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Delaware Bandolier Bag, 1850. Photo by Gregg Richards

With a mix of historic artifacts and recently crafted works, a new exhibit at the Greenpoint Library and its accompanying calendar of public programs connects the past and present of the Lenape people.

The exhibit, Lenapehoking, is a partnership between the Brooklyn Public Library and the Lenape Center and is the first Lenape-curated exhibition of Lenape works in the city, according to the library. Brooklyn, and New York City, is the center of the Lenape homeland, which stretches from Western Connecticut to Eastern Pennsylvania and from the Hudson Valley to…

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NEW YORK — It’s a sight to behold: a beaded bandolier bag that dates back to the 1830s, created through intricate stitchwork and made by a member of the Lenape Nation, who were indigenous to present-day New York City and the surrounding area.

“They probably started during the winter months, when people were indoors, and people were working on these bags over the course of let’s say, one year, so they take a lot of time to create,” said Joe Baker, co-founder and executive director of the Lenape Center. “And during the process, woven into the bags, are the stories and experiences of the maker.” 

What You Need To Know

• Lenapehoking is a new exhibition at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center 
• The Lenape are an Indigenous people of what is now New York City and surrounding areas 
• The exhibition features work from Lenape artists past and present  
• It’s organized through a partnership between the Brooklyn Public Library and the Lenape Center, which is a not-for-profit with a mission of continuing Lenape art and culture in their homeland 

Baker is also curator of the first-ever Lenape curated exhibition in New York, at Brooklyn Public Library’s Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center. It’s a partnership between the library and the Lenape Center, which was founded in 2009 with a mission to continue Lenape art and culture in what they recognize as their homeland, Lenapehoking — that being right here in New York City.

(Photo: NY1/Roger Clark)

“There’s a real opportunity for all of us to benefit from this complex history, and the best way to do that is to have this ability to no longer be silenced, to no longer be erased, but to be with the public telling…

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Winter in Wyoming brings to mind frigid temperatures, blowing and drifting snow along with multiple road closures. It’s also the time of year when duly elected senators and representatives from each of Wyoming’s 23 counties travel to Cheyenne as a new legislative session convenes.

The Wyoming State Legislature began like other Western states, first as a territorial legislature, with nearly all of the parliamentary regulations that guide other fully-fledged state legislatures.

Have you ever wondered why and how Wyoming was named? The musical name, “Wyoming,” was used by J.M. Ashley of Ohio, who, as early as 1865, introduced a bill to Congress to provide a “temporary government for the territory of Wyoming.” The bill was referred to committee until 1868. During a debate at that time in the U.S. Senate, with other possible names suggested, such as Cheyenne, Shoshoni, Arapaho, Sioux, Platte, Big Horn, Yellowstone, Sweetwater and Lincoln. However, “Wyoming” was already commonly used and remained the popular choice in Congress.

The state name itself, Wyoming, is Indian though not western in origin. It is usually said that Wyoming came from eastern Pennsylvania, from a Delaware word, Waumic, or Muchu-waumic, meaning “end of plains” and that congressional irritation over the prolonged debate on a name for the new territory arbitrarily assigned this eastern word to a western state. The word has had many spellings, such as Wauwaumie, Wiwaume, Wiomie, until it reached Wyoming. The name was first used by whites as the name for a valley in Pennsylvania where a portion of the Delaware tribe of Indians lived. Calwallader Colden in his history of the “Five Nations” spelled it Wyomen. 

Former Wyoming State Historian A. J. Mokler had convincingly argued that the Delaware Indians, when they traveled westward first to Ohio, then to…

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For about 14 years now, several Shawnee Public Schools students representing various Native American tribes have competed and performed in the Spirit Wolf Dance Troupe, expressing their love of dance and their culture.

According to SPS Indian Education Coordinator Graham Primeaux, the dance troupe is composed of a group of students who perform at SPS school sites and in the Shawnee community.

“When schools need some cultural education, we use our own Native American students who dance to go out into the district to share their cultural, heritage and traditions,” Primeaux said.

He explained students of multiple ages in the district participate in the dance troupe and each presentation is different.

“We have anywhere from six to 18 students that we have in our district that do dance,” he said. “There are no auditions; we just know a lot of the students’ families.”

He explained about 30 percent of SPS students are Native American students and 41 different tribes are represented by those students.

About 13 different tribes are represented by the students on the dance troupe.

Those tribes include the Kickapoo Tribe, Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Sac and Fox Nation, Delaware Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ponca Nation, Osage Nation, Otoe-Missouria Tribe, Pawnee Nation, Choctaw Nation, Comanche Nation, Caddo Nation, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.

Primeaux explained the troupe is beneficial to students because it gives them the opportunity to share their heritage and be confident in who they are.

“Our dancers are building on their own identity and are able to participate in their own cultural teachings and traditions through dance,” he said. “So when we go out into the schools we’re able to use our own students to teach and educate non Natives about the culture, heritage and traditions of our Indian people.”

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Mike Standeford stood outside his Bartlesville home on Monday morning, his driveway teaming with cars and people waiting with him, despite the cold temperatures making their breath visible. 

He pointed to a large, black motorcycle.

“That was his bike.”

One week after the shooting death of his son, Austin “Buck” Standeford, 40, at biker-friendly bar The Kickstand Saloon, the father awaited the arrival of members of the Mongol Motorcycle Club, a community that embraced the family, both in life and in death.

“Everybody loved Buck. Everybody. He was always smiling, always helping people. Didn’t have a mean bone in his body. Everybody was really shocked this would happen to him. He’s just not that way,” Mike Standeford said. “He was a Mongol, he loved the Club. The Mongols are wonderful. They’re always there to support their own. They’ve been here supporting me.”

