Category: Lenni Lenape

NJAC-National

First team: Dante Marinello, Morristown Beard sr.; Jacob Michalski, Morristown sr.; Ian Plott, Morristown sr.; Adam Wood, Sparta sr.; Ryan Rossi, Sparta sr.; David Votapek, Morristown sr.; Tim Larosa, Mendham jr.; Jack Lavere, Lenape Valley sr.; Tristan Aitkenhead, Mendham sr.; Jack Wadley, Mendham sr.; Joe Buono, Sparta jr

Second team: Will McDonald, Morristown Beard jr.; Charlie Guida, Morristown Beard jr.; Gavin Timoney, Mendham jr.; Greg Peters, Sparta so.; Jack Suchanek, Mendham jr.; Eric Perez, Lenape Valley jr.; Troy Brennan, Lenape Valley jr.; John Holtz, Mendham jr.; Sean Duthaler, Sparta sr.; Paul Gennat, Sparta sr.; Liam Kelly, Lenape Valley jr.

Honorable mention: Luke Fehnel, Mendham sr.; Chase Geer, Sparta sr.; Andrew Down, Morristown sr.; Charlie Gibbs, Morristown Beard jr.; Braden Coles, Lenape Valley jr.

Division champion: Mendham

Sportsmanship award: Lenape Valley

NJAC-United

First team: Ryan Beller, Morris Knolls jr.; Anthony Skawinski, Roxbury so.; Caedon Jones, Kittatinny jr.; Adam DeCristofaro, Mount Olive so.; Max Morosoff, Vernon sr.; Jayson Horowitz, Montville sr.; Luke Denison, Madison sr.; Anthony Moscatello, Mount Olive jr.; Thomas Gioioso, Morris Knolls sr.; Jeremiah Carfello, Vernon sr.; Chris Kolaritsch, Montville jr. 

Second team: Gianni Graziano, Montville jr.; Nick Reda, Mount Olive sr.; Andrew Knutelsky, Kittatinny jr.; Will Clifford, Madison jr.; Nick Forgione, Morris Knolls jr.; Sean Biakowski, Morris Knolls sr.; Tyler Hoste, Kittatinny sr.; Cooper Anderson, Mount Olive sr.; Owen Lally, Vernon so.; Michael Murphy, Roxbury sr.; Nick Gomez, Montville sr.

Honorable mention: Joseph Bubay, Morris Knolls sr.; Aiden Toupet, Roxbury sr.; Max Machado, Mount Olive sr.; Mike Colaiacovo, Montville fr.; Aiden Van Wingerden, Kittatinny sr.; Joseph Carfano, Madison sr.; Jacob Mann, Vernon sr.

Division champion: Mount Olive

Sportsmanship award: Morris Knolls

NJAC-American

First team: Joe Leone, Delbarton sr.; Nick Faccone, Delbarton jr.; Stefan Swedlund, Randolph jr.; Ryan Boyd, Chatham sr.; Connor Herraiz, Pope John sr.; Jack Sakowski, Pope John jr.; Caz Kotsen, Mountain Lakes sr.; Gavin Ananian, Mountain Lakes jr.; Matt Sentowski, Mountain Lakes jr.; Ryan McLaughlin, Mountain Lakes sr.; David Link,…

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Written by RuthAnn Purchase

One huge change that has come to our region recently is the increasing desire to honor ancient ways of living together well. Land acknowledgements are one of many ways to do this and improve our relationships with all living things, including plants, animals, and people, a group that some, like the Lenape, call “All Our Relations.  

Indigenous protocol on every continent requires the acknowledgement of one another’s ancestors, their ancestral rivers, and their sacred lands.

This protocol sounds a lot like equity or equal rights. We need trees to breathe; we relate to trees even if we forget to thank them; therefore, trees are our relations and deserve our respect.  If trees are our relations, do local Indigenous trees have the right to live?  Do local rivers have the right to thrive?  If humans need trees and clean water for Life on Earth, humans must re-learn honor for “All Our Relations.” 

Naming is part of that honor.  If I call you by a name that insults you, you might not want to live with me.  So it is for our relations.  The term “Delaware” comes from De La Warre, a military title given to General Thomas West from the British Army, who decimated the lands and peoples he was sent to colonize.  

