Photos by JoAnne Powless Ottawa- Women from the Onondaga Nation and a few recruits formed Team Haudenosaunee to participate in the 2025 Masters Indigenous Games in Ottawa, Ontario. The Masters Indigenous Games brings together indigenous athletes from across Turtle Island to compete in a three day tournament from August 15-17th. Team Haudenosaunee started the tournament … [Read more...] about Onondaga Takes the Bronze at Indigenous Masters Games
Sean Kirst: At 95, Oren Lyons trusts SU and its skilled archivists with his treasury of papers
A lifetime of letters, documents and photographs from a global Haudenosaunee diplomat will be made available to scholars, at SU. Central Current By Sean Kirst Oren Lyons, joined by a helpful nephew, made a stop not long ago at a log cabin where Lyons used to live, on the Onondaga Nation. To get there requires going “up in the woods,” Lyons said, and it had been … [Read more...] about Sean Kirst: At 95, Oren Lyons trusts SU and its skilled archivists with his treasury of papers
Sean Kirst: For Oren Lyons and Roy Simmons Jr., Alfie Jacques Award all about his knowledge of true value
Central Current by Sean Kirst Oren Lyons and Roy Simmons Jr. have already experienced what might seem like the ultimate forms of tribute. There’s a building named for Lyons, an internationally renowned faithkeeper from the Onondaga Nation, at Syracuse University. A statue of Simmons, alongside a matching one of his late father — they both were lacrosse-coaching legends at … [Read more...] about Sean Kirst: For Oren Lyons and Roy Simmons Jr., Alfie Jacques Award all about his knowledge of true value
Roy Simmons Jr. was set to be honored for his lacrosse contributions. Sure, he said, on one condition
Syracuse.com by Lindsay Kramer Syracuse, N.Y. — Former Syracuse lacrosse coach Roy Simmons Jr. was honored when the Alfie Jacques Ambassador Award board contacted him with the news that he had been named the second winner of the newly annual tribute. Simmons had just one request, however. He would only accept it if his friend of 70 years, Iroquois Nationals lacrosse legend … [Read more...] about Roy Simmons Jr. was set to be honored for his lacrosse contributions. Sure, he said, on one condition
The Peacekeeper: Oren Lyons’ endless quest to preserve Indigenous values
Daily Orange By Cooper Andrews Nestled on the outskirts of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in Nedrow, New York, off Interstate 81 South’s Exit 78 is a quaint diner called Firekeepers, where 95-year-old Oren Lyons spends almost every morning eating breakfast and engaging in daunting philosophical discussions. On this particular morning, he orders two eggs sunny side up, a … [Read more...] about The Peacekeeper: Oren Lyons’ endless quest to preserve Indigenous values
2025 Indigenous Peoples Day Festival
Join the Onondaga Nation community, Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation, Syracuse Peace Council, and We of Italian and Syracuse Heritage in CNY for our third Indigenous Peoples' Day Festival. This year we are at Tsha' Thon'nhes - 3370 Route 11A on the Onondaga Nation! The festival beings at 11 am and ends at 5 pm. Food and drink, featured artists/speakers/performers, arts and … [Read more...] about 2025 Indigenous Peoples Day Festival
Five Questions with Stephanie Waterman
Syracuse University - School of Education By: Education Exchange 1. Describe your current roles and their responsibilities. As coordinator of the Student Development/Student Services program within our higher education faculty- similar to SOE’s higher education master’s degree program- I teach required courses and serve on doctoral and campus-wide committees. Also, for the … [Read more...] about Five Questions with Stephanie Waterman