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  • The candidates discuss goals, the school budget, the district’s Intercultural Awareness and Inclusion Committee, and the appropriate role of cell phones in school settings.

  • Mark Franco, Tanner Storey, Denise Thorsson, Geoffrey Michalak, Helene DiBartolomeo, Andrew Magoun and George Turner are running for three seats on the Town Council.

  • For Daniela Aldrich, dancing and farming have certain similarities: performance and connection.

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    More than 30 queer artists of color sell their clothing lines, accessories, ceramics and other work at the store.

  • Jeffrey DiBartolomeo, Jesse Lamarre-Vincent, Abraham Suresh and Sean Thurston are competing for the two three-year seats for Cumberland. Suzannah Dowling and Sara Rose are squaring off for the open three-year school board seat representing North Yarmouth.

  • The inclusion of a $3 million turf field in Cumberland-North Yarmouth’s ‘One Campus School Project’ has dominated public conversation around a $53.5 million school bond that goes to voters next month, but supporters say the whole package is a wise investment.

  • A Maine ceramicist who lived in Palestine wants viewers to feel the impact of the thousands of young lives lost: ‘We hear numbers all the time, but what do they mean?…

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    Native-Owned Ginew Expands Into Women’s Denim

    Ginew, the Native American-owned denim brand founded by Dr. Amanda Bruegl, who is of Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee descent and Dr. Erik Brodt of the Ojibwe tribe, is on a new journey: women’s wear.

    Founded in 2010 as a small-batch men’s brand focused on heirloom-quality garments and storytelling, Portland, Ore.-based Ginew has steadily gained a following with denim heads for its contemporary vision of Native American style with Ojibwe, Oneida and Stockbridge-Munsee design elements and love for selvedge denim.

    The brand’s focus remains the same for its new women’s collection. “We designed for the eco-conscious and purpose-driven woman who advocates for and appreciates Native culture, story, and style,” Bruegl and Brodt told Rivet.

    Ginew stepped into women’s wear last fall with “true Americana cuts” like the Ozelda, a high-rise, straight jean made with deadstock stretch selvedge denim. Courtesy of Ginew

    Ginew stepped into women’s wear last fall with “true Americana cuts” like the Ozelda, a high-rise, straight jean made with deadstock stretch selvedge denim, and the Niizhoo coat. Modeled after a contemporary Type II style, the denim coat is lined with Native American artist Addie Roanhorse’s colorful Gently Strikes design woven by Pendleton Woolen Mills.

    Roanhorse is a multidisciplinary artist residing on the Osage Nation Reservation. In 2023, she was appointed by Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear as the Osage Nation Ambassador for the movie “Killers of the Flower Moon” directed by Martin Scorsese.

    This spring, Ginew expanded the line by adding cropped carpenter jeans, ruffle tops and a strawberry print tee—a nod to the fruit being the first medicine in the Oneida community.

    The collection is available in sizes XS-XXL for tops and 24-32 for most bottoms. Prices range from…

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    Forge Project Awards $150,000 to Native American Artists

    Native-led arts and culture non-profit Forge Project announced this week the recipients of the 2024 Forge Fellowship.

    “We are thrilled to host this year’s cohort of Forge Project Fellows,” Forge Project Director of Indigenous Programs & Relationality Sarah Biscarra Dilley (yaktitʸutitʸu yaktiłhini), said in a press release. “We look forward to supporting their time in residence, whether it be anchored in uninterrupted time to work, engaging others through a public or invitation-only program, or the spaciousness to rest.”

    Each Forge Project Fellow will receive a $25,000 grant to support their artistic endeavors. During their three-week residencies on-site, they will also enjoy full access to the Forge Project’s facilities, libraries, and contemporary Indigenous art collection.

    Fellows will also have opportunities to showcase their work through events and online platforms.

    The selection process for the 2024 Forge Fellowship involved a panel of esteemed Native artists, scholars, educators, and former fellows. This year’s selection process also involved a panel specifically for fellows from the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

    Established in 2021, the Forge Fellowship has recognized Native leaders across various fields annually. Previous fellows include Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians), Jasmine Neosh (Menominee), Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache), Rainer Posselt (Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohicans), and Tania Willard (Secwepemc Nation).

    Meet the 2024 Forge below.

