The 2015 defending Can-Am Champions announce the 2016 Schedule. … [Read more...] about Onondaga Redhawks announce 2016 schedule
Haudenosaunee delegates travel to Washington DC
By Frieda Jacques Washington, DC - On February 22nd 2016 a delegation of Haudenosaunee Chiefs and Clanmothers and observers met with federal representatives. The meeting was held in the Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building a few doors from the White House. The meeting was to recognize and honor the signing of the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua. Our … [Read more...] about Haudenosaunee delegates travel to Washington DC
Onondaga Nation, New York tribes tell feds: We don’t want your money
Syracuse.com - Mark Weiner WASHINGTON, D.C. – A year after New York Indian tribes turned down millions of dollars in U.S. aid, federal officials are trying again to give taxpayer money to Indigenous nations that have no intention of accepting the cash. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said last week it would send more than $6 million to eight Native … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation, New York tribes tell feds: We don’t want your money
“The Good Mind” to premiere at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Film highlights people, issues, and culture of the Onondaga Nation
New York, NY—For the Onondaga Nation, it’s all about relationships. Relationships with ancestors, relationships with governments, relationships with each other, and relationship with the natural world. Each of these is highlighted in The Good Mind, a new film by New York filmmaker Gwendolen Cates that will premiere on February 27, 2016 during the 13th annual Big Sky Documentary … [Read more...] about “The Good Mind” to premiere at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Film highlights people, issues, and culture of the Onondaga Nation
Smoke Shop Moves to New Location
The Onondaga Nation is pleased to announce a location change for our storefront of the Onondaga Nation Smoke Shop. The Smoke Shop will be moving across Rt 11, directly across from Tsha’ Hoñnonyeñdakwha (Onondaga Nation Arena). The Smoke Shop will only be closed for a few short hours from Sunday, February 28th at 6pm until the new storefront opens at 7am Monday, February … [Read more...] about Smoke Shop Moves to New Location
Athletic News
By S. Hill In December of 2015, six boys representing Onondaga traveled to Wesley Chapel, Florida to participate in the Annual Dick’s Tournament of Champions field lacrosse tournament. The boys played in the 18U Elite division. They were team members of ’Road Warriors’. On the team were Devon Buckshot, Levi Confer, Percy Booth, Mitchell Laffin, Kingsley Lyons III and Emerson … [Read more...] about Athletic News
Congressman John Katko writes letter of support
The Onondaga Nation has long been a proponent of non-native mascots, read the Haudenosaune statement on mascots here. No matter what the intent of organizations in having native mascot, inevitability their fans are dressed in war paint and feathers and their mascot is jousting with a stuffed animal mascot on the sideline; not honorable. In the 1970s, the Onondaga Nation … [Read more...] about Congressman John Katko writes letter of support