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The Nanticoke Indian Powwow will move to Hudson Fields for its September gathering. Photo by Brian Leonard

The Nanticoke Indian Tribe’s annual powwow is returning this year — and changing sites.

After being cancelled in 2020 due to COVID restrictions, the event will take place at Hudson Fields in Milton from Sept. 10 through Sept. 12. 

Previously, the event has been held on tribal grounds near the tribe’s museum and community center in Oak Orchard. 

Organizers believe Hudson Fields will provide more open space and so open the powwow and its traditions to a whole new audience/ 

“Our powwow is a cultural event, and it’s a gathering of Native Americans to renew and refresh their spirits,” said Chief Natosha Norwood Carmine. “It’s a time of gathering, coming together, remembering and honoring our ancestors and our elders, and teaching our youth and the generations to come.”

Carmine said that while they will miss the ambiance of the trees native to their ancestral grounds, hosting the powwow at Hudson Fields also will allow for more distancing in light of the COVID delta variant. 

The powwow will feature traditional activities like crafts, dances and songs, as well as the beloved annual pig roast. 

“There are so many local people in Sussex County who have never been to the powwow and hopefully this will allow them to come share in our culture, witness our dance, partake of some of our native foods, and to visit the vendors who work very hard making their crafts and wares,”…

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BOWER, Christopher — Harveys Lake. Funeral services, 4 p.m. Friday, Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home Inc., routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek. Visitation, 2 to 4 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.

ELKO, William P. — Dupont. Mass of Christian Burial, 9:30 a.m. Friday, St. Nicholas Church, 226 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre.

ELMY, Robert W., Sr. — Slocum Twp. Memorial service, 6 p.m. Monday, Nebo Baptist Church, 75 S. Prospect St., Nanticoke. Friends, 5 p.m. until the time of the service Monday at the church.

GDOVIN, John P. “Slimmer” — Wilkes-Barre. Funeral services, 10 a.m. Friday, Parish of St. Andre Bessette, 668 N. Main St. Assemble directly at church by 9:45 a.m. Friday to receive the family. Visitation and shared remembrances, 5 until 7 p.m. Thursday, John V. Morris Family Funeral Home Inc., 625 N. Main St. Masks and social distancing required.

HOLMGREN, Thornwald “Bud” — Newton. Memorial visitation, 8:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday, St. Nicholas Church, 226 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, with a memorial Mass of Christian Burial to follow.

JENNINGS, Margaret Joan — Franklin Twp. Funeral services, noon Thursday, Metcalfe Shaver Funeral Home Inc, 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. Friends, 11 a.m. until service time Thursday at the funeral home.

KONNICK, Jean Ann — Plains Twp. Funeral services, 9 a.m. Friday, Yeosock Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m. Friends, 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

MORAN, Manus “Mike” — Wilkes-Barre. Funeral service, 10 a.m. Saturday, Lehman Family Funeral Service Inc., 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Visitation, 9 a.m. until time of service Saturday at the funeral home.

MRUGAL, Martin T. — Plymouth. Mass, 11 a.m. Friday, All Saints Parish, Plymouth.

PANKO-WARNER, Sandra L. — Funeral, 11 a.m. Thursday, Yeosock Funeral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains Twp. Friends, 10 a.m. until the time of services.

QUINN, Martin Albert “Marty” — White Haven….

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The 43rd Annual Nanticoke Indian Powwow will be held Friday to Sunday, Sept. 10 to 12, at a new location, Hudson Fields, 30045 Eagle Crest Road, Milton. 

“It is exciting,” said Chief Natosha Norwood Carmine. “There are so many people looking forward to this.”

Hudson Fields had planned to host the powwow in 2020, before it was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions. Carmine said she is enthusiastic about the large space the fields provide so people can spread out for a day of safe fun. Tribe members are also hoping the new location, next to Route 1, will open the powwow and its traditions to a whole new audience, she said.

“We want to share our voice and share our customs and traditions,” she said. While members of the tribe request that people ask permission before taking photos of individuals, they very much encourage people to ask questions. “This is the time people can hear it from our mouths,” said Carmine.