More: Bartlesville shooting suspect being held on $2 million bond

As a familiar, low rumbling sound approached, the road in front of the house was filled with a procession of hundreds of motorcycles, their riders donning leather vests bearing the same symbol, but different words.

Mongols MC of Oklahoma. Mongols MC of Shawnee. Of Texas. Of Virginia. It overwhelmed the grieving father.

“There they are. Those are the people he loved right there. Excuse me. Just seeing them coming in …” Mike Standeford said, taking a deep breath.

The local community of Mongols was rocked on Dec. 13 when, at 8:30 p.m., an altercation in The Kickstand Saloon led to the shooting of Austin Standeford and Van Parson — both affiliated with the club and employees of the bar. 

Alleged shooter Gregory Rogers was arrested in Tulsa on Dec. 14, bearing a gunshot wound on his forearm and a bond already set at $2 million. In a Dec. 15 arraignment in Washington County District Court, Rogers…

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas men’s basketball will be participating in Native American Heritage Celebration culminating Saturday, Dec. 18 for the Stephen F. Austin game set for 7 p.m. inside Allen Fieldhouse.

This is the second Native American Heritage Celebration of the 2021-22 season as KU women’s basketball recognized and honored Native Americans at its Nov. 14 game against Tennessee State in Allen Fieldhouse.

The upcoming event will honor past and current Native American Jayhawks. Activities began, on Monday, Dec. 13, when KU men’s basketball assistant coach Jeremy Case was presented with a Star Quilt by the Native American community prior to practice. Case, who played basketball at Kansas from 2004-08, is a member of the Choctaw Tribe. Case’s mother, Rita Newton, and son, Malachi, were also present for the Star Quilt ceremony that included Native American representation from University of Kansas, Haskell Indian Nations University and local leaders. Case and head coach Bill Self each received handmade Jayhawk medallions during the ceremony.

For the Stephen F. Austin at Kansas Game:

• The Haskell Indian Nations University Color Guard will present the colors for the national anthem.
• There will be a canned food drive with proceeds going to organizations that host food distribution programs for the Native American Community in Lawrence, reservations in Kansas, as well as students of Haskell Indian Nations University. Organizations that will benefit from this canned food drive will range from the Indian United Methodist Church of Lawrence, Kansas, Boys & Girls Club of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, as well as the Kansas City Indian Center.
• There will be Native American tabling throughout Allen Fieldhouse to help educate fans on Native culture, traditions, etc.
• A special halftime presentation by Native American Powwow Dancers.

Native American Jayhawks being recognized include:

Current Student-Athletes (Tribal Affiliation) – Sport

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Contributed to the Coshocton Tribune

COSHOCTON — Jack Walker III took first place in the 2021 Mary Harris Prizes essay contest for non-fiction writing.

The awards are annually sponsored by Scott Butler and are to encourage the study and better understanding of Coshocton’s frontier history. It’s open to persons of any age who reside or work in Coshocton County, including students whose permanent home is in the county. The essays are judged double-blind by Butler and an out-of-state panel of individuals.

In Walker’s “A Living Document,” he describes the importance of avoiding personal bias when it comes to writing non-fiction. He also explores the need to accept that revisions and objectivity are needed when it comes to writing non-fiction, a task that can be difficult when facing history that has been accepted as the truth for long periods. Walker weaves this into his journey of researching his family’s genealogy. Ultimately, he describes history as a living document, something that is always open to change as discoveries are uncovered.

Second place was split between three entrants. Robbie Khel’s “The Bug” detailed a string of fires in Roscoe in 1912. Martha Richardson’s “John Chapman: Pleasure or Profit?” questioned the motivations behind the actions of the man known as Johnny Appleseed. Jennifer Wilkes’ “Pike Township, Coshocton County: A History” tells the story of the southwest corner of Coshocton County from the frontier and its wildlife, the first settlers, to the growth of the township. 

Four essays received honorable mentions. They were Annalissa Hankinson’s “The Delaware Tribe of Coshocton County,” Dana M. Kittner’s “Human Trafficking in North American: A firsthand account by John Leith,” Verlyn Miller’s “Religious History of the Delaware and Moravians” and Christine Sycks’ “Where Paths of Others Lead.”

Submitted by Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum.

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Andrew Joseph “Andy” Lyons Sr., 64, of Millville, passed away suddenly at home Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. He was born in Teaneck, N.J., son of the late John Frederick Lyons of Upper Saddle River, N.J., and the late Muriel Grace Brennan Lyons of West Palm Beach, Fla.

Lyons graduated from Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J., where he was a tackle on the football team. Over the years, he worked in all types of construction, building custom homes. He built entire communities, roads, sewer and water projects, a water tower and many types of commercial buildings, including wastewater treatment plants, banks, an AT&T telephone exchange and an operating room. He did several commercial historical renovations. The one thing that he always wanted to build was a bridge, but he built many in other ways.

Lyons started one of the first home-inspection businesses in the area, was at one time the code enforcement officer for the City of Lewes and for the Town of Frankford, and had been on the board of adjustment for the Town of Millville. He finally found out what he wanted to be when he grew up after the birth of his first grandchild – “Grandpa.”

Over the years, he also served the community in many ways. He was a member of the Lord Baltimore Lions Club, of which he was president from 1987 to 1988. He was a Sunday school teacher and MYF leader at Mariner’s Bethel United Methodist Church in Ocean View. He worked with the FACES grant program, and worked with Troop 281 of the Boy Scouts. Lyons was a charter member of Contractors for a Cause.

He was also a dedicated volunteer with Lower Sussex Little League, where over the years he was an umpire, coached all three of his children and served…

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