Palace was appearing in only its third FA Cup final, and made a first-half goal by Eberechi Eze stand up. Goalkeeper Dean Henderson saved a penalty.
Kendall Smith holds a spear while fishing for walleye by headlight on Pokegama Lake during a youth spearfishing event Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Lac Du Flambeau, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)“When I was young, we didn’t have our treaty rights,” said John Johnson, Ganebik’s grandfather and tribal president of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, who has been helping with their growing youth spearing event for about the past 10 years. “It just warms my heart because ... some of those teachings that I’ve taught will be carried on for those unborn children.”
The kids at Namekagon Lake were excited even before the event began. “He came home and he said, ‘Gram, they’re gonna go spearing, we’re going spearing again, can we go?’,” said Carolyn Gougé Powless, one of the water protectors, of her 9-year-old grandson Takodah, for whom this event would be his third or fourth time spearfishing.“For me, it’s living all over again, seeing things through his eyes,” she added.Mark Duffy, a member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, stands on a picnic table while showing kids how to spearfish at a family and youth spearfishing event on Namekagon Lake, Friday, April 12, 2024, near Cable, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Mark Duffy, a member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, stands on a picnic table while showing kids how to spearfish at a family and youth spearfishing event on Namekagon Lake, Friday, April 12, 2024, near Cable, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)Tribal members ferry kids on boats during a youth spearfishing event on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Lac Du Flambeau, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Tribal members ferry kids on boats during a youth spearfishing event on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation, Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Lac Du Flambeau, Wis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Educating children and helping future generations connect with their culture is paramount because of the history of cultural erasure enacted on many tribal members, Johnson explained. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the government and Christian missionaries sent Indigenous children from across the country to boarding schools, sometimes hundreds of miles away, and forcibly stripped many of their language, native foods and spiritual and cultural traditions.Marina Mabrey led the Sun (0-4) with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Tina Charles and Olivia Nelson-Ododa scored 11 each.
Atlanta shot 41% and had a 52-34 rebounding advantage.Atlanta missed nine of 10 3-pointers in the first quarter but still led 21-16.
Charles made back-to-back baskets to give Connecticut a 28-27 lead midway through the second quarter. Atlanta led 34-33 with a minute remaining in the half before Coffey hit a 3-pointer for a 37-33 Atlanta lead at the break.Gray entered averaging 19.9 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.2 assists, and she has helped Atlanta weather a series of injuries. Offseason acquisition Brittney Griner missed Sunday’s game with a knee injury, rookie Te-Hina Paopao was out with a facial injury sustained in the team’s win over the Dallas Wings on Saturday, and Jordin Canada as yet to play while she recovers from a knee injury.