Onondaga Nation

Syracuse Post-Standard By Renée K. Gadoua Staff writer Roko Sherry Chayat led more than 200 people in a verse of purification Sunday at Syracuse's Inner Harbor. "All the evil karma ever committed by me since of old, on account of my beginning less greed, anger and folly, borne of my body, mouth and thoughts, I now confess and purify it all," Chayat, spiritual leader … [Read more...] about Inner Harbor concert makes a statement about water

By Amaris Elliott-Engel / The Citizen UNION SPRINGS - A peach sapling in a wheelbarrow was rolled to the end of an outdoor stage at the Cayuga Indian Nation's organic farm. Bernadette “Birdie” Hill, the Cayuga's Heron Clan mother, teared up at the gift meant to help replace a peach orchard of 1,500 trees destroyed during the April-to-October 1779 Sullivan-Clinton … [Read more...] about Cayuga Nation’s farm taking shape

GEDDES, N.Y. (AP) _ State officials say they've found toxic chemicals at a former industrial dump along an already contaminated lake near the site of the New York State Fair. Onondaga Lake is already the focus of a proposed $451 million, seven-year cleanup. Now the state has asked the company that would handle the cleanup, Honeywell International Inc., to conduct a larger … [Read more...] about State Says Old Dump May be Leaking

By Mark Weiner Staff writer Syracuse Post-Standard A new source of toxic chemicals that may be leaking into Onondaga Lake has been discovered at a former industrial dump along the lake's western shore in Geddes, state officials say. A preliminary investigation found contaminated ground water and subsurface soil at former Allied Chemical waste beds that cover more … [Read more...] about Waste dumps on western shore could complicate plan to clean up Onondaga Lake

I-81 billboard repainted to criticize the attorney general rather than Gov. Pataki By Michelle Breidenbach and Mike McAndrew Staff writers Syracuse Post-Standard Eliot Spitzer's campaign rented billboards in Buffalo that broadcast a positive theme: "Bring Some Passion Back to Albany." When the "Spitzer for Governor" bus tour headed from the state Democratic … [Read more...] about Sign on Indian land now targets Spitzer

SEAN KIRST Columnist Syracuse Post-Standard The Iroquois land claims were essentially knocked out of court last week. It was a pivotal moment in Upstate history. It cried out for thoughtful, gracious words from the winners. Instead, the most memorable quote came from William Dorr, lawyer for Cayuga and Seneca counties: "There's no wrong to correct. The wrong was … [Read more...] about Land claim winners’ lack of grace a disgrace

Syracuse Post-Standard To the Editor: The recent decision by the Supreme Court to refuse to hear the Cayuga Nation's appeal of an earlier federal court's dismissal of their land claim gives us pause to consider the meaning and importance of the Onondaga Nation land rights action. The Supreme Court's action leaves in place a lower court's judgment that even though … [Read more...] about Missed Opportunity – Court ignores Indian history, and fails to do justice