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Lenni Lenape

July 4th in Philly: Philadelphians and tourists enjoy festivities before party on the Parkway

“We’re all aware of how much the world has changed over the last 250 years and just how tough the last couple of years have been for us,” she said. “The need for understanding our history has never, never been greater. The need for participating in our democracy has never been greater.”

Protest disrupts the parade

A short walk away, the Salute to America Independence Day parade headed down Market Street towards City Hall. As floats, dancers, musicians, and cultural groups made their way through Old City, abortion rights activists dressed in green disrupted the parade with green smoke bombs. While they were quickly escorted off of the parade route, organizer Miriam Oppenheimer from Rise Up for Abortion Rights didn’t seem deterred. Protesters walk down the street amid green smoke with a sign that reads, Protestors from Rise Up for Abortion Rights jump into the beginnings of the Salute to Independence parade. (Sam Searles/WHYY)

“We are frustrated at the Supreme Court decision that was made restricting the rights of women to control their own bodies… today is supposed to be a day of independence, but if you’re saddled with an unwanted child, you are not independent,” she said.

“We definitely think that the government can codify Roe vs. Wade and make it permanently on the books so that this would never be a struggle again… we want to make a splash today because we need more people to take to the streets to announce their frustration and [also] ask where this is going to go. Who are they going to come after next?”

Party on the Parkway

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Nanticoke

Bowman Takes First Action Sprint Tour Win

PORT COLBORNE, Ont. (June 30, 2022) – Mike Bowman took his first career Crate Sprint Car win on Thursday night at Humberstone Speedway. The former 358 Modified champion finished almost three seconds ahead of runner-up Mathieu Bardier in the Action Sprint Tour fueled by Pinty’s A-Main, while Darren Dryden took the final podium spot.

Dryden and Bowman started on the front row for the 25 lap A-Main, but the red flag quickly flew when Jacob Dykstra’s car did a rollover after hard contact with the inside wall in turn one. Dykstra’s crew worked hard to repair the damage and he started at the back of the field for the complete restart, along with AJ Lewis who was also collected in the accident.

Dryden took the early lead after the restart with Bowman in close pursuit, but just as Bowman looked to make a move he slid off the banking in turn two while Dryden streaked away. Bowman got a mulligan for his miscue though, as the lap wasn’t completed before Tyeller Powless spun in turn one and collected Luke Stewart, Seth Roy, and Brian Nanticoke; Stewart’s car suffered the most damage and he wasn’t able to restart.

Dryden kept the lead for a few laps after the restart, but Bowman switched grooves and used the low side to challenge the leader. The pair raced wheel to wheel for several laps with row four starter Mathieu Bardier close behind until Bowman finally edged ahead. Bowman drove away to a large lead while Bardier passed Dryden for second, but Bowman’s advantage was erased when he slid off the track briefly. Bardier got close but Bowman recovered and drove away again to claim the win.

Bardier took the runner-up spot, followed by Dryden, Allan Downey from row eight, and Brett Stratford. Dykstra recovered from his first corner…

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Mohican

Where to Watch and Stream The Last of the Mohicans Free Online

The Last of the Mohicans poster

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis Madeleine Stowe Russell Means Eric Schweig Jodhi May

Geners: Action Adventure Drama History Romance War

Director: Michael Mann

Release Date: Aug 26, 1992

In war-torn Colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, Cora Munro, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers, including Hawkeye, a rugged frontiersman and the adopted son of the Mohicans comes to their rescue. A passionate romance soon blossoms between Cora and Hawkeye, but many forces test their love as they continue to journey through the Frontier.

Netflix

The Last of the Mohicans is currently not on Netflix. Movies and series tend to come and go quite a lot in the streaming service unless they’re Netflix originals. A Netflix account starts from $9.99 and gives you full access to their library with ad-free viewing.

Hulu

The Last of the Mohicans isn’t available to watch on Hulu. However, prices for this streaming service currently start at $6.99 per month, or $69.99 for the whole year. For the ad-free version, it’s $12.99 per month, $64.99 per month for Hulu + Live TV, or $70.99 for the ad-free Hulu + Live TV.

