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ARKVILLE — The final presentation associated with Catskills Folk Connection’s exhibit, “Indigenous Delaware County: Lenape and Mohawk Fiber Traditions“ will take place on Saturday, November 22, at 10 am in the auditorium at the Catskill Watershed Corporation, 669 County Route 38, Arkville.
Justin Wexler, noted scholar of Lenape history and traditions, will present an illustrated talk about the cultures of Native peoples in the North East, including their fiber traditions. After the talk, the audience will be invited to visit the exhibit, just up the road in the Erpf Gallery of the Catskill Center, 43355 State Highway 28, Arkville (the house with the bronze cow on the yard!).
Lenape and Mohawk Fiber Exhibit on View 10 More Days
Counting the special viewing on Saturday after Justin Wexler’s talk, the exhibit of intriguing Lenape early fiber techniques as practiced by Lenape artists, and stunning contemporary art works by Mohawk artists, in beaded-embroidery and fingerwoven sashes, will remain open Wednesdays through Sundays 10 am – 4 pm at the Erpf Gallery. As an exception, the exhibit will be closed for Thanksgiving Day and the day after, re-opening for Saturday and Sunday of that weekend. Final closing of the exhibit is on Sunday, December 7, with a reception.
Come to the Closing Exhibit Reception Sunday, Dec. 7, 1 pm–4 pm
Catskills Folk Connection always celebrates the successful conclusion of its exhibits, this time with a festive gathering of all who want one last chance to see the exhibit of Lenape and Mohawk art works and to share their interest with others. We hope that the Mohawk artists, Wilma Cook Zumpano and Marilyn Isaacs, who live closer by than the Lenape artists, will be able to attend the reception. Ginny Scheer, Executive Director of Catskills Folk Connection will also announce an upcoming event for…
DOYLESTOWN, PA — Foundations Community Partnership has announced a $100,000 donation to the Lenape Valley Foundation for Bright Path Center, a new crisis stabilization center currently under construction in Doylestown.
“This investment represents our deep commitment to advancing behavioral health and human services for children and families in Bucks County,” said Tracy Pasternak Willis, Chair of the Foundations Community Partnership Board of Directors. “By supporting Lenape Valley Foundation and Bright Path Center, we are helping bring a profoundly needed resource to our community that will serve thousands of individuals and families in crisis for years to come.”
From left: Jessica Bollard, Dr. Joseph Stella, Kristopher Thompson, Rachael Neff, Tracy Pasternak Willis, Dave Herold (CEO, Lenape Valley Foundation), Falesha Grasty, Dr. Patricia Stern Smallacombe, Judith Stern Goldstein, Sally Fabian-Oresic, Karen Lasorda, Dr. Tobi Bruhn (CEO, Foundations Community Partnership), and Caroline O’Connell Sinton.
Slated to open in 2026, Bright Path Center will be located adjacent to Lenape Valley Foundation’s existing outpatient site in Doylestown. The center is designed to transform behavioral health crisis care in Bucks County. With separate, trauma-informed spaces for children and adults, it will deliver 24/7 crisis services to meet urgent behavioral health, substance use, intellectual and developmental disability challenges.
“On behalf of Lenape Valley Foundation, I express our heartfelt gratitude to Foundations Community Partnership for this generous gift,” said Dave Herold, CEO of Lenape Valley Foundation. “This enables us to bring Bright Path Center to life and fulfill its mission to deliver compassionate, integrated crisis care in Bucks County.”
The new center, a partnership between Bucks County, the Lenape Foundation, Doylestown Health and the Bucks County Drug and Alcohol Commission, will be a beacon across the county for those in crisis, officials said.
Bringing substance use recovery and mental health treatment together under one roof, the…
Penn Museum Unveils New Native North America Gallery on November 22

In partnership with eight Indigenous consulting curators, the Penn Museum will unveil its new Native North America Gallery with a public opening celebration on Saturday, November 22. A continuation of the museum’s work with Native specialists for more than a century, it will explore the political, religious, linguistic, and artistic self-determination of Native peoples across the United States who are still thriving—despite a historic agenda to erase Indigenous identity, culture, and language. These Native-led stories will offer nuance and complexity in telling the nation’s story as it approaches its 250th year. Uplifting cultural continuity, resilience, and creativity, the Native North America Gallery will reframe Native American histories.
