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Stockbridge leaders and Mohican tribal liaison dedicate new Housatonic crossing signs marked ‘Wa’thatinik’

STOCKBRIDGE — To honor the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, the area’s original settlers, town leaders and residents attended a ceremony Thursday dedicating the first of 10 new Housatonic River crossing signs — Wa’thatinik, the Mohican word for “the land beyond the mountains.”

Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians seek to protect tribal burial sites along the Housatonic

Select Board member Patrick White organized the brief gathering and Select Board Chair Jamie Minacci presided under rainy skies at the Goodrich Memorial Footbridge at the end of Park Street. The bridge connects to a riverside walk and popular trails leading to Ice Glen and Laura’s Tower.

The ceremony marked “another symbol of the tribe and the town of Stockbridge creating beginnings and working together,” Mohicans tribal liaison Sherry White told The Eagle. Citing the walking tour of local Mohican landmarks offered for people to learn about the tribe, she pointed out that “there are people here who don’t even know yet that we exist.”

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Sherry White, tribal liaison of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, reads during a dedication of a Housatonic River crossing to honor the town’s original settlers. The ceremony marked “another symbol of the tribe and the town of Stockbridge creating beginnings and working together,” she told The Eagle.

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“We were talking this morning about some other opportunities to strengthen our relationship with efforts that began decades ago, to keep it moving forward,” Patrick White added. Among the other signs to be posted is at the river crossing on East Main Street near the Stockbridge Golf Club.

At the ceremony, he presented a dedication stating that “Wa’thatinik is what the ancient voices…

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Advisory: ICA Returns to New York Climate Week to Champion Indigenous-led Solutions—a Just Future for All

Advisory: ICA Returns to New York Climate Week to Champion Indigenous-led Solutions—a Just Future for All

September 20, 2024

Lenape (Lenapehoking), Manahatin, Canarsie,  Shinnecock, Reckgawanc, Munsee and Haudenosaunee Nation | New York City, NY — As thousands plan to gather for Climate Week 2024, Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) is proud to announce its delegation. Indigenous leaders and climate justice advocates will amplify Indigenous-led solutions, utilizing divestment, Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), Just Transition, as well as the threats and risks of Nature-based solutions on global human rights. These efforts will center Indigenous knowledge in addressing the accelerating climate crisis and phase out of fossil fuels.

ICA, in partnership with Sacred Earth Solar, will co-host a hybrid panel discussion: Invest in Indigenous Sovereignty on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. This panel, featuring leaders in Indigenous divestment and land defense, will explore how divestment can shift power back to Indigenous communities, strengthen Indigenous economies, and push for systemic change that prioritizes land protection, environmental justice, and accountability from financial institutions.

Complimenting this vital conversation, ICA will introduce a Divestment report: Healing the Land: Indigenous Perspectives on Divestment, exploring Indigenous divestment strategies as effective and transformative tools, emphasizing the relationship between divestment and Indigenous sovereignty. In conjunction with the report launch, ICA will host a collaborative Indigenous Divestment Working Group to provide feedback on the current Indigenous Divestment Working Group and Indigenous Caucus. This session will also explore long-term Indigenous divestment strategies, offering space to discuss goals for Indigenous-led divestment in so-called Canada.

Beyond these critical co-hosted events, ICA’s delegation will be actively participating in multiple panels and discussions throughout the week.

The delegation will be on the ground, co-hosting, speaking, and engaging in roundtable sessions. With a strong emphasis on Decolonizing Climate Policy and advocating for Indigenous rights and sovereignty in national…

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UWinnipeg faculty receive $750,000 in research funding

Six University of Winnipeg faculty members have each been awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant for 2024, totaling more than $750,000 in research funding.

Insight Grants support research proposed by scholars and judged worthy of funding by their peers and/or other experts. These grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities, and provide stable support for long-term research initiatives, which is central to advancing knowledge.

 

Mary Jane McCallum

Professor, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous People, History and Archives, Mary Jane McCallum, received $334,884 for the project, Legacies of Colonial Violence: Munsee Land and History in Southwestern Ontario.

The voices of the Munsee Delaware Nation (MDN) are currently missing in Canada’s national heritage environment.

This project will build a two-year exhibition at the Canadian Museum of History (CMH) that centers family history within the larger history of the MDN.

The project will address the ongoing misrepresentations and exclusions of Indigenous Peoples and history within the heritage sector. It will also provide an enhanced understanding of Munsee history in Canada and the local experience and legacy of colonial violence in southwestern Ontario.

This exhibit will have broad educational benefits, and can help change attitudes, policies, and beliefs about First Nations people and history that that impact Indigenous communities daily, including our experience of heritage sites.

 

Sharanpal Ruprai

Associate Professor and Chair of Women’s and Gender Studies, Sharanpal Ruprai, received $94,368 for the project, Desi+: Digital Artistic Productions by Queer Sikhs.

