The 18th Annual Daniel Nimham Intertribal Pow Wow was held Aug. 18 and 19 at Veterans Memorial Park just outside Carmel. Hosted by the Nimham Mountain Singers, the weekend featured Native American foods, music, dance, arts and crafts and storytelling.

Daniel Nimham (1724-1778) was a sachem, or chief, of the Hudson Valleys Wappinger Indians. A prominent Native American leader, he fought unsuccessfully to defend his people’s land rights in British courts. He and the Wappingers fought on the side of the colonists during the Revolutionary War; Nimham was killed in the Battle of Kingsbridge in what is now Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.

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Michael Turton has been a reporter with The Current since its founding, after working in the same capacity at the Putnam County News & Recorder. Turton spent 20 years as community relations supervisor for the Essex Region Conservation Authority in Ontario before his move in 1998 to Philipstown, where he handled similar duties at Glynwood Farm and The Hastings Center. The Cold Spring resident holds degrees in environmental studies from the University of Waterloo, in education from the University of Windsor and in communication arts from St. Clair College.