THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2022 Page 7 PRO OR CON | FROM PAGE 5 doctor, or surgeon?” And, she says, “let us not forget that the team members are not actual Native Americans or members of the tribe whose name may be used. Would we call an all-white team ‘The Africans’?” Finally, Manville says that the whole discussion of nicknames, and what they mean, can get very bizarre sometimes. “When I was in Burlington,” he said, “we were known as the Red Devils. I actually had a woman call me up once and said that bad things were going to happen to us because we invoked the name of the devil.” MY OPINION Saugust, as it was first known, was settled in 1629. Now known as Saugus, it is a Native American (Algonquin) name believed to mean “great” or “extended.” Alonzo Lewis and James R. Newhall tell us that the Native Americans of the town called it Saugus; and by that name, it was known for eight years. The root word means great, or extended; and they state, ‘it was FOR FAMILY FUN | FROM PAGE 3 should proceed. “As far as what you’re doing, we won’t have a problem in getting you going. [This is] something you need to do a little more homework on,” Fralick said. He noted that Flores needs to think about the pros and applied to the Long Beach.’ In an early map of New England, is said to have placed the word “Saugus” on Sagamore Hill. The river on the west was called by the Native Americans, Abousett — the word Saugus being applied to it by the white men. It was once called the river at Saugus, then the river “of Saugus” and fi nally the Saugus River. Every once in a while, ‘politically correct’ people ‘go on the warpath’ stating that the citizens of Saugus are disrespectful to our Native Americans and want everything that has even the slightest hint of Indian history to be removed forever from our town, our eyes, and our hearts. That is one tall order, for example the Saugus High School yearbook, The Tontoquonian, has proudly represented the mainstay of our high school since the 40’s. Sachem Street, Anawan, Arrowhead Drive, Indian Rock Drive, Saugus Ave., Seminole St., Tontaquon Ave., and Indian Valley will have to go in order to totally eradicate any hint that a moccasin ever set foot in our town. Those socalled do gooder’s want to remove all Native American nickcons of a full-time food establishment vs. a temporary one. “It may be in your best interests to go a little bigger. It will be extremely tight,” he said. Flores said he has been in the business for about eight years and has been going to people’s homes where they host the parties. names and logos that they fi nd off ensive. Will we have to cancel Lacrosse altogether as our Native Americans invented the game? Claudia FoxTree has stated that all our beautiful signs highlighting the face of a Native American, our Town Seal, our yearbooks, and our logos are disrespectful and offensive. Did we deliberately spend all that time and money to demean our Native Americans? How does that make any sense? Further, does she mean we cannot play Cowboys and Indians any more or tell that age old joke, I can make you talk Indian? And whatever will we do if the word Saugus is banned; no more Town of Saugus, or the Saugus River — names so dear to many of our hearts. FoxTree gets all wrapped in words rather than intent and I find her words, calling out our signs, logos, and yearbooks, off ensive and disrespectful to all of us who honor our heritage. So, you ask, what is her intent? By chastising the honoring of our Native Americans, I fi nd she one who is off ensive, and the question remains; does she truly believe For Advertising with RESULTS, call The Advocate Newspapers at 781-233-4446 or info@advocatenews.net that by removing any hint of Indian history in our town, she is the respectful one? In my opinion, quite the opposite. Maybe we should hold a pow-wow, smoke a peace pipe, and establish a mutual respect platform for our American culture as well. FYI: Claudia FoxTree-McGrath is a multiracial/multiethnic Native American whose father is Native American (Arawak-Yurumein), and mother is German (from Mannheim-Feudenheim). The Arawak tribe is from St. Vincent Island. Although she spent the fi rst fi ve years of her life in Germany and speaks German, she was born in Boston, has primarily grown up in the U.S.A., and was educated in Massachusetts, where she is active in the local Native American community. 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