Before Thomas West named them after himself, the Tribes were not called “Delaware Indians”.   They were Lenape, grouped in three Tribes: Wolf, Turkey and Turtle, each with their own dialect.  

In the Philadelphia region, Unami was the prevalent dialect.  In Unami dialect of Lenape, this river valley we live in is called Hakesena Sipu Pahseyunk – the Mother River Valley. And Wawa was not a store on a highway, but the name of the geese who sang many songs as they migrated together. 

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The sculpture acts as a sort of land acknowledgement wrought in steel: the Parasaurolophus is in the Hadrosaurus family of dinosaurs, which once roamed this region. The beadwork represents the people who traditionally occupied the land.

“I believe that time is not linear,” said artist Marianela Fuentes. “These beings were living in the same lands that we are now. So all the beadwork represents this time, and the dinosaur represents ancient times.” Artist Marianela Fuentes grew up in the state of Coahuila in northeast Mexico, an area rich in dinosaur fossils. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

The beadwork, resembling very floral tattoos, represent symbols and creation myths of the Lenni Lenape people, who worked with Fuentes to create the patterns by hand.

Fuentes is based in Mexico City and grew up in the state of Coahuila in northeast Mexico, where Parasaurolophus were plentiful. In prehistoric geological eras that region was part of an ocean. Now, as a risen seabed, it is one of the richest places in the world for dinosaur fossils. The sculpture, created by Mexican artist Marianela Fuentes, is covered in tiny beads depicting Native American themes. The designs on the head represent the universe. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Prehistoric beasts have fascinated Fuentes since childhood, when her parents would take her to fossil sites. They have become a recurring influence in her sculptural work.

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The bones of “Alpha Sacred Beings” are made from real archaeological casts at the Museum del Desierto, which has the largest collection of dinosaur bones in Mexico.

“I wanted to be an archeologist,” said Fuentes. “But I ended up doing sculpture.”

Every summer for the last…

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Julianne Brennan, the head coach for the Lenape Valley High School softball program, both rightfully and with great pride remembers some of the Patriots’ finest moments from this recently concluded season.

“Looking back on our 2022 season, we had a few key wins that made us optimistic for the years to come and truly showed our growth as a team,’’ Brennan said. “First, we played Pope John in the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament and lost 5-1; we played them again two weeks later and beat them 2-0 by having a clean game in the field and a few monster hits.

“We played Jefferson in our second-to-last game of the season and our bats came out hot in the first inning to take the lead, 4-0. This was the game where these girls came together, everyone played their game, the energy in the dugout was unmatched and we won as a team. Everyone had an important role in this huge win for us as a program and those are the games you remember. Our last win stands out as a true turning point for us when we beat High Point, 12-2, with a walk-off three-run homerun to end the season. It allowed us as a program to thrive in our last moments of the 2022 season and set the tone for next year.’’

Proper leadership was ever present for Lenape Valley this spring.

“Graduating seven seniors last year, there was plenty of opportunity for our athletes to step up and become leaders for the 2022 season,’’ Brennan said. “Junior shortstop Laney Kenny and junior third baseman Alyssa Canfield stepped up as true leaders of the team by, not only their energy, but also the way that they carry themselves.

“When we asked them to help us change the culture of the team, they…

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Visitors to Perkasie’s Lenape Park will have noticed the town’s new amphitheater taking shape, and can look forward to twice as many free summer concerts this year.

“We are excited to bring Perkasie’s popular, free Summer Concert Series to the new Lenape Park amphitheater,” said Aaron Clark, councilman and chair of the borough’s parks and recreation committee. “We’re running a lot more concerts this year, and we’re looking forward to expanded parks and recreation programming, including exercise classes and performances.”

All concerts begin at 7 p.m. at the new amphitheater on Constitution Avenue opposite the Perkasie Square shopping center. The season opens with face painters, a henna artist, outdoor games, balloon twisting, ice cream, popcorn and community fun when Perkasie Borough Council hosts “The Nerds” at the amphitheater’s Grand Opening event on June 15.