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To widen collective understanding of Queerness and the impact it has on socio-political change, this research looks…

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Tribal nations expanding footprint in cannabis

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Tiny copper earring found buried on Outer Banks is new clue in search for Algonquian village

A small copper earring unearthed during archaeological digs in search of the Native American village linked to the famed Lost Colony was “almost certainly” traded or gifted to the local tribe by Sir Walter Raleigh’s explorers, based on newly-released scientific tests.

Volunteer researchers found the ring and some shards of pottery last summer in archaeological pits at the Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island near modern-day Manteo, North Carolina. The First Colony Foundation — a nonprofit dedicated to conducting archaeological and historical research on Roanoke Island — has been searching for the Algonquian village encountered during Sir Walter Raleigh’s first expedition to the New World 440 years ago.

An archaeological dig on Roanoke Island pinpoints the first contact between Natives and early English explorers. Photo by Kari Pugh/StaffAn archaeological dig on Roanoke Island pinpoints the first contact between Natives and early English explorers. Photo by Kari Pugh/Staff

“This is an amazing find with an intriguing story to tell,” said Eric Klingelhofer, the foundation’s vice president for research, who led the Elizabethan Gardens dig. “After lying hidden in the ground for more than four centuries, this piece of copper now confirms that we have indeed located the site of Roanoac, the Algonquian village that welcomed the first English explorers in 1584.”

An analysis conducted by Madison Accelerator Laboratory at James Madison University in Harrisonburg found that copper used to make the ring was of European origin, rather than from a North American source, the foundation said in a news release.

The Spanish and French, Klingelhofer said, were never close enough to Roanoke Island during 16th century expeditions to have left the ring at the village.

During the tribe’s first contact with English explorers Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe in 1584, the wife of the village chief treated the men to…

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UW-Stevens Point students helping to advance forestry science

Have you ever wondered what lies beneath the bark of a towering hardwood tree? At the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, a group of passionate student researchers uncovered the hidden stories written within Wisconsin’s majestic and economically important hardwoods. 

Forestry student research assistants Alice Maas, Hannah Kovalaske, and Eric Alfredson, working with the Wisconsin Forestry Center at UW-Stevens Point and in collaboration with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, have begun phase two of the Photographic Guide to Defects in Hardwoods series. Their work is not only advancing forestry science but also providing valuable hands-on experience that is shaping their future careers.

This project focuses on how northern red oaks respond to wounds, building on the knowledge gained from a study done in 2023 on hard maples. These guides serve as important tools for foresters and loggers, helping them make crucial decisions about tree harvesting. Forestry professors Mike Demchik and Les Werner guided the students on the project.

In 2023, the team ventured into the woods of Shawano County to select trees with visible defects such as seams, branch tearouts and epicormic sprouts. These trees were carefully felled, cut into logs and transported to the UW-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources Wood Utilization Lab. Unlike typical milling practices that aim to hide defects, they highlighted them to better understand how they develop.

The result? A collection of beautifully cut boards that revealed the extent of each defect. The team spent weeks photographing and measuring these boards, turning raw data into valuable insights. Their hard work culminated in presentations at the Jim and Katie Krause College of Natural Resources Student Research Symposium, where they shared their findings with the community.

“Being part of this research project was transformative. Operating a portable sawmill and assessing defects gave me practical skills, while presenting my findings…

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Archaeologists determine copper earring unearthed near ‘Lost Colony’ site came from Native American village that welcomed English explorers

“This piece of copper now confirms that we have indeed located the site of Roanoac, the Algonquian village that welcomed the first English explorers in 1584.”

MANTEO, N.C. — Archaeologists say an unearthed copper earring likely came from European explorers who made up part of the “Lost Colony” in modern-day Roanoke Island, North Carolina.

The nonprofit First Colony Foundation said the earring was likely traded or gifted to local Native Americans between 1584 and 1585. According to the foundation, an analysis conducted by Madison Accelerator Laboratory at James Madison University found that the copper used to make the ring was of European origin, rather than from a North American source.

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The foundation said neither the French nor Spanish — England’s rivals in exploring the New World — ventured as far north as Roanoke Island to trade.

Archaeologists found the earring at Roanoke Island’s Elizabethan Gardens.

“This is an amazing find, with an intriguing story to tell,” said Eric Klingelhofer, First Colony Foundation’s vice president for research, in a news release. “After laying hidden in the ground for more than four centuries, this piece of copper now confirms that we have indeed located the site of Roanoac, the Algonquian village that welcomed the first English explorers in 1584.” 

The First Colony Foundation said at that time, the wife of the village chief treated English explorers Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe to a lavish woodland feast. 

“We were entertained with all love and kindness,” Barlowe wrote in his journal, “and with as much bounty, after their manner, as they could possibly devise.”

“Which makes you wonder, was their hospitality later repaid with a gift of this copper earring, jewelry to adorn a chieftain’s wife or her ladies?”…

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