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For 57 years, this man has crafted wooden lacrosse sticks by hand

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Daily Orange: By Matthew Guitierrez As steam formed inside a rusty oil tank, Alfie Jacques crafted wooden lacrosse sticks at a barn down a dirt driveway on the Onondaga Nation reservation a few miles south of Syracuse University. The tank in question measures a few feet wide and about 8 feet long. Its temperature was set so high that steam shot out of the 1,000-liter drum … [Read more...] about For 57 years, this man has crafted wooden lacrosse sticks by hand

Inside the Native American sport of snow snake (video, photos)

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Syracuse.com- Onondaga Nation - The Onondaga Nation Snow Snake Team hosted a snow snake game this past weekend bringing together Native teams from around the state and northeast Canada. One of the leaders for the sport is Snooky Brooks of the Pinewoods Snow Snake Team from Cattaraugus Reservation, south of Buffalo.  He says he's been playing snow snake for nearly three … [Read more...] about Inside the Native American sport of snow snake (video, photos)

Redhawk Minor Lacrosse Schedule

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The Redhawk Minor Lacrosse team announced their schedule. Home games are played at Tsha Honnonyendakwha (Onondaga Nation Arena) 2018 SCHEDULE Sat. May 12                         @ Rochester                      PW/B/M                1pm start Sun. May 13                       Champion (Buff)              B/M                       2pm start Sat. May 19                … [Read more...] about Redhawk Minor Lacrosse Schedule

Death of Onondaga Chief Irving Powless Jr is ‘huge loss for Nation, CNY’

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Syracuse.com  By Sarah Moses ONONDAGA NATION -- Family, friends and Onondaga Nation leaders said the loss of Chief Irving Powless Jr., is a huge loss to the Onondaga Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the outlying communities. Powless died Thursday. (November 30, 2017). He was 88. "I think one thing that people don't realize is how dedicated the chiefs have to … [Read more...] about Death of Onondaga Chief Irving Powless Jr is ‘huge loss for Nation, CNY’

Nation Hondó•wäts (hunters) teach their skills to ONS students

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ONS Facebook -Afterschool on Friday, November 17, 2017, students in grades 5 - 8 were able to learn from three hunters, Mike Abrams, Marshall Abrams and Parker Booth. They are able to share with the students what they do to prepare sgeñneñdóñ’ (deer) after a successful hunt. Mike Abrams gathered the students around the sgeñneñdóñ’. He described how important taking of a deer … [Read more...] about Nation Hondó•wäts (hunters) teach their skills to ONS students

County to vote on $1.5 million for trail on contaminated land on Onondaga Lake

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Syracuse, N.Y. -- The Onondaga County Legislature will vote Monday on spending $1.5 million to extend the bike trail along the shore of Onondaga Lake. The 1-mile extension will run along the lake next to Destiny USA on a polluted piece of land known as Murphy's Island. The county had agreed in 2011 to give that 36-acre tract to the Onondaga Nation, but voted last year to … [Read more...] about County to vote on $1.5 million for trail on contaminated land on Onondaga Lake