The lineup for the rest of the season is as follows: June 22, The Large Flowerheads; June 29, The House of Hamill; July 6, All Revv’d Up; July 13, Rave On; July 15, Moss Henry and the Bryophytes; July 20, The Other Brothers; July 22, Quarter To Five Jazz Quartet; July 27, The Quakertown Band; July 29, Rootsetters; Aug. 3, Gypsy Funk Squad; and Aug. 10, Fuse Box. The Borough reserves Aug. 17 and Aug. 24 as rain date reschedules for inclement weather.

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Parking is available at Lenape Park and in the shopping center across the street, although…

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Seneca 5, Princeton 4: Liam Trzaskawka struck out six in 4 2/3 innings and Brayden Davis had a two-run single as Seneca (9-15, 6-6) defeated visiting Princeton (11-13, 3-4) in a nonleague game May 26.

Chase Ruppel had two hits, including a double, knocked in a run and scored a run as the Golden Eagles snapped a two-game losing streak and handed Princeton its fourth straight loss.

Nonleague

May 26, Tabernacle

Seneca 5, Princeton 4

Princeton – 001 120 0 – 4 6 2

Seneca – 101 300 X – 5 6 2

WP: Liam Trzaskawka; 2B: P-Alex Winters, Jaxon Petrone; S-Chase Ruppel.

Cherokee 7, Washington Township 5: Dylan Cruice and Jeremy Cheeseman belted two- and three-run home runs, respectively, as No. 6 seed Cherokee (19-7, 7-3) defeated visiting No. 11 Washington Township (11-13, 4-6) in a NJSIAA South Group 4 first-round playoff game June 1.

Winning pitcher Shane Sax, Danny Torres and Cheeseman combined to strike out 11 for the Chiefs, while Dom Patrizi had two hits, knocked in a run and scored a run to help the offense.

NJSIAA South Group 4 – First Round

June 1, Marlton

Cherokee 7, Washington Township 5

Township – 004 010 0 – 5 6 0

Cherokee – 160 000 0 – 7 8 0

WP: Shane Sax; LP: Sam Kaschak; 2B: C-Evan Brown; HR: WT-Jack Fitzpatrick, Jared Dziergowski; C-Dylan Cruice, Jeremy Cheeseman.

Millville 9, Lenape 1: David Rodriguez (3-for-3, run) and Connor Lacy (2-for-4) both knocked in three runs as No. 14 seed Millville (12-13, 6-6) upset No. 3 Lenape (18-6, 7-3) in a NJSIAA South Group 4 first-round playoff game June 1.

Andrew Shank’s RBI single scored Justin Figueroa in the fifth inning for the Indians’ only run.

Lenape, which beat the Thunderbolts, 6-4, on the road in the second game…

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Written by RuthAnn Purchase and Simon Purchase James

The Lenape Forest Garden at the Village of Fork Branch in Dover, Delaware is regeneration, reconnection, and decolonization in action. 

In the Lenape Forest Garden, we are learning how to remove invasive species and reintroduce native species that provide food, medicine, and materials for traditional lifeways, creating networks of reciprocal relationships, known to some as guilds or companion plantings. 

Last fall, John Heinz’s MobilizeGreen crew, the Appoquinimink High School Environmental Club and NPS Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance staff, and other volunteers joined us there for a work day. 

The day began with the Haudenausee tradition of Ohenton Karihwatehkwen, known in English as Greetings to the Natural World, Words Before All Other Words, or Thanks Giving Address, during which everyone present honored the inhabitants of Mother Earth as teachers and elder relatives.  

After a morning of work, the group settled down at the Sacred Story Circle, a space designed with Tribal Leaders to allow the stories of the 4 Directions to guide and rebalance our relationships.  Storytelling is usually reserved for the “Season of the Clacking Stones” when everyone in hibernation is striking stone against stone, making tools and baskets while waiting for the long nights and cold weather to pass.  That fall day, Chief White Otter Coker’s stories inspired the crew members to ask deeply thoughtful questions and commit themselves to planting native species everywhere they work.

Each plant guild around the Sacred Story Circle tells the stories of each direction.  White Flat Cedar greets us at the Eastern entrance, representing cleansing and new life; Evergreen Holly and Elderberry of the Northern guilds celebrate eternal life, wisdom, and healing. Designing the Lenape Forest Garden based on plants who grow together naturally helps us humans honor the families of plants who…

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Ramapough receive 285-year-old deed from descendants of Sloat family

Sloat family descendants return land use deed to Ramapough on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ.

