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Lillie-Beth Brinkman

Saturday night’s fashion show at First Americans Museum will feature Native American designers and traditional and contemporary designs as it celebrates Indigenous fashion.

The Lenape Fashion Summit’s Teton Trade Cloth is designed to reflect the beauty and culture of Native America and emphasize the importance of preserving and promoting Native American culture and traditions, a news release noted. It begins at 7:30 p.m.

The Teton Trade Cloth store is owned by the Delaware Tribe of Indians; the tribal headquarters are in Bartlesville. Its Lenape Fashion Summit has become a platform for showcasing the rich culture and diversity of Native American fashion, the release stated.

Featured designers at the event include Designs by Della; Michelle Luna – Bitterwater for Redhouse; Sheel Designs; Marian Mike – Breezy Designs; Queena Ribbon Designs; Kathleen Tom Garcia; JG Indie; Stitched by Millie; Native Springflower Creations; Bonnie Woodie; and Penny Singer. Accessory designers include Shude Victors – Big Smoke Maker Designs; Shaydee Snow Pretends Eagle – S.N.O. Inc.; and Amanda Wilson – Weryackwe Tie Co.

Learn more at store.famok.org. The entire fashion summit includes the Teton Artist Market from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, where the designers will feature their works for sale at booths. The museum also is offering a beginning ribbon skirt class from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and an advanced ribbon skirt class from 2 to 4 p.m. that afternoon.

Run for cancer research

The 14th annual Putnam City Cancer Classic run/walk will be Saturday, with proceeds benefiting cancer research at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.

Since the Cancer Fund Drive began in 1975, Putnam City School District students, parents and teachers have raised nearly $4 million…

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The Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville, Pa., welcomed the Lenape (Delaware) tribe of Bartlesville, Okla., on April 12. After a potluck supper with local Mennonites, Chief Brad KillsCrow, tribal elder John Thomas, and tribal historic preservation officer Susan Bachor presented their request: land to bury their ancestors.

Since 1990, the Native American Graves and Protection and Repatriation Act has required that museums and universities return Indigenous human remains and funerary items after consulting with descendants and tribal organizations. As Indigenous groups receive the bones of their ancestors, however, some tribes face the next question: where to bury them.

Mennonites arrived in southeastern Pennsylvania in 1683 and now live on the Lenape ancestral homeland, which encompasses greater Philadelphia, New Jersey and parts of New York.

“We have no presence in our homeland,” KillsCrow said. “How do we put our ancestors back in the ground?”

The Lenape have already worked with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to bury about 200 ancestors at Pennsbury Manor, William Penn’s country estate in Morrisville, in 2022. But thousands still need burial space.

Addressing the crowd of 120 gathered in the Mennonite Heritage Center barn, KillsCrow said, “Our ancestors helped you. Your ancestors helped us. I humbly ask if there is anything you can do.” He suggested a few acres, preferably an open meadow in a remote location. The Lenape would like to bury their ancestors with traditional ceremonies.

The Lenape had considered burying their ancestors in Oklahoma, KillsCrow said, but tribal elders pointed out these ancestors never lived in Oklahoma. The Lenape settled there in the 1860s after gradual displacement from Pennsylvania by European expansion and then forced removal by the U.S. government. The Lenape want to honor their ancestors, whose bones have been kept in museums and other institutions, by bringing…

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Pennsbury commissioned Young to create “nkwiluntàmën: I long for it; I am lonesome for it (such as the sound of a drum).” The title is a word in the original language of the Lenape people, pronounced KWEE-loo-NOMEN, and its approximate translation into English.

Young, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a descendant of the Lenape people on his father’s side (his mother is Pawnee).

“Now we’re called the Delaware tribe of indians,” he said. “My tribe.” Indigenous artist Nathan Young is a member of the Delaware tribe of Indians. He returned to his ancestral homeland to create an immersive sound installation on the grounds of Pennsbury Manor, colonial estate of William Penn. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Young installed speakers on several high-backed garden benches around the main house of the Pennsbury estate, each playing back music created for this piece by several composers. There are also large signs painted white, black, yellow, and red, that guide the visitor on a poetic journey.

