by Ron Linker US Correspondent for Dutch Public Radio Onondaga Nation - This year my country commemorates the arrival of Henry Hudson on Manhattan in 1609. Hudson was an English sailor, who was employed by a Dutch company, the WIC. He was instructed to find a new route east via the polar waters. Halfway there, a mutiny broke out aboard his ship and he decided to change … [Read more...] about You did not break us
Archives for November 2009
ONS Educational Share Conference a Success
Wadeñh nwa’ aweñha ONS News Saturday November 14th, teachers and staff held the 3rd annual ONS Educational Share Conference. The goal of the conference was to provide area teachers correct information and materials which teachers could take back to their classrooms and share with their students. This year’s conference, like the previous two, were claimed a success. The … [Read more...] about ONS Educational Share Conference a Success
Peace and Friendship
November is a very busy month. There is so much going on during this time but we do have to sometimes think about the past. This past happened 215 years ago at Canandaigua. Some perspective needs to be thought of first when we are thinking of this era. The Americans just signed a treaty with England in 1783 ending the American Revolution and the United States was born. Even … [Read more...] about Peace and Friendship
Important victory for Onondaga Creek and Lake
OnondagaNation.org On Thursday, November 19, 2009, Faithkeeper Oren Lyons joined Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, DEC Commissioner Alexander “Pete” Grannis, Mayor Matt Driscoll and Samuel Sage of Atlantic State Legal Foundation to celebrate an important victory for Onondaga Creek and Lake and for everyone who lives in the Central New York Community. Under the … [Read more...] about Important victory for Onondaga Creek and Lake
Meterologist Peter Hall Visits ONS
Oñgwaweñna' November 21, 2009 On Thursday November 5th, Meteorologist Peter Hall visited ONS’ fifth grade. The students were learning about weather in Ms. George’s class and in Mr. Powless’ culture class, the students were video recording their own weather broadcasts in our Onondaga language. Mr. Powless contacted Peter Hall to see if he would visit the school to talk … [Read more...] about Meterologist Peter Hall Visits ONS
News Release: Traditional Native Leaders: Hydrofracking must be banned
NEWS RELEASE November 5, 2009 Traditional Native Leaders: Hydrofracking must be banned Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force issues statement against proposed new method of gas drilling Albany, NY—The Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force (HETF), the environmental branch of the traditional Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) government, issued a statement today … [Read more...] about News Release: Traditional Native Leaders: Hydrofracking must be banned