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Pocono420, Jim Thorpe Indie Films, Earth Day and more kick off spring fest season

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Post date April 14, 2023
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One of the largest cannabis fests in the country is headed to the Poconos
Film festival to highlight Lenape community
Lehigh Valley fests worth the trip

According to a study done by online fashion retailer Boohoo, Pennsylvania is among the top-10 most festival-obsessed states in the country― and the Poconos are no exception. April kicks off festival season in northeast Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley.

Read on for our staff’s festival picks.

Pennsylvania Cannabis Festival to take place at Pocono Raceway

Pennsylvania’s 9th annual Cannabis Festival is headed to the Tricky Triangle. The festival, themed “Pocono420” will take place April 22-23 at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond. The Scranton-based festival is one of the largest on the East Coast, second only to the Boston Freedom Rally.

Presented by CuraLeaf, the 18 and over festival boasts two concert stages, more than 300 vendors and 30-plus food vendors. Enjoy headliners such as Bong Hits for Jesus and Space Kamp on the day stage, and rock out to Kottonmouth Kings and Mendo Dope for Saturday night concerts, among other acts.

“We have…

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Delaware Water Gap national park petition reignites controversy

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Post date April 13, 2023
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(The Center Square) – A new effort to redesignate the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area as a national park and preserve has reignited old controversies among property owners wary of further government intrusion.

Facing off on the issue are the Delaware River National Park & Lenape Preserve Alliance – who is spearheading the congressional petition for the redesignation – and the Delaware Water Gap Defense Fund, also known as No National Park, who feel the area’s current status is satisfactory.

Bob Fitch, media liaison for the Lenape Preserve Alliance, says it wants to place “this gem of our national heritage into the jeweled crown of the national park system where it has always belonged,” enhancing its protection and prestige.

The recreation area spans 70,000 acres along a 40-mile stretch of the Delaware River, from northeastern Pennsylvania to the western edge of the Kittatinny Mountains in New Jersey’s Warren and Sussex counties. At the time of its original designation, it did not fit the characteristics of a national park.

The petition calls for 9,760 acres – 14% of the area – to become a national park, the majority of which surrounds the river. Over 56,000 acres would become a preserve on which hunting would be allowed.

Delaware River National Park and Lenape Preserve’s proposal to redesignate portions of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area as a national park, as illustrated in this map.

Delaware River National Park and Lenape Preserve

No National Park worries, however, that doing so will increase traffic, damage infrastructure in the park and surrounding communities, cost too much money, restrict hunting and farming, and lose more property through eminent domain.

The group’s concerns stem from historical precedent – the memory of which causes…

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Shawnee defeats Lenape – Baseball recap

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Post date April 12, 2023
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Jackson Logar pitched five innings of one-hit ball and struck out 11 while allowing five walks to lead Shawnee past Lenape 10-0 in Medford.

Shawnee (4-1) took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning before adding three more runs in the second. Oskar Heino hit a three-run home run and scored a run.

Shawnee’s Danny Scullion also went 3-3 with a home run, two RBI, and one run. Evan Lure finished 2-2 with two RBI and one run.

Grant Hunter recorded the sole hit for Lenape (1-2).

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Unitarian Congregation of West Chester to pay reparations to the Lenni Lenape people

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Post date April 11, 2023
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In a special service on Sunday, April 16 at 10 a.m., the Unitarian Congregation of West Chester will pay reparations to the Lenni Lenape people. For the service, the congregation will be joined by Chief Chuck DeMund of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, who will share stories, history, and teachings, as well as information about current struggles for recognition. All proceeds from the special collection will benefit the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania.

The reparations program began with a conversation the congregation’s Minister, Rev. Dan Schatz, held with the Social Justice Committee and Board of Trustees. “We often acknowledge that our building stands on land that is part of the Lenape homeland,” said Rev. Schatz, “but without reparations, acknowledgments don’t mean that much.” The congregation, which shares its offering with community organizations once a month, decided to commit one Sunday a year to the Lenape people. “Many of us will be giving reparations for the land on which our homes sit, as well as the congregation,” said Rev. Schatz, “and this year is just a beginning.”

Chief Chuck DeMund of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania. (Submitted Photo)

In giving reparations, Rev. Schatz acknowledges the complicated issues involved. “There are Lenape who were forcibly removed to reservations in the West, and there are Lenape here in Pennsylvania, struggling for legal recognition. Both deserve support. We decided to begin by giving to the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania because it offers us the opportunity to be directly engaged and begin to build relationships.”