    Delbert Anderson (Navajo/Diné)
    Delbert Anderson, a Diné jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, blends Navajo “spinning songs” with jazz and funk, creating a unique sound in Native American jazz. Leading the Delbert Anderson Quartet, he infuses Diné culture into his music, with notable projects like “The Long Walk: 1,674 Days” and an upcoming tribute to Indigenous Jazz legends Don Cherry and Jim Pepper. Anderson also runs the “Build A Band” program, teaching jazz improvisation to youth with a focus on Diné values. Recognized by Chamber Music America and the First Peoples Fund, his work…

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    Forge Project Awards $150,000 to Native American Artists

    Details By Native News Online Staff May 16, 2024

    Native-led arts and culture non-profit Forge Project announced this week the recipients of the 2024 Forge Fellowship. 

    “We are thrilled to host this year’s cohort of Forge Project Fellows,” Forge Project Director of Indigenous Programs & Relationality Sarah Biscarra Dilley (yaktitʸutitʸu yaktiłhini), said in a press release. “We look forward to supporting their time in residence, whether it be anchored in uninterrupted time to work, engaging others through a public or invitation-only program, or the spaciousness to rest.”

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    Each Forge Project Fellow will receive a $25,000 grant to support their artistic endeavors. During their three-week residencies on-site, they will also enjoy full access to the Forge Project’s facilities, libraries, and contemporary Indigenous art collection. 

    Fellows will also have opportunities to showcase their work through events and online platforms.

    The selection process for the 2024 Forge Fellowship involved a panel of esteemed Native artists, scholars, educators, and former fellows. This year’s selection process also involved a panel specifically for fellows from the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

    Established in 2021, the Forge Fellowship has recognized Native leaders across various fields annually. Previous fellows include Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians), Jasmine Neosh (Menominee), Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache), Rainer Posselt (Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohicans), and Tania Willard (Secwepemc Nation).

    Meet the 2024 Forge below.

    Delbert Anderson (Navajo/Diné)
    Delbert Anderson, a Diné jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, blends Navajo “spinning songs” with jazz and funk, creating a unique sound in Native American jazz. Leading the Delbert Anderson Quartet, he infuses Diné culture into his music, with notable projects like “The Long Walk: 1,674 Days”…

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    After Shift to Indigenous Governance, Forge Project Names New Fellows

    Forge Project 2024 fellowship winners (clockwise from top left): Delbert Anderson (Navajo/Diné), Schon Matthew Duncan (United Keetoowah Band of the Cherokee Indians), Donna Hogerhuis (Stockbridge-Munsee), Lindsay McIntyre (Inuit), Mikayla Patton (Oglala Sioux Lakota), and Sterling Anthony Schreiber II (Stockbridge-Munsee) (images courtesy Forge Project)

    The Native-led arts and culture advocacy organization Forge Project announced its 2024 fellowship cohort today, May 15, comprising six artists, musicians, filmmakers, and advocates.

    Reflecting a diversity of art disciplines, cultural backgrounds, and geographic upbringings, the fellows are Delbert Anderson (Navajo/Diné), Schon Matthew Duncan (United Keetoowah Band of the Cherokee Indians), Donna Hogerhuis (Stockbridge-Munsee), Lindsay McIntyre (Inuit), Mikayla Patton (Oglala Sioux Lakota), and Sterling Anthony Schreiber II (Stockbridge-Munsee). Each will receive a $25,000 grant to support their practices, as well as embark on a three-week stay this summer at Forge’s 60-acre property in the Mahicannituck (Hudson River) Valley, located approximately 115 miles north of New York City.

    The announcementof this year’s fellowship cohort comes during a significant transitional period for the Forge Project. In late April, the four-year-old organization shifted to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and has been further developing its Native-led framework through the establishment of a seven-member Indigenous Steering Council, which will guide Forge’s major initiatives and future trajectory. The council members, who include artists Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) and Jeffrey Gibson (Choctaw and Cherokee), will oversee Forge’s board of directors and that the organization will continue to fulfill its commitment to Indigenous self-determination. It has also laid out three areas of focus for the years ahead: land, language, and sovereignty.