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“Follow me, walk the path. I have a drum,” Young wrote. “Where is the drum hide? I long for it. I’m lonesome for it. There is a trail ahead. Do you see it? I’m blind.”

Because the Delaware/Lenape language is considered dead — there is no longer anyone alive for whom it is their first language — Young relies on language databases to find out how his forebears would describe certain things.

Out of respect for his ancestors, and out…

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KU First Nations Student Association’s powwow and festival to bring full day of celebration, ceremony – The Lawrence Times
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Staff Writer  |  Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise

Operation Clean House, a free countywide recycling event, is set for April 22, providing residents a chance to safely dispose of electronics and household or automotive waste such as cleaners, yard-care products, oil- and aerosol-based paints, pharmaceuticals, motor oil, tires and car batteries.

Organizers said since the event began in 1989, Operation Clean House has safely disposed of over 1 million pounds of waste that otherwise could have ended in local landfills or waterways.

On April 22, more than 100 local volunteers will help collect items for recycling at two area drop-off sites from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

At the Phillips 66 parking lot, just west of the railroad tracks on Adams Boulevard, volunteers will collect electronics and hazardous household waste such as cleaners, yard-care products, oil- and aerosol-based paints, pharmaceuticals, fluorescent bulbs and more.

Meanwhile, at the Dewey Washington County District 2 barn (two miles east on 9th Street off U.S. Highway 75), volunteers will collect motor oil, antifreeze, automotive batteries, tires and appliances.

One of the most commonly disposed of items at Operation Clean House is electronics, such as old TVs, cell phones and computers.

Operation Clean House also accepts a wide range of household chemicals, and typically every year volunteers collect around 550 gallons of motor oil, 175 gallons of antifreeze, 400 tires, 88 automobile batteries and 6.4 tons of household hazardous waste.

Non-hazardous items, such as general trash, alkaline batteries or latex paint, can go to regular trash pickup and will not be accepted at the Operation Clean House event.

Sponsors of the event include Phillips 66, ConocoPhillips, ChevronPhillips, City of Bartlesville, Washington County, Bartlesville Community Foundation, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Delaware Tribe, Dink’s BBQ, KWON, Cunningham Graphics and Truity Credit Union, Daylight Donuts, Weeze’s Café, Chik Fil A and Transco.

Those interested in volunteering can sign up using the organization’s…

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In celebration of Women’s History Month, Penn State University Libraries will host a virtual monthlong Wikipedia editathon focusing on Native American women activists and environmentalists from March 27 through April 18.

Wikipedia editathons are organized events held with the intention of increasing representation on Wikipedia of identified underrepresented groups and providing basic training to new editors. First-time Wikipedia editors are welcome to join the virtual event regardless of level of technology knowledge or experience. Experienced editors will be on hand to answer questions and suggest articles to edit and references to use.  

Links to all event programs, including those listed below, will be available on the Penn State Libraries Wikipedia Editathon Dashboard. Participants can access the dashboard and contribute to the selected pages anytime throughout the period.

• Monday, March 27, 1 to 2 p.m. —Julie Reed and Cathleen Cahill, faculty members in the Department of History in the College of the Liberal Arts, will provide a Zoom training session covering the basics of Wikipedia editing and best practices for writing about Indigenous people and reading and using sources.
• Wednesday, March 29, 11:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. — Nicky Michael, a member of the Lenape, a.k.a. Delaware Tribe of Indians, and interim president and executive director of Indigenous Studies and Curriculum at Bacone College, will speak in Foster Auditorium. Her talk is co-sponsored by the Department of History.
• Although participants can edit at their convenience throughout the month, there will be four virtual drop-in meet-ups where participants can edit alongside others:
  • Wednesday, March 29 — 1–3 p.m.
  • Tuesday, April 4 — 10 a.m.–noon
  • Wednesday, April 12 — 1–3 p.m.
  • Tuesday, April 18 — 10 a.m.–noon

For information about getting started with a Wikipedia account, visit the Wikipedia meetup page for the…