Pennsylvania is one of only 13 states that that does not recognize a tribe within its boundaries. The Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, a 501c3, is lobbying the state legislature for the same status granted to Lenape communities…

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Ocean City High School boys lacrosse hosts Lenape

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Post date April 10, 2023
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Solano Voices: Why not reparations for Native Americans?

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Post date April 9, 2023
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Roger Oberbeck: Solano Voices

California is considering giving reparations of $360,000 to descendants of Black slaves, at a cost of up to $800 billion.

There is a list of 69 massacres of Native Americans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_massacres_in_North_America), where many women and children were killed, including the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre (400 killed, 1846 Sacramento River Massacre (700 killed), 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre (250 killed), and Clear Lake Massacre (400 killed).

Native American tribes have had their ancestral land taken from them illegally. The United States made 368 treaties with Native American tribes from 1778 to 1871.

As settlers moved into the Great Lakes region the Shawnee, Lenape, Miami, Ottawa, Ojibwa and Potawatomi fought a battle at Fallen Timbers, and were forced to give up large areas of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin in the Greenville Treaty.

In 1809, the Treaty of Fort Wayne between the U.S. and Lenape, Potawatomi, Miami, and Eel River tribes, took 2.5 million acres of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois for about 2 cents per acre.

While Andrew Jackson served as a federal commissioner from 1814 to 1824, he negotiated nine of 11 treaties with Choctaw, Chickasaws, Creeks, Seminoles and Cherokee southeast tribes, which gave up 50 million acres of land in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.

In 1830, President Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act, which the U.S. granted land west of the Mississippi River to Native American tribes who agreed to give up their homelands, which gave 25 million acres of land in the South to settlers. When many Cherokee resisted giving up their ancestral land in the southeast the U.S. signed a treaty with the Cherokee at New Echota in 1835, which traded 7 million acres of Cherokee land for $5 million. Many Cherokees…

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Sacred Split Rock Mountain bought from sewer authority, donated to Ramapough Indians

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Post date April 8, 2023
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Ceremony at Sweetwater Cultural Center in Stony Point, NY, honors donation of sacred site

Rematriation ceremony for the Ramapo Indians split rock property.

Video courtesy of Land Conservancy of New Jersey

The Land Conservancy of New Jersey has purchased the Ramapough Indians’ sacred Split Rock Mountain (or Tahetaweew) straddling Hillburn and Ramapo, New York, on the Mahwah border and donated it to the Ramapo Munsee Land Alliance.

The conservancy raised $500,000 in donations, $290,000 to buy the 54-acre property from the Rockland County Sewer Authority in February and the rest to clean it, pay for surveys, environmental assessments and title insurance. The land was transferred to the alliance in a ceremony at the Sweetwater Cultural Center in Stony Point, New York, last month.

The purchase does not resolve access to the site, reached via a 1/2-mile footpath across private property off Split Rock Road in Mahwah. But Chief Dwaine Perry said officially taking charge of the site will allow his tribe to begin the process of “reactivating the mountain’s energy” during ceremonies there in May.

“This site is much like Mount Sinai, where our holy people went to deliberate peace and understanding among other peoples, for which we were called the Grandfather Tribe,” said Perry. “A decision of great…

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Disney Princesses Flock to Doylestown Restaurant for Upcoming Meet-and-Greet

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Post date April 7, 2023
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By John Fey

Published: 12:26 pm EDT March 22, 2023Published: March 22, 2023Updated: 1:25 pm EDT March 22, 2023

Image via Eventbrite.

The event will give young local resident she chance to spend time with their favorite Disney characters.

For parents who want to introduce their young children to Disney’s most beloved characters, a Bucks County restaurant has you covered.

Chambers 19 Bistro & Bar, located at 19 North Main Street in Doylestown, will be hosting a Princess Meet and Greet Pancake Breakfast on March 25 from 8 – 11 AM.

The event will give young Bucks County residents to meet some of their favorite Disney characters. Proceeds from the event will go on to benefit the choir program at the local Lenape Middle School.

“Princesses, princes, and additional favorite characters will be there to serenade your table, take photos, and sign autographs. Guaranteed appearances by Elsa, Anna, Cinderella, Snow White, Belle, Rapunzel, Ariel, Jasmine and more,” event organizers said online.

Known for their food and drinks, the bistro and bar has become a popular spot for locals and residents to enjoy fun atmosphere.

Read more about the upcoming event at Lenape Middle School.

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