Onondaga Nation

People of the Hills

Claims come and go, clan mother keeps values

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SEAN KIRST POST-STANDARD COLUMNIST From the door of Dorothy Webster's small home on the Onondaga Nation, she can see the place where she first met Laura Cornelius Kellogg. "She would come here and stay at my mother's house," said Dorothy, who was a little girl when Kellogg would show up for visits, a traveler wearing orthopedic shoes. "She wanted the land back," … [Read more...] about Claims come and go, clan mother keeps values

State presents final lake cleanup plan, tribe calls it inadequate

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By WILLIAM KATES Associated Press Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Onondaga Lake a sacred Indian waterway turned into a toxic stew through a century of municipal and industrial pollution would undergo one of the largest environmental cleanups in state history under a final $451 million plan presented Friday by state regulators. But the state Department of Environmental … [Read more...] about State presents final lake cleanup plan, tribe calls it inadequate

Onondaga Lake Plan Will Remove Corporate Liability Leaving Toxic Waste In Place

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Report Picks Apart New York State-Honeywell Plan as Completely Inadequate Mercury And Other Hazards Will Still Threaten Syracuse June 30, 2005—The Onondaga Nation today released a detailed report pointing out numerous threats to public health in the “clean-up plan” for Onondaga Lake that New York State and Honeywell have agreed upon.  The report highlights the need for … [Read more...] about Onondaga Lake Plan Will Remove Corporate Liability Leaving Toxic Waste In Place

Onondaga Nation Takes Exception to U.S. Appeals Court Decision on Cayuga Land Claim: Federal Law Should Not Be Violated Without Remedy

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Statement by Sidney Hill, Tadodaho, Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs “The Onondaga Nation strongly takes exception to the Appeals Court decision to throw out the Cayuga Nation’s land claim. To us, it seems strange that a Federal Court would so casually re-write Federal laws, treaties, and the constitution of the Unites States, the supreme law of the land.  “In taking … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation Takes Exception to U.S. Appeals Court Decision on Cayuga Land Claim: Federal Law Should Not Be Violated Without Remedy

Onondaga Communications Reports on 19TH World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions

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by Wendy Gonyea, Delegate Last fall, a conference in Japan sounded like a fantasy, but with the hard work of Phil Arnold, of Syracuse University and Takeshi Kimura, of the University of Tsukuba, it happened - a delegation of Haudenosaunee attended the 19th World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) March 24 - 30th in Tokyo, Japan. … [Read more...] about Onondaga Communications Reports on 19TH World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions