Syracuse.com: Onondaga Nation to Onondaga County: Clean up, not cover up, waste beds in amphitheater project … [Read more...] about In the News – 4/3/14
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In the News – 4/2/14
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
In the News – 3/24/14
Syracuse.com: Snow snake: At the Onondaga Nation, children learn an ancient game. … [Read more...] about In the News – 3/24/14
Snow Snake: Winter’s Game for the Ages
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
In the News – 3/18/14
Onondaga Nation School: The Onondaga men's snow snake team shares their talents with ONS. … [Read more...] about In the News – 3/18/14
In a Native American Sport, a Family’s Giant Leap
Via the NY Times By ZACH SCHONBRUN College Lacrosse Upended by Albany’s Native American Stars ALBANY — The Albany lacrosse coaches stared at a small projector screen, searching for the black streak of a three-foot-long ponytail swooping toward the goal. They were watching Lyle Thompson, an Onondaga Indian from upstate New York, who has become a Wayne Gretzky-like … [Read more...] about In a Native American Sport, a Family’s Giant Leap
Onondaga Presses Forward With Land Rights Action Targeting Corporate Polluters
PRESS RELEASE: Oct. 12, 2006 Onondaga Nation Communications ONONDAGA PRESSES FORWARD WITH LAND RIGHTS ACTION TARGETING CORPORATE POLLUTERS Nation Charges New York State Violated Federal Law in Taking Historic Territory Amends Complaint In Light Of Recent Federal And Supreme Court Decisions Onondaga Nation Territory—The Onondaga Nation today repeated its resolve to find … [Read more...] about Onondaga Presses Forward With Land Rights Action Targeting Corporate Polluters