    “A large amount of our funding was coming from our co-founder Becky Gochman through incredible generosity and we thought, ‘How can an organization like this also be really centered on the radical potential of the…

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    New Excavation Might Reveal Fate of Lost Colony of Roanoke

    Recent excavations on Roanoke Island, North Carolina have revealed new evidence that may help archaeologists and historians determine the ultimate fate of the now-famous “lost colony” of Roanoke. The island, site of the earliest efforts by the English to colonize North America, vanished without a trace more than four centuries ago.

    It seems the Roanoke colonists had direct interactions with Algonquian peoples who lived on the island right beside them, either trading with them or possibly integrating with them once they realized they couldn’t survive on their own. And it is these Algonquian priests who may hold the key.

    The evidence in question was unearthed during excavations carried out by the North Carolina-based First Colony Foundation. This coalition of historians and archaeologists is dedicated to finding ruins and artifacts connected with efforts by the famed Sir Walter Raleigh and other English explorers to settle the eastern coast of the Americas during the latter half of the 16th century.

    The focus of this research has been Roanoke Island, which can be found just off the northeastern coastline of North Carolina. It is here that that what came to be known as the lost colony of Roanoke was established in 1587, by a group of about 100 English settlers led by Governor John White, who had been appointed to that position by Queen Elizabeth I.

    Sir Walter Raleigh himself had attempted to start a colony on the island three years earlier, but his efforts were aborted in the face of resistance from local Native American peoples. But it was the later colony which went down in history for disappearing without trace.

    It is believed that the Algonquian nation absorbed the Roanoke colonists (William Cullen Bryant and Sydney Howard Gay / Public Domain)

    It is believed that the Algonquian nation absorbed…

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    Archaeologists find new clues about North Carolina’s ‘Lost Colony’ from the 16th century

    Archaeologists from The First Colony Foundation have yielded a tantalizing clue about the fate of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from North Carolina’s Roanoke Island in the late 16th century.

    The story of an English settlement known as the “Lost Colony” of early explorers of Roanoke and Sir Walter Raleigh is one of the most fascinating mysteries in American history.

    John White led a party of roughly 115 English settlers who arrived on Roanoke Island, which is located slightly off the east coast of modern-day North Carolina, in 1587. The first attempt to colonize the island had failed a few years prior, so the settlers were the second group to try.

    Even from their first days, the settler community had a rocky relationship with some of the Indigenous tribes that lived in the area. Eventually, White returned to England to request more help for his burgeoning community. Along with the other settlers, he left his wife, daughter Eleanor Dare and her husband Ananias Dare, and his infant granddaughter Virginia—the first English child born in America—to continue building the colony.

    White arrived in England at the same time as the Spanish Armada prepared to invade the nation, which unfortunately caused a delay in his return to the colony. By the time he returned to Roanoke in 1590, his family and the other settlers had vanished. The word “Croatoan” carved into a tree provided the only meaningful hint as to what had happened to them. The word probably referred to Croatoan Island, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south.

    There are various explanations for what happened to today the “lost” Roanoke colony settlers. Some believe the colonists attempted to return to England on smaller ships, some argue that the Spanish attacked them, while others contend that the local…

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    Recent findings shed light on the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke

    Ongoing excavations by archaeologists from The First Colony Foundation have revealed new findings on the historical narrative of the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke.

    The Roanoke Colony refers to two colonisation attempts in North America by Sir Walter Raleigh during the 16th century.

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    Raleigh’s aim was to stake England’s claim to the largely unknown (to Europeans) landmass of North America, and from which he could launch raids on the Spanish West Indies and annual treasure fleets.

    The first attempt was made in 1585 on Roanoke Island, located in present-day Dare County, North Carolina.

    According to accounts by the returning expedition leaders, the colonists had established friendly relations with the indigenous people (the Secotan), describing the land as “pleasant and bountiful.”

    In reality, the colony was troubled by a lack of supplies and poor relations with the Native Americans, resulting in the colony being abandoned in 1586.

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    A second attempt was made in 1587 in the area of Chesapeake Bay, however, upon returning to the colony in 1590, it was found fortified with a palisade and that the settlers had vanished without a trace.

    The search for what happened to the English settlers has recently focused on the Elizabethan Gardens in the town of Manteo, where archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a farmstead belonging to the “Algonquian village of Roanoke” (also spelled Roanoac), an Indigenous community that hosted the settlers in 1584.