She said children of the tribe have been practicing for months to present native dance in conjunction with professional Native American dancers from around the country.

Vendors for food, music, jewelry, souvenirs, arts and crafts, beadwork, leather and regalia supplies are expected. A kids’ corner will have face painting and make-and-take crafts. Host drums will be from Red Blanket of New Jersey and Stoney Creek of North Carolina.

There will be several new features to the powwow this year, said Avery Johnson, a tribal council member and powwow coordinator. Those additions include a car show organized through Delaware Street Rod Association; expanded dancing to include Aztec dancers; an interactive exhibition of birds with the Delaware Museum of Natural History and Animal Behavior & Conservation Connections; a tribute to 9/11 with native flute; and a children’s area being presented through…

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When Natosha Norwood Carmine was growing up in Millsboro, she can’t remember ever having heard conversations about being Native American or a Nanticoke. Decades later, she’s the chief of the Nanticokes, having first been elected head of the tribal association in 2015.

We’re walking in the gentle surf along Lewes Beach early on a quiet morning. “We were a river people,” Carmine said, explaining how the tribe was centered along what was later named the Indian River near Millsboro. 

I ask her what she sees as she looks out over the bay beach.

“Peace. Calming. Refreshment. Clearing the mind. Water taking you up the state of Delaware.” She pauses. “To me, this is us.”

The beach in Rehoboth, in contrast, makes her think of ‘the elders’ and a time not to be proud of. That was when the state closed the three Native American one-room schools (her grandmother taught in one of them), and concerned parents sent their children to the Indian school in distant Lawrence, Kansas, carrying “a cardboard suitcase with everything they owned.” She remembers her father selling pecks of tomatoes to townsfolk, because “My mother couldn’t go in the restaurants.”

Carmine is the first woman to head the tribe. She hadn’t realized or even thought about that until reporters started calling and asking how it felt to be the first female chief. Her response: “Compared to what?”

The indigenous people ‘discovered’ by Capt. John Smith in his 1608 exploration called themselves Kuskarawaok; they would later be known to colonists by their Algonquin language word as Nantaquak, “people of the tidewaters.” They were one of the largest tribes on the Eastern Shore, 200 warriors and their families. 

The language became extinct in the mid-1800s with the death of the last fluent speaker, but per Thomas Jefferson’s order in…

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One family took to the disc golf course at Nesbitt Park despite the high temperatures and humidity.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — The hot summer sun isn’t keeping one family from a round of disc golf at Nesbitt Park in Wilkes-Barre.

“It’s a good time, blow off some steam. I’ve got off. That’s really why I’m playing here,” said Nicholas Neipert of Nanticoke. “Wednesday is a little hot; who really cares? You know, I want to play,”

The family tells Newswatch 16 they’ve played 70 rounds of disc golf so far this summer around the state. They say Nesbitt Park is the place to play if you’re going to play in the middle of a heat advisory.

“This park is pretty good because a lot of it’s covered with good shade, some big trees, so we just got to get through a few holes with a lot of the sunshine, but other than that, this is a good place to come,” said Les Neipert of Mountain Top.

RELATED: Click here for the complete Stormtracker 16 forecast.

But the heat does present some challenges, especially when the sweat gets in their eyes.

“You can’t really see, you have a bad throw, and you’re going to lose the hole,” explained Tyler.

One thing the heat doesn’t interfere with, though, is their competitive spirit.

“I have more energy than they do because I’m younger. And I don’t think they can handle me,” said Tyler.

“I do think that it does play into my advantage a little bit,” said Nicholas about the heat.

“I wouldn’t say I’m better, but in the heat, I’m definitely, I have a lot better control in the heat than they do,” argued Tyler.

“No matter what it is, he’s going to try to take advantage of it and try…

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A forensic accountant with the FBI; a Buenos Aires tour guide; an actor; a stagehand; 24 students who are the first member of their family to go to college and other accomplished future doctors received the first symbol of their new profession as Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine held its 12th annual White Coat Ceremony for the class of 2025 on Saturday at the Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton.