Disney Plus

No sign of The Last of the Mohicans on Disney+, which is proof that the House of Mouse doesn’t have its hands on every franchise! Home to the likes of ‘Star Wars’, ‘Marvel’, ‘Pixar’, National Geographic’, ESPN, STAR and so much more, Disney+ is available at the annual membership fee…

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Mohegan

A powerful victory to Crazy Cute

WILKES-BARRE PA – Crazy Cute (Art Major) won easily in the $17,500 distaff pacing harness racing feature on Sunday at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono – and may have finished with some more left in the tank.

Crazy Cute and driver George Napolitano Jr (Curtis Salonick Photo)

The 6-5 favorite, a daughter of Art Major who now has earnings of $304,805, left three-wide but backed off when seeing that A Better Game and Nuttinbuthebest to the left were similarly-minded; the latter took the lead near a :26.2 quarter, then posted midsplits of :55.2 and 1:23, with Crazy Cute making a big move towards the leader nearing the last-named split.

Around the far turn, the pacesetter and first-over were even, but soon after coming off the bend, Crazy Cute made powerful surge to quickly draw away, finishing under a George Napolitano Jr. hold and still stopping the timer in 1:51.1. Trainer Gilbert Garcia-Herrera owns the winner of two straight with Barbara Arnstine.

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The American Harness Drivers Club of amateur horsemen made its way to Pocono on Sunday to contest two $11,000 trots. Both races were won by AHDC veteran Tony Ciuffetelli, who brought a pair of sharp horses with him from Saratoga en route to victory.

In the feature handicap division, Ciuffetelli was looking to tuck second with Magic MVP (My MVP) near the quarter when the hole was shut on him, and it may have been the best thing to happen to horse and driver, as they pressed on to command. Despite late pressure coming from every direction, they held on for a 1:58 victory over the 15-year-old favored TSM Photo Bugger, three-wide for close to three-eighths of the mile, by a nose; Chief Justice threaded…

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Nanticoke

Little League: Back Mountain American hands Sowyersville/West Side first loss

Back Mountain American broke open a tie game by scoring five runs in the top of the third inning,and the held on to defeat Swoyersville/West Side 8-6 Friday in District 31 Little League Major Baseball.

The loss was the first for Swoyersville/West Side (3-1). BMA improved to 1-3.

Mike Viglone struck out six over the first four innings to get the win. Lorenzo Zangardi, who reached base twice, tossed the final two innings to close the game. Zangardi retired the side in order in the bottom of the sixth on four pitches.

George Rolland had two hits for BMA and drove in two runs. Nick Dalessandro had an RBI single in the third.

Ryan Gensel drove in one run with a double for Swoyersville/West Side, while Derek Rukstalis singled in two. Evan Zagorski tripled home two runs in the bottom of the fourth.

Northwest 4, Kingston/Forty Fort 2

Cole Cavuto allowed two runs in 4.2 innings with six strikeouts to pick up the win as Northwest defeated Kingston/Forty Fort.

Devon Albee finished game for save.

Connor Mason led Northwest with two hits. Caleb Ide, Cole Cavuto, Jack Kingsbury and Liam Thomas also contributed with hits.

Damien Eastman led KFF with three hits.

DISTRICT 16

MAJOR BASEABALL

Plains 16, Nanticoke 6

Tyler Daugherty picked up the win in relief as Plains defeated Nanticoke in four innings.

Plains’ bats came alive in the third and fourth innings with Nolan Franchella and Reilly Hossage each had two hits and three RBI. Blake Dunsmuir added two RBI, and Teague Stahovic and Ben Thomas each had two hits for Plains.

For Nanticoke, Joe Korus took the loss. Nanticoke got home runs by Trey Mishanski and Owen Komoroski.