Through its recognition of Indigenous deep histories, including upheaval amid centuries of betrayals, the exhibition will simultaneously draw attention to today’s Indigenous ideas, technologies, and art—alongside the ongoing challenges Native peoples still face.
Through more than 250 archaeological, historic, and contemporary items from the Penn Museum’s North American collections, the 2,000 sq. ft. multisensory gallery’s design will foster an immersive visitor experience—from its first-person videos, interactive stations, color palette and motifs to including Native languages throughout the interpretive text. Following best practices in the care and conservation of the Native works, periodic rotations of the items on display will offer Museum guests a fresh look.
The oldest items on view inside the Native North America Gallery will be the most ancient in the Penn Museum’s collections—projectile points dating back to 9500 BCE. Recovered during a 1936 expedition near Clovis, New Mexico, they were carefully shaped into spear points for hunting. The newest will be “Parceled Space #2,” a woven piece specifically commissioned from Cherokee artist Brenda Mallory, whose mixed media sculptural works imply tenuous…
Historian discusses his book ‘Vengeance is Mine: The Untold Story of Bemino, Known as Killbuck’ Nov. 17, exploring Native American history in the Ohio Valley
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Author and historian Alan Fitzpatrick will speak about his 2024 nonfiction history book “Vengeance is Mine: The Untold Story of Bemino, Known as Killbuck” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, at the Dover Public Library, 525 N. Walnut St.
The book tells the story of Bemino, a Lenape war captain and medicine man who fought during the conflict between Native Americans and colonists in the late 1700s. Set in the South Potomac Valley, now part of West Virginia, the story highlights Bemino’s command of English, which gave him an advantage over his colonial adversaries during the French and Indian War. His ability to communicate and strategize allowed him to plan ruses and ambushes that influenced the war’s outcome. After the war, Bemino returned to his father, Netawattwees, in what is now Newcomerstown. A book signing will follow the program.
Born and raised in Canada, Fitzpatrick has lived in West Virginia since 1973. A Kent State University graduate, he worked at the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville before moving to the Wheeling area, where he ran a retail carpet business for 33 years. Fascinated by early frontier history of the Upper Ohio Valley, Fitzpatrick helped found “Fort Henry Days” in 1997, a living-history reenactment of the 1782 final battle of the American Revolution held each Labor Day weekend at Oglebay Park in Wheeling.
His other nonfiction works include “Wilderness War on the Ohio,” “In Their Own Words,” “The Place of the Skull,” “The White Indians,” “Captives and Kin in the Ohio Country,” “The Untold Story of Isaac Zane,” “Patriot Soldier, Loyalist Spy” and “Captured by the Mingo – Two Faces.”
ARKVILLE — Justin Wexler, noted scholar of Lenape history and culture, will give an illustrated talk as the last of Catskills Folk Connection’s activities associated with its exhibit “Indigenous Delaware County: Lenape and Mohawk Fiber Traditions.” On Saturday, November 22 at 10:00am (note time change), he will speak at the auditorium of the Catskill Watershed Corporation, 669 Co. Hwy 38, Arkville NY 12406, about the broader culture and history of pre-colonial Native Americans in the Northeast, including Lenape and Haudenosaunee fiber traditions. Not a Native American himself, Mr. Wexler has immersed himself in the study of the ecology of the forest that surrounds his Cairo home and the lifeways of its original inhabitants. He has gained a BA in History and Anthropology from Marlboro College, and both a Master of Arts Degree in Teaching and a Professional Certificate in Environmental Policy from Bard College. He is well-known as a speaker in the Catskills and Hudson Valley, on land and on the water. He and his wife, Anna Plattner, offer programs in Native American history, ethnoecology, forest farming and eco-camping through their educational organization Wild Hudson Valley, with a mission to “inspire learning and build connection through shared experiences in nature.”
“Justin has been invaluable in creating Catskills Folk Connection’s exhibit of Mohawk and Lenape fiber arts, with his deep knowledge not only of history but also botany and ecology that represents the context of these Native American nations’ fiber traditions,” says Catskills Folk Connection’s Executive Director, Ginny Scheer. The exhibit can be seen in the Erpf gallery of the Catskill Center, 43355 State Highway 28, Arkville NY 12406, Wednesdays through Sundays, 10 am to 4 pm. The exhibit features Lenape artist Theresa Johnson’s baskets, Mohawk artist Marilyn Isaac’s fingerwoven traditional sashes and Mohawk artist Wilma Cook…
LEWES, Del. — The City of Lewes announced its formal recognition of National Native American Heritage Month in a post on its official Facebook page, sharing a proclamation issued by Mayor Amy L. Marasco. The proclamation acknowledges the long history and continuing… The post LEWES MAYOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION FOR NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH appeared first on TV Delmarva Channel 33.