The class of 2025’s 115 future doctors participated in a ceremony, held in virtually every other medical school in the nation, designed to welcome new medical students into the profession. Students recited an oath acknowledging their responsibilities as future physicians and their obligations to future patients. Then they were cloaked with the white coat — the mantle of the medical profession. White coats were provided by the Stanley J. Dudrick, M.D., and Alan G. Goldstein Endowed Fund.

At the ceremony, GCSM’s president and dean, Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., reminded the students that despite the pace of change and the wonders of new technology, “What needs to remain constant through, or even despite, all of this is your relationship with the patient. Many things in our brave new world of modern medicine conspire to separate you from them . . . this is where oaths come in.” Scheinman urged the class of 2025 to return to their White Coat Ceremony oath throughout their education and their careers as a means to keep “your relationship with the patient central to your identity as a physician.”

John Farrell, M.D., presented the Dr. Lester Saidman Memorial Lecture, named in honor of the respected physician and educator from Luzerne County. Farrell is an associate in radiology in Geisinger’s Northeast Region. He is an assistant professor of radiology at GCSM and the assistant chair of radiology in the Diagnostic…

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Aug. 6—NANTICOKE — The Nanticoke Municipal Authority Thursday announced it has sold the former Nanticoke Villa Personal Care Home property, located at the corner of East Main and Walnut Street, to FCLN Real Estate LLC for $150,000.

Closing occurred Thursday. The property has been vacant since the Villa closed in October 2014.

FCLN Real Estate LLC is expected to begin demotion Aug. 9. The company will construct a new commercial office building on the site immediately following demolition.

“The former Villa property is an important redevelopment project that will continue the revitalization of downtown Nanticoke supported by Mayor Kevin Coughlin, City Council, and the Nanticoke Municipal Authority,” said State Sen. John Yudichak, I-Swoyersville. “Over the years, we have added healthcare assets, educational facilities, and new professional office space to Main Street, as more than 5,000 new jobs have been created in the South Valley corridor. I look forward to working with FCLN Real Estate LLC as a new partner in Nanticoke, and I appreciate their investment in our great community.”

John T. Nadolny, chairman of the Nanticoke Municipal Authority, said he has been working toward the successful sale of this property for several years.

“Our persistence has paid off,” Nadolny said. “We will never give up doing our best for the city, so that everyone has the opportunity to thrive.”

FCLN Real Estate LLC owners David Nockley and Frank Cawley also own Nockley Family Pharmacy in Hanover Township and Scranton and Cawley Physical Therapy & Rehab, with locations in Nanticoke, Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Pittston, Scranton and Carbondale.

Nockley and Cawley released a statement:

“We are thrilled to be moving forward with this important project in the City of Nanticoke. Our team is excited to be a part of the positive momentum downtown.”

The Nanticoke Municipal Authority used a $1 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s…

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DELMARVA – TidalHealth has announced several important changes for visitors to TidalHealth hospitals starting today.

Due to recent increases in COVID-19 cases in the communities served by TidalHealth, officials are limiting outside persons entering TidalHealth Peninsula Regional and TidalHealth Nanticoke hospitals, as well as TidalHealth McCready Pavilion Emergency Services.

Starting today, August 5th, patient visitation is restricted on TidalHealth Peninsula Regional’s 3 West unit and TidalHealth Nanticoke’s Medical-Surgical Unit. We’re told these units have the majority of the system’s current COVID position or potential positive patients. In addition, emergency department visitors are limited to one support person per patient when the patient is in a room. There is no waiting allowed in the waiting room.

Starting tomorrow, August 6th, visitation will not be allowed at any TidalHealth hospital in all areas for at least the next seven days and until further notice. Exceptions will include end-of-life visitation and disabled people who need a support person, as well as Labor & Delivery/Mother-Baby patients who may have one support person with them at all times. A midwife or doula will also be allowed during labor.

In addition, outside vendors will not be allowed inside facilities unless required for medical care. For outpatient surgeries, one support person may remain with the patient only until they are taken back into surgery. One support person will be allowed during diagnostic imaging and testing.

Masks are required at all TidalHealth facilities. Gaiters and bandanas are not allowed.

TidalHealth officials note that these changes may be expanded depending on announcements made by both Maryland and Delaware’s governors on Thursday.

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