G-Brenna Fitzpatrick, Shawnee, Sr.
- M-Sophia Pallante, Rancocas Valley, Fr.
- M-Allie Beckendorf, Cherokee, Jr.
- M-Victoria Geissler, Cherokee, Sr.
- M-Xan Wallenhurst, Lenape, Sr.
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The East Coast Greenway (or ECG) spans 3,000 miles, whisking hikers and bikers through the brick mills of Rhode Island, the urban waterfronts of New York City and the wetlands of North Carolina. It’s one of the most ambitious projects of its kind in the U.S. and hosts an estimated 50 million visits per year, making it one of the most popular routes in the world.
While its most beloved segments are secluded and separated from motorized traffic, as much as 65% of the ECG involves interacting with cars and trucks that are moving at high speeds. Most of the time, that looks like cycling on the shoulder of a highway. In some cases, it looks like the intersection where The Biking Fireman stood.
There’s nothing more than a painted crosswalk to demarcate a major trail crossing on the boulevard. No overhead lights, no eye-catching warning and, most tellingly, nothing in the design of the roadway to compel drivers to slow down. The posted speed limit is 25 mph, but locals laugh at the suggestion that vehicles travel that slowly. It’s a raceway, and at the high speeds observed, drivers have little time to react to the sudden incursion of a trail user. And trail users, no matter how vigilant and swift, run the risk of not being seen in time by someone driving in one of the four available lanes.
Stewards of the ECG understand how dangerous these parts of the trail are, which is why they install police officers at high-traffic intersections during organized rides, like the New York-to-Philadelphia Greenway Ride. They even refer to the segments that put trail users and cars in the same lane as “high-stress segments”:
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