Onondaga Nation

People of the Hills

In the News – 4/2/14

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Syracuse.com: Onondaga Nation festival raises money for athletes to attend North American Indigenous Games Syracuse.com: Onondaga Faithkeeper Oren Lyons is F.O.C.U.S. Wisdom Keeper award winner Syracuse New Times: FACE TIME: Oren Lyons on global warming, football mascots and greenhouses on Onondaga land … [Read more...] about In the News – 4/2/14

Snow Snake: Winter’s Game for the Ages

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Via Syracuse Post-Standard Photo essay by Mike Greenlar The game of snow snake started as a means of communication between Haudenosaunee villages over 500 years ago. Men would scribe onto the wooden snakes in charcoal to send messages onto the next village via a long snow track. I was fortunate to photograph a recent game in March at the Onondaga Nation. The games go on for … [Read more...] about Snow Snake: Winter’s Game for the Ages

Father Hunger & Chemical Dependency Seminar

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Who: Thomas W. Paul, NYS OASAS Education and Training Provider When: April 18, 2014 Where: TBD (either Onondaga Arena Elders Room or Orchard Vali CC) Please contact Ganigonhi:yoh at 314-492-0833 to inform of your attendance Content: The absence of fathers in the lives of their sons and daughters is often a predictive factor in the development of chemical dependency. … [Read more...] about Father Hunger & Chemical Dependency Seminar