Back at the longhouse!

Hey Gang!

This being November, let's check up on some of the Native American
who live in Johnston!  Apollonia has move here and is hoping her sisters
will live here too!

They came to visit and she is hoping that they will decide to stay.

Naira, Apollonia and Mia

Her older sister is Mia and she has a husband and two children.  Her husband
couldn't come but she has arrived with the children.

All the children are enjoying story time with the other young children.

Mia's son GT has decided to explore and is out for a walk!

 GT: This place is great!

 There is so much to see and do!

Mia has heard a lot about this place. Mia was the attorney who worked with 

Edward Running Bear about getting this land back in Native American hands.

 Loraine: We are so happy and glad to be here!  It is all in a big part due to you!

Edward Running Bear:  I can't wait to show you around!  I am hope that you and
your family will choose to stay.  I have a ton of questions for you and I still need
your help! 

It was important to Mia to put images to the place she worked so hard to secure.
Mia: It is very beautiful here! 

Apollonia's younger sister is Naira!  She and her new husband Elan have come too.
They have been married less than two months.  They met in graduate school
at North Carolina A&T. Elan's heritage is from the Susquehannock and 

Shawnee tribes.      

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Edward Running Bear

Hey Gang!

This is Edward Running Bear, PhD. He came to
Johnston for several reasons. There was 
controversy over part of the land on which the military 

base was built. Because of this, the base had
been closed for over 80 years. In a Supreme Court
decision, this portion of land was returned to the
Iroquois Nation and a settlement was to be paid.
One part of the settlement, a Native American
museum was to be established. It was decided by
the Iroquois and Lenape the museum would be in 

Johnston.
The second part of the settlement was the
establishment of a scholarship for people of
Native American descent. Chief Running Bear was
here to make sure these things happened.

Another reason for his move was that a university
would be established here. Johnston University a
division of the University of Penn. Edward was
offered a Dean's position teaching American
history from a multicultural point of view without
calling it anything else but "American History".
This was considered too controversial for many
other colleges.

Finally, he moved here because the Iroquois and
Native American settlement was large enough
to have horses!

Here he is with his horses!
(I found these guys for a dollar at the thrift store.
I knew I could work them into this story.)
The black one is Coal and the tan one Rain
Dancer.

He would have hated to have to leave his horses
behind.

Stay tuned for more!

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