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Stockbridge-Munsee President Shannon Holsey to open Wisconsin Leadership Summit on Indigenous Peoples Day

President Shannon Holsey delivers the State of the Tribes Address, February 22, 2022.

Shannon Holsey, president of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, will deliver the opening address at the Wisconsin Leadership Summit presented by UW Credit Union, which falls on October 10, Indigenous Peoples Day.

“Opening our family reunion Summit on Indigenous Peoples Day and on Indigenous land, it’s important that an Indigenous voice welcome our guests and set the tone. I can’t think of a more important  voice than President Holsey’s,” said Henry Sanders, CEO of 365 Media Foundation, which hosts the Wisconsin Leadership Summit. “It’s going to be two incredible days of sharing wisdom and building community and I’m grateful to President Holsey for helping us kick it off.”

Shannon Holsey. Photo supplied.

The Wisconsin Leadership Summit returns in-person October 10-11 at the Wisconsin Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club for the first time since 2019. The event will feature more than 20 panel discussions on topics ranging from education to executive leadership to health care, along with the Wisconsin Leadership Community Choice Awards, a youth summit, entertainment by Kinfolk and more.

Holsey delivered the State of the Tribes Address to the Wisconsin Legislature in 2017 and 2022.

Holsey was elected as president in October 2015, following eight years as a member of the Tribal Council. She is the youngest to ever lead the Stockbridge-Munsee, which has about 1,470 enrolled members and is the largest employer in Shawano County. She grew up on the Stockbridge-Munsee reservation in Bowler, Wisconsin. Holsey also serves as vice president of the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council (GLITC), which represents 11 member tribes with a land base of about one million acres spanning 45 counties. She is appointed as the Wisconsin…

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HS Football: Fox, Nanticoke Area run over Carbondale Area

CARBONDALE — Zack Fox ran for 208 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries to lead a powerful Nanticoke Area ground game and the Trojans to a 36-0 victory over Carbondale Area in a high school football crossover game Friday night at Andrew Cerra Sports Complex.

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Residents vote to turn roads over to Mohegan tribe

Aug. 25—MONTVILLE — Residents voted to turn over two roads and a portion of a third to the Mohegan tribe at a Town Meeting on Wednesday night.

The vote was 29-4. The four voters not in favor are residents of one of the three streets.

The Wednesday’s vote approved the transfer of Sunny Hill Drive, Fort Shantok Road East and a portion of Shantok Heights Road. The town will maintain ownership of all other portions of Shantok Heights Road and Fort Shantok Road.

Town Clerk Katie Haring explained the Town Council must now set a date for a public hearing on an ordinance that would allow the transfer of the property by the Town Council.

The town entered an agreement with the tribe last August to turn over the roads using a a quit-claim deed. Although the transferred sections of road only provide access to tribal land, and only tribe members live along them, not all residents approved of the plan Wednesday.

Eileen MacDonald and Barbara Cedio of Shantok Heights Road voiced their concerns about a gate the tribe plans to erect across the eastern portion of Shantok Heights Road to prevent access to Sunny Hill Drive at its midpoint, creating a dead end for residents.

MacDonald, who said she’s lived on the road for nearly 30 years with her husband Ed, said residents have used Sunny Hill Drive to access their homes as an alternative to the steep incline of Shantok Heights Road.

She added that emergency vehicles and garbage trucks, will also no longer be able to use the alternate route.

Tribal attorney Harry Heller assured residents that fire and police services will have keys to access the gate. MacDonald said that assurance did not ease her concerns.

“It could be a very dangerous situation,” MacDonald said.

Heller could not say the same for recycling and garbage trucks,…

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Are you ready for the Yeti? Don’t miss Bigfoot Basecamp Weekend in September

Steve Stephens  |  Special to The Columbus Dispatch

PERRYSVILLE – 

Q: Where does Sasquatch live?

A: Sasquatch-ewan, of course.

But seriously, folks. If you were a shy, primitive, 8-foot-tall, 400-pound, nocturnal, bipedal hominid, where would you hide? 

Why not Ohio?

Although the Buckeye State seems an unlikely place for a beast reportedly as large as Bigfoot to roam, the extensive forests of eastern and southern Ohio could provide plenty of shelter, according to Bigfoot believers.

