With state Senator Frank Padavan in attendance, the Native Bayside exhibit opened at Fort Totten on February 26. The exhibit chronicles the prehistory of the Bayside area through artifacts and listening stations with local Native Americans.

Padavan (l.) is shown with the Reverend Sharon Spirit Wind, Bayside Historical Society Executive Director Geraldine Spinella, and Edward J. Platt from the New York Institute of Anthropology.

(L. to r.) Mary Anne Morning Star, Firebird Graywolf, Dawn Eagle, Toni Ceaser, Lonnie Moonfire, Reginald Herb, state Senator Frank Padavan, Natalie Barron and Donna Barron Gentle Spirit celebrated the opening of the Native Bayside exhibit at Fort Totten.