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Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March 25

2nd Annual Art-Full Day in the Ville 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bartlesville Art Association, Price Tower Annex, 500 S Dewey Ave. Suite B. Twelve local artists will open their private studios to the public including art for sale. Visit the BAA website for details: www.bartlesvilleartassociation.org

Friday, March 31

4th Annual Spay-ghetti Fundraiser for Washington County SPCA 6 to 9 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 205 SW Frank Phillips Blvd. Benefiting the homeless animals from Washington County SPCA, the event will feature dinner, live and silent auction, and wine pull. Tickets are $50 and go on sale Feb. 8 with limited seating. To sponsor the event, or donate auction items, please contact the WCSPCA at 918-336-1577 or info@wcspca.org.

Saturday, April 1

Fools in April, a concert of musical jokes, presented by Bartlesville Chorale 7 to 9 p.m. at the Bartlesville Community Center, 300 SE Adams Blvd. Enjoy a choral concert of fun and silly texts and musical witticisms. Featuring the works of Joseph Haydn, Gilbert and Sullivan, Eric Whitacre, P.D.Q. Bach, and more. Tickets are $15 – $27. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 918-337-2787.

Price Tower’s Annual Youth Art Show Opening Reception 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Price Tower Art Center, 510 S Dewey Ave. Celebrating youth art education and young artists, this annual Youth Art Show has exhibited more than 300 pieces of artwork from students in public, private, and homeschools from grades Pre-K to 12th grade.

Sunday, April 2

Scouts BSA and YMCA Cornhole Tournament Fundraiser 1 to 5 p.m. at the City Center Pavilion, located at the entrance to Johnstone Park at the corner of Cherokee Avenue and Hensley Boulevard. Join us for drinks, food, cornhole, and competition! Cost is $20. To register,…

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The Lenape of Manahatta: A Struggle for Acknowledgement – Columbia Daily Spectator0)if(e&&”performance”in e&&e.performance&&”function”==typeof e.performance.setResourceTimingBufferSize)e.performance.setResourceTimingBufferSize();!function(){if(BOOMR=e.BOOMR||{},BOOMR.plugins=BOOMR.plugins||{},!BOOMR.plugins.AK){var n=””==”true”?1:0,t=””,a=”eyckraaeaaanajqacqnqaeyaabrrrh3e-f-f10968fa5-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net”,i=”false”==”true”?2:1,o={“ak.v”:”32″,”ak.cp”:”650905″,”ak.ai”:parseInt(“704480″,10),”ak.ol”:”0″,”ak.cr”:3,”ak.ipv”:6,”ak.proto”:”h2″,”ak.rid”:”1cec0f8f”,”ak.r”:26474,”ak.a2″:n,”ak.m”:”dscr”,”ak.n”:”ff”,”ak.bpcip”:”2604:a880:400:d0::”,”ak.cport”:49094,”ak.gh”:”23.215.130.76″,”ak.quicv”:””,”ak.tlsv”:”tls1.3″,”ak.0rtt”:””,”ak.csrc”:”-“,”ak.acc”:””,”ak.t”:”1662558052″,”ak.ak”:”hOBiQwZUYzCg5VSAfCLimQ==QtTGT4/4ipITaI1oVbNKJQvPp30wnZFwOEm2A7rYWWUQKlqTrEIEb5FAIOacp9v3/vZLYaHq8scG+pmhv2ndxurbqhDKzlFGNSdSWr6G2eo1jLLAsuF2HH1qjqoyXGtR8U4v04niwtrCnSAx2vaSlbLiwnmhER4BFVuSanNxJiQJKy0nvRHHfkLlgbSvyd6ULrgR2uF32VZN6N0ikH2PzSLSiGlgKoVuYX/UBp9IQjA4cHzS+0FVDskx9PM7EcrNqBwAJ0qU2n5Bekd70SYCrPNnEHEY8ZHVuCvvFM11MDw/tZf8zc3uWPvwSRB5jtBEyaDlTXgCOQAkCGB7O9Zp6irdUsWGoS+H5UjKdV0/41fgyP1uRaWBc6o4cYr5HJxe4vSrOpz+84iYXruHNqX4+E3SMQ63os8v/X2QH40yYq8=”,”ak.pv”:”28″,”ak.dpoabenc”:””,”ak.tf”:i};if(“”!==t)o[“ak.ruds”]=t;var r={i:!1,av:function(n){var t=”http.initiator”;if(n&&(!n[t]||”spa_hard”===n[t]))o[“ak.feo”]=void 0!==e.aFeoApplied?1:0,BOOMR.addVar(o)},rv:function(){var e=[“ak.bpcip”,”ak.cport”,”ak.cr”,”ak.csrc”,”ak.gh”,”ak.ipv”,”ak.m”,”ak.n”,”ak.ol”,”ak.proto”,”ak.quicv”,”ak.tlsv”,”ak.0rtt”,”ak.r”,”ak.acc”,”ak.t”,”ak.tf”];BOOMR.removeVar(e)}};BOOMR.plugins.AK={akVars:o,akDNSPreFetchDomain:a,init:function(){if(!r.i){var e=BOOMR.subscribe;e(“before_beacon”,r.av,null,null),e(“onbeacon”,r.rv,null,null),r.i=!0}return this},is_complete:function(){return!0}}}}()}(window);]]>Dozens of people attended the ceremony, crowding around the land acknowledgement plaque located just outside of John Jay Hall. Speeches from Columbia’s Native American Council, Lenni-Lenape people, University President Lee Bollinger, and other University officials accompanied the plaque unveiling. New York City-based intertribal drum and singing group SilverCloud performed a song before the ceremony. One of its members, George Stonefish, who is a First Nation member and half Lenape, also led a Lenape prayer.”,”type”:”text”},{“content”:”The moment was years in the making. NAC’s initiative began in 2013, led by then-sophomore council member Julian NoiseCat, CC ’15, who wrote a column advocating for a Lenape land acknowledgement in Spectator titled “A poignant plaque.”The effort was revived two years later by then-sophomores Tristan Stidham, CC ’17, and Noah Ramage, CC ’17. The council posted an online petition on Change.org that garnered more than 1,000 signatures in support of instituting a land acknowledgement on campus.”,”type”:”text”},{“content”:”According to a post by NAC, the council advocated for the project to the Office of University Life and Office of Multicultural Affairs, consulted Lenape groups for “guidance on the language,” and presented an annotated bibliography of its research for the University’s board of trustees.”,”type”:”text”},{“content”:”Hundreds of users commented in support of the petition. Some wrote about their Indigenous identity and the value of land acknowledgement.”,”type”:”text”},{“content”:”“I am a member of the…
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A quarter of a millennium ago, the last publicly identified members of the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) tribe of Native Americans were forcibly removed from the territory in Eastern Pennsylvania where they had fought to establish a homeland. [1] Today there remains almost no public awareness of the scale and scope of this great historic crime, though the Delaware people remain active in drawing attention to their struggles both past and present. [2]

The real story of the removal of the Delaware clashes with the “official” narrative of American history as laid out by the New York Times. In 2019, the Times’ 1619 Project argued that America’s “true founding” was the year of the arrival of the first slave ship in Port Comfort, Virginia. Fundamental to the 1619 Project was the claim that “black Americans fought back alone” to “make America a democracy.” To the Times and the 1619 Project, the American Revolution was a counterrevolution led by reactionaries aimed at protecting slavery. The argument of 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones and the Times amounted to a declaration that the British Empire was the progressive force in the struggle against the colonists.

The World Socialist Web Site and a section of principled historians have exposed the New York Times and the 1619 Project’s false, pseudo-historical foundation, but one element which has not been sufficiently addressed is its lack of any serious reference to the struggles of the Native Americans to resist the encroachment of their lands by the British Empire. Even the selection of 1619 as the year of America’s “true founding” leaves out the fact that the immensely complex and ultimately tragic dynamic between the Native population and Europeans began years earlier upon the arrival of the first colonists.

1619 Project [Photo]

This essay recounts the Delaware tribe of Native Americans…

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