Ohio is among the top states for Bigfoot sightings

In fact, Ohio is among the top states for reported Bigfoot encounters, said Louis Andres, a program specialist at Pleasant Hill Lake Park near Loudonville. That’s one reason why the park will host the Bigfoot Basecamp Weekend (https://pleasanthillpark.mwcd.org/calendar/2022/09/09/bigfoot-basecamp) on Sept. 9–11, Andres said.

Ohio ranks just behind Washington, California and Florida in reported encounters, according to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (www.bfro.net).

The president of that organization, Matt Moneymaker, will make several appearances at the Bigfoot Basecamp Weekend. 

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Moneymaker, who is also a star of the “Finding Bigfoot” TV series on Animal Planet, will host a VIP dinner at Mohican State Park lodge as part of the event. He will also explain and demonstrate new high-tech investigation equipment, including thermal-imaging drones that will be livestreaming Bigfoot hunts during the weekend, Andres said.

A Bigfoot sighting was reported in 2020 by a family camping within the 1,845-acre Pleasant Hill Lake Park, a Muskingum Water Conservation District park, Andres said.

The park adjoins other large natural areas, including 4,500-acre Mohican-Memorial State Forest and 1,100-acre Mohican State Park where other Bigfoot sightings have been alleged.

Encounters with Bigfoot have been reported in the area as far back as 1899, Andres said.

And myths and legends of a gigantic, man-like ape, also known as Sasquatch…

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Lower prices give wing lovers reason to celebrate

Tailgaters will be happy.

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Concert review: Assessing the Lorde bounce at the Mohegan Sun

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Michael L. “Mike” Mohawk, Sr.

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Michael L. “Mike” Mohawk, Sr., Age 75 of the Stockbridge Munsee Tribe, passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, in Wausau, surrounded by his loving family.

Michael was welcomed to this earth on September 16, 1946, in Red Springs, a son of the late Milford “Riley” Mohawk and Elizabeth “Liza” Welch. On November 6, 1965, he was united in marriage to the former Judy Colbert in Red Springs. Mike was an avid builder as well as a lover of both softball and bowling. He passed down his love for fishing and hunting to his beloved family. Mike was employed in the construction field for over 35 years, thirty of which he spent at Boldt Construction. Following his retirement from Boldt, he worked for the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe for ten years at the P & E. Mike was a strong, stoic man who cared deeply for his family. He spent most of his time outdoors and generally had his family along.

Mike is survived by his loving wife, Judy, of Bowler; his children, Doreen Mohawk of Green Bay, Michael Mohawk Jr of Bowler, Marlene (Jerry) Poquette of Green Bay, Matthew (Jacquie) Mohawk of Shawano, Sharlene (Bob) White of Bowler, and Joleen “Tully” Kroening of Bowler; his grandchildren, Alyssa Martin, Andrew Mohawk, Shalee, Ashton, and Robert Guesnon, Travis, Jaz, and Minocqwae Mohawk, Hunter and Willow White, Kyla, Tia, and Tully Kroening, Christopher, Nicholas, Trevor, MaKayla, and Brooklyn Pocquette, and Mishan Dickenson; and his great-grandchildren, Brooks, Omar, Niasia, Myra, and Jaxton. He is further survived by his sisters, Ellen Schreiber, and Mabel Miller, both of Bowler, and Donna (Mike) Bucholtz of Gresham, his brothers, George Mohawk Sr. of Gresham, and Milford (Louann) Mohawk Jr. of Bowler; his faithful companion Mingo; and numerous nieces, nephews, relatives, and…

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The Badger: The First of the Mohican

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The First of the Mohican

First published in The Freeman’s Journal on March 24, 1976

“If at first you don’t succeed,” must have been mouthed by many Cooperstonians as they left the lakefront without having witnessed the scheduled launching of the Mohican. They did try again, and on the 4th of July, 1905, the good ship Mohican began its long career on Otsego Lake. The following reports from The Freeman’s Journal of that year tell the story:

June 29, 1905: Miss Marie Anheuser Busch to Christen Boat Thursday.”

“Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock the new boat Mohican of the Otsego Lake Transit Co. will take her initial dip in the waters of Otsego Lake. As soon as the boat is free to move, Miss Marie Anheuser-Busch, daughter of August A. Busch and granddaughter of Adolphus Busch, will christen it with champagne and the words, “I christen thee Mohican.” The public is cordially invited to witness the ceremony, which will take place at the Corporation dock.”

July 6, 1905:“Large Steamer in Otsego Lake has Carrying Capacity of Four Hundred — Made her Initial Trip July 4th.”

“The Mohican is Launched — at about 1:40 on Saturday afternoon in response to the persuasion of a couple of jack screws placed against the bearings on either side, the big boat slid gracefully down the ways and kissed the waters of Otsego Lake. There was a high splash and the craft rode out jauntily about 50 feet, bringing taught the line, with which it was tied to its mooring at the Cooperstown Wharf. As it moved toward the water, Miss Osborne, daughter of the builder, broke a bottle of wine on the bow and spoke the words, “I christen thee Mohican.”

“Welcomed by every patron of Otsego Lake, the big…

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Lenape Nation paddlers sail from Hancock, N.Y., to Cape May, N.J., in a Delaware River odyssey

By Cindy Kunnas

On Friday, Aug. 12, representatives from the Delaware River Greenway Partnership and Lower Delaware Wild & Scenic joined the Rising Nation River Journey. With Sarah Bursky of the National Park Service Wild and Scenic Rivers Program they paddled from Milford, N.J., to Frenchtown, N.J. to speak and sign the treaty.

Richard Dodds, Lower Delaware steering committee chair, and Marion Kyde, steering committee vice chair, joined later in the day and spoke about the Wild and Scenic River program. Dr. Kyde, one of the authors of the “Delaware River Scenic Byway,” presented a signed copy to Lenape Chief of Education and Language Shelley DePaul and Tribal Council Member Adam Waterbear DePaul.

Bursky said of the event, “The Rising Nation River Journey was a powerful experience, an opportunity to support the Lenape on their ancestral lands and waters at their own event, to recognize the pain of past histories but move together in a positive way. It was a personal chance to experience their music and traditions, and a great step forward in improving relationships as we work together on this Wild and Scenic River.”

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The journey began in Hancock, N.Y., on July 30 and ended on Aug. 20 in Cape May, N.J. The journey includes a partial paddling of the Delaware River and the signing of the Treaty of Renewed Friendship between the Lenape and individuals and organizations along the…

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AquaCon salmon factory jeopardizes Maryland’s only sturgeon population

Maryland could lose its only known population of Atlantic sturgeon. The Maryland Department of the Environment, MDE, has given tentative approval for a 35 million pound salmon factory, “AquaCon,” on the banks of Marshyhope Creek, an Eastern Shore tributary that connects to the Nanticoke River and supports spawning and nursery habitat of this federally protected endangered species. A recent estimate has sturgeon spawners numbering 40 or less. This tiny population is on the knife-edge of vulnerability, meaning that AquaCon’s effluents represent an existential threat.

AquaCon’s salmon production numbers are astronomical, exceeding Maryland’s total seafood production, exceeding harvests of Chesapeake blue crab, and topping U.S. Atlantic harvests of striped bass. Recirculating rearing technology produces impressive growth rates and efficient use of feed and water, yet the key challenge is waste management. Fast growing salmon poop a lot. On a daily basis, AquaCon’s salmon would generate several-fold more poop than the citizenry of Annapolis. Waste management technologies include a combination of combustion and capture of solids that are transported off-site. Still, containment systems for this audacious volume have never been tested, and accidents and even catastrophes (water and electrical outages, disease outbreaks, die-offs) are bound to happen, overwhelming the contingency of using Federalsburg’s single sewage treatment plant. Direct spills would make downstream reaches devoid of oxygen and uninhabitable for sturgeon and other native fishes.

The factory will also discharge over 2 million gallons each day of cold groundwater, required to flush wastes and off-flavors from salmon prior to harvest. The planned point of discharge is into a shallow channel just over 100-feet in width. The cold purge water will inundate the entire channel, impacting sturgeon spawning cues and offspring growth and survival. Further, adding salinity, as is often the case to lower stress in cultured salmon, would make large segments of the Marshyhope Creek…

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