Township 8, Wilkes-Barre 3

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Munsee

How a canoe trip on the Thames is reviving an endangered Indigenous language

When Ian McCallum put a canoe in the Thames River for the first time last August, he was looking for more than an adventure. He hoped it would help him see the river through the cultural and historical lens of his ancestors.

Now, the two-day journey from London to Munsee, Ont. has inspired a book as part of a wider effort to revitalize the endangered Lunaape language, also called Munsee.

The new language resource is called Asiiskusiipuw wiichkuneew Munsiiwak, translated to Canoe Trip on the Thames River. It teaches basic Lunaape vocabulary by highlighting the sights and sounds along the river.

“It’s a language that’s under a lot of pressure for survival,” said McCallum, a language educator for the Munsee-Delaware Nation, located about 20 km southwest of London bordering the Chippewas of the Thames reserve.

A smiling man holds a book in front of a tree. ‘Canoe Trip on the Thames River’ or ‘Asiiskusiipuw wiichkuneew Munsiiwak’ was written by Ian McCallum and Munsee-Delaware community language speakers. (Submitted by Ian McCallum)

He’s one of two intermediate Lanaape language speakers on the reserve of the language that UNESCO say is critically endangered. The organization says there are fewer than 10 fluent speakers. 

McCallum says his book is a “reversal process of naming,” which he describes as an opportunity to “take back those naming rights for ourselves.” His goal is to help build an understanding of the river in the traditional vocabulary for readers of all ages. 

Community history 

The canoe trip was “a wonderful way to actually see what my ancestors and the mountain people would have seen when they arrived on the Thames in the early 1780s,” McCallum said.

The late Munsee-Delaware Chief Mark Peters was part of the canoe trip and described the history of the land, including where villages used to be in the 1800s. Peters died in June. 

McCallum counts himself lucky to…

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Mohican

Renovated ranch enjoys privacy near lake

With the updates, the original floor plan has been reconfigured to include a family room and hearth breakfast room as well as a laundry room, which has space for a hobby area or small office.

Patio doors in a hearth room open to a covered rear patio. The concrete patio stretches across the back of the house and has a pillar-supported roof, allowing for possible enclosure. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY KATHY TYLER

Patio doors in a hearth room open to a covered rear patio. The concrete patio stretches across the back of the house and has a pillar-supported roof, allowing for possible enclosure. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY KATHY TYLER

Patio doors in a hearth room open to a covered rear patio. The concrete patio stretches across the back of the house and has a pillar-supported roof, allowing for possible enclosure. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY KATHY TYLER

Formal entry opens off a front-porch nook to the frosted-glass front door that opens off the side. Wood-laminate flooring fills the foyer and continues throughout the entire house except the bedrooms, which have neutral carpeting. The foyer branches into the bedroom hallway wing that wraps around to the casual areas of the house.

The other branch leads to the formal areas, including a living room and dining room. Both rooms have picture windows while the dining room is also the pass-through to the bedroom hallway and kitchen.

Mosaic-glass tile accents the wall space and gives a little color to the totally renovated white and gray kitchen. White cabinetry fills two walls and surrounds stainless-steel appliances that include a range, dishwasher, microwave and refrigerator. An island offers bar seating for two and has additional storage. The cabinetry is complemented by light gray quartz countertops. There is a small pantry closet and bi-fold closet opens to mechanical system with additional storage…

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Delaware Tribe

‘Tourists’ In Our Own Homeland

Millions of people visit New York each year from around the world. They come to see Times Square or the Statue of Liberty, to work, to study. Yet they may not even know they’re in Lenapehoking, the land of the Lenape people, also called Lenape’ok or Delaware.

Our homeland spans the watershed ecology of the Delaware River, including also the lower Hudson River, and the Atlantic coastline from the mouth of the Hudson to the mouth of the Delaware. Today it holds places that are essential to the American identity, like Philadelphia and New York City.

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All of the sovereign nations of the Lenape people were driven out of Lenapehoking by plagues, war, exploitative treaties and scalp bounties. Our homeland was taken from us, but we are reclaiming our voices and our places there.