LEWES, Del. — The City of Lewes announced its formal recognition of National Native American Heritage Month in a post on its official Facebook page, sharing a proclamation issued by Mayor Amy L. Marasco. The proclamation acknowledges the long history and continuing contributions of Native American and Indigenous peoples in Delaware and throughout the United States.
Mayor Marasco stated in the proclamation that the annual observance honors the cultural heritage, historical legacy, and enduring contributions of Native American communities. She noted that long before the founding of Lewes or the establishment of the State of Delaware, the region was home to the Lenape and Nanticoke peoples. Their traditions, systems of governance, and stewardship of the natural environment helped shape the area’s cultural and ecological landscape. The proclamation also recognized the continued presence of the Lenape and Nanticoke communities in Delaware. Mayor Marasco stated that these communities have preserved their languages, cultural practices, and values despite centuries of hardship. She further noted that Native American communities have made lasting contributions to education, governance, the arts, and the preservation of natural resources, strengthening the cultural and environmental fabric of the state.
The city stated that Native American Heritage Month provides an important opportunity for residents to deepen their understanding of Native American history and contemporary life. Mayor Marasco encouraged residents to honor and celebrate the histories and contributions of Native American and Indigenous peoples,…
The Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Compliance (EDIC), along with Allies of the Ramapough Munsee (ARM), hosted the Native American Heritage Month Celebration in Friends Hall on Thursday, Nov. 6, along with guest speaker Native American playwright Madeline Easley.
President Cindy Jebb was the first official speaker of the celebration and recognized how important this month is to the community at Ramapo.
“It is important to know that amongst the broader Native American community, diversity and significant nuances do exist as we’ll learn from our guest speaker and playwright,” said Jebb.
Chief of Staff Brittany Williams-Goldstein then took the stage to open up with a brief anecdote about her native heritage. Her father’s side of the family is Native American, and he grew up in Kansas City before it got its name.
ARM President Lane Evers delivered a speech as well, describing the message behind the club’s mission and achievements.
“It is our responsibility to acknowledge and honor Ramapo College’s relationship with the Ramapough Munsee Lenape peoples,” Evers stated. “We recommit our energies to strengthening our partnership with the nation by empowering our nursing students, faculty, and others to help bring healthcare to local members, continuing to enroll nation members in the college’s Ramapough Munsee Lenape Nation Scholarship program, sharing campus resources so that tribal members can more easily traverse off the sacred ground just off Halifax Road, and so relationships with members of the broader Bergen County community can be forged.”
Easley is a citizen of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma, as she was born in Kansas City. Her work is meant to tell stories that provide a framework for living in decolonial futures. Easley’s projects have been presented at REACH at the Kennedy Center, the TCL Chinese Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, and more.
Easley’s first play, “Feast…
Rik Van Hemmen November 10, 2025
AI is here to stay. Those who don’t explore its use and capabilities may soon find themselves left at the dock.
At our company, we treat AI like any other engineering tool — no different than finite element analysis or computerized performance prediction. When used well, it’s extremely useful. When used poorly, it’s useless. At that level, we don’t worry about “intelligence.” It’s more like a fluffy Wikipedia, which, by the way, remains a surprisingly solid source of hard technical information.
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Early on, I asked AI to list the causes of slip and fall incidents on stairs. (I purposely avoided the marine term “ladders” to keep it simple.) It produced a neat list which was not particularly innovative, with a few items slightly off, but with one entry that made me pause and think, “Hmm, I ought to remember that one.” In that sense, AI works as a kind of global bookkeeper, keeping score on the world’s collective knowledge.
Recently, I wrote an article for the OPA90 Forum newsletter. It turned out to be too long, and instead of bothering me to shorten it, the editor asked ChatGPT to cut it from 1,000 to 500 words. He touched it up and sent it back. To my surprise, the message was still mostly intact, but it certainly wasn’t in my voice.
So, I decided to ask ChatGPT to rewrite the edited version in the style of Rik van Hemmen. Because I’ve littered the internet with enough of my writing, it recognized my style and came back with something that was 99% accurate. It looked and felt like me, which was both impressive and a little unsettling.
Over the past few years, I’ve also been writing historical…

