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(For expedience’s sake, The Federation of Aboriginal Nations of the Americas will be addressed as FANA)

On Tuesday, March 25, 2024, The Federation of Aboriginal Nations of the Americas’ Minister of International Affairs and its UN Ambassador Principal Chief Dr. Ronald Yonaguska Holloway of the SandHill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians (NY, NJ, PA), announced the appointment of Lorne H. Albaum as the Federation’s ambassador to Germany and Austria.

Mr. Albaum comes to FANA with extensive experience in corporate commercial law.  He specializes in securities matters, acquisitions, and mergers. He has been and still is successful in the development of corporate development strategies and plans.

Mr. Albaum has experience in developing “mini-tender”  offerings and handling the management of investment portfolios regarding publicly traded securities.  (Mini tender is a term used when an investor makes an offer to purchase no more than 5% of a company’s stock.)

Mr. Albaum wrote in his resume that he has “acted as counsel for numerous private placements; reverse takeover transactions and initial public offering.”  He is an “[a]dvisor relating to merger and acquisitions in mining, real estate, intellectual property and industrial sectors.”  Mr. Albaum has experience in the “[p]reparation of employment agreements and other corporate-related documents including loan agreements, licensing agreements, royalty agreements, and security agreements”.

Mr. Albaum will report to Ambassador Douglas Scott who is FANA’s ambassador to the Commonwealth.  Ambassador Scott reports to FANA’s Minister of International Affairs and its UN Ambassador Principal Chief Dr. Ronald Yonaguska Holloway of the SandHill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians (NY, NJ, PA).

Mr. Albaum’s responsibilities will be to find a suitable location for the embassy, as well as establish contact with individuals and entities that advance FANA’s overall global strategic objectives.

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Members of the Lunaapeew/Lenape community and the Museum of the City of New York invite you to join us for an inaugural weekend of activities celebrating the resilience and cultural heritage of the First People of the New York City region. 

Visitors of all ages can enjoy two days of events with musical and dance performances, craft workshops, a marketplace, and discussions led by Indigenous speakers and artists, exploring the past, present, and future of the Lunaapeew/Lenape.

Events on May 4th and May 5th from 11am-4pm daily, including:

• Feel the power of the drum circle as the Red Blanket Singers perform Southern-style songs 
• Listen to tales from celebrated master storyteller Tchin

• A Musical and Dance Performance by We are Seeds 

• Practice speaking Munsee, the original dialect of New York City 

• Lenape Language Workshop with Karelle Hall (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape)

• Lenape Games, led by Lenape Youth Leaders 

• Hear Lunaapeew/Lenape community leaders and Knowledge Keepers speak to the impact of colonization on their communities and their hopes and plans for the future in daily panel discussions 
• Craft art inspired by the work of Lunaapeew/Lenape artists and artisans and take part in hands-on workshops on both days
• And more!

Registration is recommended but not required.

400 Years of Resilience 

This two-day event is the public launch of a multi-year partnership between the Eenda-Lunaapeewahkiing (Land of the Lunaapeew) Project and the Museum of the City of New York, with the support of the American Indian Community House. A related exhibition will open at the Amsterdam Museum in May 2024.

Coinciding with the 400th year since Dutch settlers’ arrival in what is now New York City in 1624, this international effort speaks to the resilience and creativity of Indigenous people today, and to the importance of recognizing their central role in shaping our city and nation.

ÍiyachKtapihna! (We Are Still Here!) 

The original Indigenous inhabitants…

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Roosevelt Island, New York, April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In an effort to spotlight new ways to restore green spaces within the concrete hardscapes of cities, and highlight the role the community plays in rebuilding habitat, four organizations — SUGi, iDig2Learn, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation and the Lenape Center — have collaborated to plant the first Miyawaki Method pocket forest in New York City on Roosevelt Island.

The new “Manhattan Healing Forest,” located in Roosevelt Island’s Southpoint Park, includes more than 1,000 native trees and shrubs planted together in close proximity over 2,700 square feet of space. This unique method of planting, known as the “Miyakwaki Method,”  creates dense, biodiverse forests that improve climate resilience and overall ecological sustainability in the areas where they are planted. 

“SUGi has created high-impact urban pocket forests all around the world, but finally ‘making it’ to New York feels like a perfect confirmation of our promise that these native ecosystems can thrive anywhere. Community and collaboration — of plants and people — is crucial to resilience, healing, and growth; here, we couldn’t have asked for more,” stated Elise Van Middelem, Founder & CEO SUGi.

“We now understand that rebuilding soil health positively affects the health of all surrounding life. By respecting local natural resources — we happily received large donations of nutrient-rich compost from Big Reuse’s community food scrap program and wood chips from Green-Wood Cemetery grounds — we are completing the full cycle of life to feed the new Pocket Forest trees,” shared iDig2Learn Founder, Christina Delfico. She added, “This method of tight-knit planting allows roots to share nutrients underground, boosting their growth, which mirrors perfectly how diverse communities can come together above ground to support each other and strengthen the land.”

“RIOC is proud to make a commitment to create a pocket forest…

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MAYS LANDING — Choppy waters caused by nearly 30 mph wind gusts didn’t slow the Ocean City girls varsity eight crew at the Lake Lenape Sprints II on Saturday.

The Red Raiders won their race by nearly nine seconds. Stroke Kira Morjakovs, Adison Conti, Jada Smith, Marina Zappone, Margot Swift, Vicky Sackhno, Julia Gray, bow Kailyn Kelly and coxswain Lauren Shaw finished in 5 minutes, 6.07 seconds. Atlantic City was second in 5:15.47.

“With Ocean City, we row in the back bays, so the weather honestly, it’s just another day for us,” Conti said of the conditions. “We get used to it pretty much from the back bays. This was honestly kind of nice because I got the tailwind.”

Although the tailwind sped things up, Conti said the crew’s time had a lot less to do with the weather and more to do with how much hard work they’ve put in.

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Ocean City also won the boys junior eight Heat 1 race. The junior boys crew, consisting of stroke Jake Tracy, Luke Tjoumakaris, Aaron Young, Chase Cole, Phineas Costal, Michael Wolosin, Gavin Tomaselli, bow Will Ellis, and coxswain Joe Majowicz, finished in 5:47.96.

The Red Raiders’ boys junior eight crew similarly used its experience practicing in the back bays to their advantage. The crew finished 21.16 seconds ahead of second place Egg Harbor Township.

Holy Spirit’s Gwen Analfitano (stroke), Taya Anderson, Allie Solari, Allie Lee (bow), and Gia Rynkiewicz (coxswain) won the girls varsity four Heat 2 race in 5:57.72 seconds, 17.77 seconds ahead of second-place Absegami.

“Our coach told us yesterday we had to win ugly and even if our technique wasn’t spotless and the best we’ve ever rowed, we did the best that we could with the 20 mile per hour gusts,” said the Braves’ Taya Anderson, of…

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