Onondaga Nation - Biginning this Thursday, April 14 through April 16, 2023, Tsha' Hoñnoñyeñdakwha (The Onondaga Nation Arena: located at 4000 Route 11- just off of exit 16 on I81) is proud to host the Stickmakers Tournament. The proceeds of the tournament will benefit Alfie Jacques and his expenses as he battles cancer. Alfie Jacques is a world renoun traditional wooden … [Read more...] about Stickmakers Tournament: Fundraiser for stickmaker Alfie Jacques
Sean Kirst: ‘It put us in a terrible bind’: Six Nations elder Oren Lyons on church ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
Buffalo News: Oren Lyons was supposed to be in California this week. He planned to travel there with his son Rex, an Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse administrator busy preparing for this summer's 2023 World Lacrosse men’s championships, in San Diego. At 93, that journey would have fit the philosophy Lyons does his best to embrace: “I thank the Creator every morning, … [Read more...] about Sean Kirst: ‘It put us in a terrible bind’: Six Nations elder Oren Lyons on church ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
Onondaga Nation struggles to care for chronically ill after 13 years of flat funding from NY
By James T. Mulder | jmulder@syracuse.com Syracuse.com Onondaga Nation -- Onondaga Nation residents used to be able to walk in and get medical care quickly at the nation’s health center. Now they wait months to get appointments at the state-funded medical and dental clinic on Route 11A on the Onondaga Nation. The center is so short-staffed and strapped for cash it … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation struggles to care for chronically ill after 13 years of flat funding from NY
We’re Still Here
New York State Museum By Steve Wall In 1988, Steve Wall published a photo essay on the Haudenosaunee for National Geographic Magazine. Steve Wall traveled to many of the Haudenosaunee communites for two years. Click the image below to watch We Are Still Here (11 min). … [Read more...] about We’re Still Here
Traditions Children
Syracuse Time Warner by Abby Lazor In 1996, Onondaga Nation children from the Onondaga Nation School discuss the importance of culture, language, and their future. Click the image below to watch Traditions Children (29 min). … [Read more...] about Traditions Children
Barry Powless joins NAIAHF
Barry Powless joins the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2023. Created in 2022, Dan Ninham, Oneida, and his wife Susan, Red Lake Ojibwe; celebrated 75 new athletes, coaches and teams to NAIAHF. Click to read about 2023 NAIAHF Barry Powless Click to read more about NAIAHF … [Read more...] about Barry Powless joins NAIAHF
MAGAZINE OF SMITHSONIAN’S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
Insights Magazine by Anne Bolen The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian focuses on Gahwéñhda' or the Snow Snake Game of the Haudenosaunee. Click to read … [Read more...] about MAGAZINE OF SMITHSONIAN’S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN