The Onondaga Nation School's 4th Grade retells the travels of the Peace Maker to the 5 warring Nations bringing a message of Peace, Love, Power, and Unity … [Read more...] about The Stone Canoe: The Story of the Peace Maker
A Season that Changed the Game
25 years ago, a brash bunch of misfits won the championship and created a dynasty SEAN KIRST POST-STANDARD COLUMNIST Travis Solomon and Tom Nims were good friends. They shared an understanding forged by stopping hard line drives with skin and bone: They were both skilled goalies on the 1983 Syracuse University lacrosse team. The problem with being a goalie is that … [Read more...] about A Season that Changed the Game
Victory!! Onondaga County Scraps Plans for Sewage Plant in Favor of Green Infrastructure
By Lyndsay Speer Change is in the air, and it smells sweet. Onondaga County Executive Joanne Mahoney announced on May 2 that the County has chosen not to award construction bids for the proposed Clinton Regional Treatment Facility (RTF) in Armory Square and is instead exploring more environmentally and economically sound options with the State of New York, Atlantic States … [Read more...] about Victory!! Onondaga County Scraps Plans for Sewage Plant in Favor of Green Infrastructure
Practice
Well the blog has been quiet lately. The reason, practice. For my 8 yr. old daughter this means softball, for my 6 yr. old son, its lacrosse. We have practice or games almost every weekday evening. We coordinate our schedules as it seems both children have things happening at the same time. Some days it seems like all we do is chauffeur them back and forth. Other days we think, … [Read more...] about Practice
Honorable Mention Award given to one of our own Onondaga Artists
by Nancy Powless April 14, 2008 Awenheeyoh Powless, 23, of the Onondaga Nation, recently received an Honorable Mention by the National League of American Pen Women for her painting Dancing in Two Worlds. This oil painting / mixed media piece includes both technical rendering and found objects such as denim, gum, and physical beadwork sewn into the canvas. The painting … [Read more...] about Honorable Mention Award given to one of our own Onondaga Artists
Tennis becoming Sport of Choice
Inside Tennis Issue: April 2008 The popular sports in the LaFayette Central School District have long been lacrosse and softball. But that’s changing. Students are increasingly trading sticks and gloves for rackets. “Tennis is a great alternative,” says, Chris Homer, an art teacher at the Onondaga Nation School who is encouraging the tennis movement among American … [Read more...] about Tennis becoming Sport of Choice
Onondaga Creek
Onondaga Nation Communications Newsletter Last year, we learned that the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) removed Onondaga Creek and the other tributaries to Onondaga Lake from their list of "impaired waterbodies". Those of us who have been paying attention to water quality locally were shocked - what could they be thinking? The tributaries are far … [Read more...] about Onondaga Creek