Marsha A. Stoltz, NorthJersey.com

MAHWAH — A 285-year-old deed granting land use to members of the Sloat family was returned by its descendants to the Ramapough tribe in a symbolic ceremony at Ramapo College on Saturday.

Chief Dwaine Perry supervised the transfer of the deed between seventh generations before an audience of Ramapough and Sloat family members.

“We are grateful to the Rev. Jack Zamboni and his family for restoring our faith in the goodness of the American people as we received this unprecedented blessing of the original deed,” Perry said.  

The deed was returned by Zamboni, a maternal descendant of the Sloat family who is an Episcopal priest living in Dunellen.  His son, Jonathan, transferred the deed to seventh generation Ramapough member D.J. Defreese.

“This return does not cure the atrocities of genocide, land theft and slavery that indigenous people of this land experienced, which can never be made right,” Zamboni said. “However, repair work can be done so that settler and indigenous nations may start to live freely together here and now.”

Drums and chants preceded a brief tobacco ceremony blessing the transfer. Members gathered briefly afterward for pictures…

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United States – May 31, 2022 —

The Sand Hill Lenape Indians made tremendous contributions to the development of the state of New Jersey and the U.S States. An ex-mayor of Neptune Township, New Jersey, said, “It is a shame what some people in the State have done to the Sand Hill Lenape Indians.” Then he went on to say, “the Sand Hill Lenape Indians and the Reevey family are the people who made the state of New Jersey possible.”

The Sand Hill Lenape Indians made tremendous contributions to the development of the state of New Jersey and the U.S States. An ex-mayor of Neptune Township, New Jersey, said, “It is a shame what some people in the State have done to the Sand Hill Lenape Indians.” Then he went on to say, “the Sand Hill Lenape Indians and the Reevey family are the people who made the state of New Jersey possible.”

The Sand Hill Lenape Indians were the original group of Native American families that settled in the lands of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Manhattan today over 10,000 years ago. These people were skilled farmers, builders, engineers, artists, musicians, hunters, athletes, emergency technicians, community leaders, U.S. soldiers, U.S. senators, medics, inventors, guardians, makers, teachers, etc. They also helped build cities in New Jersey, the Boardwalks, housing, and many other architectural structures in N.J. According to historic evidence, the Sand Hill Lenape Indians (“THE INDIANS OF LENAPEHOKING”) are actually some of the last living descendants of the sacred ancient Mayan mound building, “world teacher” people. In the 1600s the Sand Hill Lenape Indians opened their lands to European settlers who were trying to escape the tyranny of some of the past monarchs of Europe.

The Sand Hill Lenape tribal nation community that once had…

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United States – May 31, 2022 —

The Sand Hill Lenape Indians made tremendous contributions to the development of the state of New Jersey and the U.S States. An ex-mayor of Neptune Township, New Jersey, said, “It is a shame what some people in the State have done to the Sand Hill Lenape Indians.” Then he went on to say, “the Sand Hill Lenape Indians and the Reevey family are the people who made the state of New Jersey possible.”

The Sand Hill Lenape Indians made tremendous contributions to the development of the state of New Jersey and the U.S States. An ex-mayor of Neptune Township, New Jersey, said, “It is a shame what some people in the State have done to the Sand Hill Lenape Indians.” Then he went on to say, “the Sand Hill Lenape Indians and the Reevey family are the people who made the state of New Jersey possible.”

The Sand Hill Lenape Indians were the original group of Native American families that settled in the lands of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Manhattan today over 10,000 years ago. These people were skilled farmers, builders, engineers, artists, musicians, hunters, athletes, emergency technicians, community leaders, U.S. soldiers, U.S. senators, medics, inventors, guardians, makers, teachers, etc. They also helped build cities in New Jersey, the Boardwalks, housing, and many other architectural structures in N.J. According to historic evidence, the Sand Hill Lenape Indians (“THE INDIANS OF LENAPEHOKING”) are actually some of the last living descendants of the sacred ancient Mayan mound building, “world teacher” people. In the 1600s the Sand Hill Lenape Indians opened their lands to European settlers who were trying to escape the tyranny of some of the past monarchs of Europe.

The Sand Hill Lenape tribal nation community that once had millions of members, is now down…

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