    Excavations in March 2024 have uncovered shards of Algonquian pottery dating back to the 1500s, along with a ring of copper wire (made of drawn copper) likely worn by an Algonquian warrior.

    Archaeologists speculate that the ring was brought to North America by the English settlers and traded with…

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    Coyote attacks reported near Oneida, Munsee-Delaware and Chippewa of the Thames

    Friends and family are reporting that packs of coyotes are attacking people near the three First Nations by London, Ont., – Oneida Nation of the Thames, Chippewa of the Thames and Munsee-Delaware.

    A social media post warns that a woman was attacked by a pack of coyotes over the weekend and she is currently in hospital after undergoing surgery from the early-morning attack.

    The post notes that wild dogs could also be the culprit behind the attack but warns, “they are I’m packs attacking people.”

    A number of men were called upon to hunt down the coyotes/wild dogs around the three First Nations while warning to keep children and family inside.

    The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources says coyotes are normally wary of humans and are more visible in late winter while looking for food. Conflicts between people and coyotes also occur more frequently from May to July while coyotes are caring for their newborn pups, according to the MNR.

    The MNR recommends avoiding feeding coyotes as this causes them to become more comfortable around humans.

    Other tips include:

    -keeping pet food indoors to avoid inviting hungry coyotes onto your property

    -remove fallen fruit and vegetables from the ground

    -limit the amount of bird feeders around your property

    -keep waste cans stored away from where animals can easily access them until garbage day

    -use motion sensor lights

    -if you use a fence, install it at least two meters high and at least 20 cm deep into the soil

    -close off potential den areas under your porch or other outbuildings

    -prevent your animals/livestock from roaming free at night to avoid conflicts with coyotes. Place them in barns or sheds

    -never approach or touch a coyote

    -stand tall and wave your hands and make lots of noise if…

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    Natick residential property sales for March 11-22, 2024

    Buyer/s Seller/s Property address Date of sale Sale price C-Square Development LLC Chapman, Peter H & Chapman, Kristen Q 60 E Central St Lot 102 03/22/2024 $301,000 Greenleaf Road LLC Davids Estelle K Est & Vesely, Amy J 8 Greenleaf Rd 03/22/2024 $650,000 Delorme, Jeffrey T & Lampinen, Billie E 10 Algonquian Nt & Bless, Stuart R 10 Algonquian Dr 03/22/2024 $1,601,000 Fillman, Joshua H & Brick, Danielle J Johnson, Anne M 11 Morgan Dr Lot 209 03/22/2024 $715,000 Davenport, John & Davenport, Samantha Kilroy, James & Marquez, Lori 7 Ferndale Rd 03/21/2024 $740,000 Makowski, Nicholas & Horan, Bridget Kpro Properties LLC 25 Hemlock Dr 03/21/2024 $990,000 Eonta, Matthew & Weissman, Kate Morse, John & Morse, Grace 9 Marshall Rd 03/21/2024 $1,004,000 Kong, Jonathan & Mao, Cuiping Ng, Howard & Chu, Yoki 3 Buena Vista Rd 03/20/2024 $1,260,000 Domenick, Brian D & Lo, Nina N Nardone Corp 22 Brookdale Rd 03/19/2024 $1,600,000 Hemann, Michael & Hemann, Tevrat A Sharkey Lt & Sharkey, Mary 8 Francis Ave 03/18/2024 $1,001,800 Brockman, Scott & Brockman, Alison Gelernt-Dunkle, Anya F & Dunkle-Polier, Ezra D 2 Jefferson St 03/15/2024 $842,500 Cui, Jin & Li, Li Silver, Nancy R & Levy, Karen G 13 Wentworth Rd 03/15/2024 $850,000 Sun, Ning & Liang, Haodong 21 Condominium LLC 19 Village Rock Ln Lot 3 03/15/2024 $325,000 Kemp, James A Wright, Ronald L & Wright, Polly B 28 Birch Rd 03/15/2024 $408,000 Zhang, Ran & Wu, Tong Eyes Of The World LLC 39 Stillman St Lot 39 03/15/2024 $1,185,000 Veerasamy, Vishnu P & Damodaran, Janani G Kemp, James A 230 Oak St 03/12/2024 $780,000 …

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