Hakamé!
Greetings from Shinnecock!
This Saturday August 25, and Sunday, August 26, will be the memorial Basketball Tournament in honor of the late Duane “DL” White, who died in the tragic car accident back in April. All communities are invited to register for this two-day basketball tournament at the Basketball Court here on Shinnecock, starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday.
Festivities will continue into the evening each night with music provided by DJ Cap. Food will be sold throughout the day and a 50/50 raffle will be held with the proceeds to benefit a college fund for DL’s 1-year-old daughter, Amaré. Call 631-820-2315 or 631-276-2018 for more information or to register.
Players can warm up on the 3,000 square foot gymnasium at Evolution Fitness, as the preferred fitness facility of the Hamptons is currently offering 10 percent off any paid-in-full membership through the end of the month.
Also, don’t forget to contribute new school supplies for the Back to School Drive sponsored by Kid too Kid Foundation, initiated by Shinnecock youth William Taylor Reddick. Drop-off locations are: Dunkerley’s Office Supply, 137 Main Street, Southampton; or the Hampton Jitney, 395 County Road, Southampton. Items will be collected through the end of this month. For more information, call 631-283-5601 or e-mail Etaylor@kid-too-kid.org.
Earlier this month, on August 11 and 12, Narragansett’s 337th annual August Meeting took place in Charlestown, Rhode Island, where several tribal members placed: Josephine Smith won second place in the women’s eastern blanket special and her daughter, Cholena Smith, won first place in the smoke dance special. Josephine’s older daughter Aiyana Smith-Williams won first place in women’s eastern blanket, second place in the women’s eastern blanket special and second place in the smoke dance special; and her daughter, Nashota Williams, won first place in girls traditional and third place in the smoke dance special; son Nakia “NJ” Williams, won third place in the junior men’s eastern war. In junior women’s jingle, Mattah Wright won second place and Savannah Phillips won third; and in junior women’s eastern blanket Breanna Flemming won second—her first time out as a blanket dancer. John Boyd won third in men’s eastern war and second in the eastern war special; while James Keith Phillips won first in golden age eastern war and second place in men’s eastern war.
That same weekend some tribal members attended the Paumanauke Powwow in Lindenhurst. Fordel Willis placed third in men’s traditional, his younger daughter Bree Willis placed second in girls fancy, and his older daughter, Miss Shinnecock Jr. Teen Gianni Willis, placed second in girls traditional. Also, Nicole Craig placed first in women’s traditional; Chenae Bullock placed second in women’s traditional; and Anyse Robinson, daughter of Megan Robinson, placed third in girls fancy.
We look forward to listing more results from last weekend’s Mohegan powwow and this weekend’s upcoing Mashantucket Pequot’s Schemitzun in Ledyard, Connecticut.
on Aug 21, 2012