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Onondaga Health Outreach Team at ONS Family Night

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Onondaga Health Outreach attended and tabled at the Onondaga Nation School Family Night event on February 26th, 2025. Many families turned out for this community event to eat, visit, and roller skate together. Our goal was to introduce ourselves to the community, hand out information on COVID-19, and gather information on community members’ knowledge of COVID-19. Our table … [Read more...] about Onondaga Health Outreach Team at ONS Family Night

Firekeepers Springtime Menu

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Firekeepers welcomes spring with an updated menu for 2025! We are open Tuesday to Friday from 7am to 7pm. Saturday and Sunday 7am to 2pm. Come on in an enjoy a great bite to eat! Please check out our Facebook page for daily specials and our great review on Syracuse.com! We are located at 3879 Frontage Road on the Onondaga Nation, just off of Interstate 81 on exit 78, just … [Read more...] about Firekeepers Springtime Menu

March 11, 2025: 20th Anniversary of the Land Rights Action

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March 11, 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the filing of the Onondaga Land Rights Case.  The Onondaga Nation chose March 11th as the filing date as over 200 years ago, New York State made their first illegal land acquisition of Onondaga lands.  New York State knowingly defiled United States law, three treaties, and their own Constitution in order to illegally purchase … [Read more...] about March 11, 2025: 20th Anniversary of the Land Rights Action

Onondaga Nation Health Center Job Openings

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Onondaga Nation – The Onondaga Nation Health Center is seeking applicants willing to provide gracious patient friendly service efficiently and in a confidential manner. The applicants are expected to work as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team in a unique and culturally diversified community. The Health Center is seeking applicants beginning March 4, 2025 for the … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation Health Center Job Openings

Onondaga Land Rights & Our Common Future: The Quest for Justice

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Join us to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the historic filing of the Onondaga Nation’s Land Rights Action at Syracuse Stage on March 10, 2025 at 6:30. Onondaga elder and Traditional Medicine Keeper Jeanne Shenandoah (Onondaga Nation, Eel Clan) and Onondaga educator Haiwhagai’i Jake Edwards (Onondaga Nation, Eel Clan) will share important history and reflect on progress … [Read more...] about Onondaga Land Rights & Our Common Future: The Quest for Justice

A herd, a hide and a 50-year friendship: How the Onondaga Nation brought the buffalo back: The U.S. once intertwined the elimination of the American buffalo and attempted destruction of Indigenous people. Now, the Onondaga Nation has brought bison back to Central New York.

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Central Current by Patrick McCarthy Sid Hill eased his pickup truck through a yawning gate and into a snow-hampered pasture. Nearly 70 buffalo cast expectant, snow-tinged glances up at the approaching vehicle. They knew it was feeding time Hill, the Tadodaho of the Onondaga Nation, had not come to feed the bison, but rather to watch the feeding. As the hungry bison … [Read more...] about A herd, a hide and a 50-year friendship: How the Onondaga Nation brought the buffalo back: The U.S. once intertwined the elimination of the American buffalo and attempted destruction of Indigenous people. Now, the Onondaga Nation has brought bison back to Central New York.