Last fall I traveled to Lenapehoking on assignment, bringing three other Lenape’ok with me: Lauryn French, Trinity Guido and my adult child, River Whittle.

But we weren’t tourists. We never could be, even if we’d never been there before. We were returning to our family — a place that’s woven into our identity and literally in our blood.

Parts of the trip were painful. We saw land that holds the bones of our ancestors, now covered in concrete and asphalt. We thought about the brutality inflicted on our people.

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But it wasn’t just that. There was also joy.

“Do I want to go back sad? I feel like there have been so many tears in the hundreds of years that we’ve been removed. My line has cried enough about our homeland,” Lauryn said. “I’m going to go and be happy. I am going to go and enjoy it. Everything in my line told me that was not supposed to happen.”

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Mohegan

Review: In touring ‘Where We Belong’ now at the Goodman, a Mohegan theater-maker forges a deep connection with her audience

In her solo play, “Where We Belong,” Madeline Sayet shares her story with such warmth, passion, honesty and humor that one feels honored to have spent an evening in her presence. And what a tale she has to tell. A Mohegan theater-maker, Sayet moved to England in 2015 to pursue a doctorate degree in Shakespeare, a journey that led her to question not only her identity and place in the world, but also her relationship to the 400-year-old playwright in light of his country’s colonial legacy.

Sayet’s autobiographical account is both deeply moving and thought-provoking — an essential story to be told as the United States grapples with the horrors of its own past. The Goodman Theatre presents the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company production of the play, in association with the Folger Shakespeare Library, as part of a national tour.

With breathtakingly beautiful language — though in English, rather than the language that was taken from the Mohegans — Sayet recalls the rich history of her ancestors, conveying the strong connections to the community and the land that continue to be cherished in their culture. Of course, there is also plenty of painful history that is seldom taught to students in the U.S. — the brutal war tactics of the colonial settlers, theft of traditional lands and forced assimilation of Native children in residential schools. And yet, even though “last” is “the only word people recognize associated with Mohegan,” Sayet reminds the audience that “we are still here.”

In the United Kingdom, Sayet feels alone as the only Mohegan and is dismayed by the casual racism of her fellow academics. On one especially lonely day, she makes an impromptu visit to Southwark Cathedral on London’s South Bank to escape a sudden rain shower. Walking through the garden after the clouds have cleared, she…

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Nanticoke

Mitch Brown Takes First Knights of Thunder Win

PORT COLBORNE, Ont. (June 30, 2022) – Mitch Brown earned his first sword on Thursday night at Humberstone Speedway, withstanding pressure from several challengers to take his first Pinty’s Knights of Thunder 360 Sprint Car A-Main win.

Mitch Brown and Brayden Cooley were on the front row for the 25 lap A-Main, and Brown took the early lead while Mack DeMan and Mikey Kruchka jockeyed for the third spot. DeMan was strong on the high side, especially in turns three and four, and drove around Cooley to take the second position on lap four. Cooley then tried the upper lane, but Kruchka drove around him on the inside to take third.

Brown lived up to his “Downtown” nickname, methodically running the low side lap after lap. DeMan began to track down the leader and was less than half a second behind when the yellow flag came out for Jim Huppunen’s flat tire. Kruchka was still in third at this point, but pulled off the track with brake and rear end problems just as the green flag was about to come back out. Cory Turner inherited the third spot as a result.

Brown held serve again while DeMan and Turner diced for the second spot until another yellow flag appeared for a Dan Nanticoke spin. Aaron Turkey then stopped with a flat tire just as the green flag was about to reappear, and when it finally did Turkey’s teammate Cooley brought out the yellow again with a front suspension problem. Cooley’s bad luck moved Ryan Turner and Travis Cunningham into fourth and fifth, respectively, with Brown, DeMan, and Cory Turner ahead of them.

The green flag stayed out only briefly, as things went from bad to worse for Huppunen, Nanticoke, and Turkey who all tangled in turn one. Huppunen and Nanticoke restarted, but Turkey’s night…

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