Onondaga Nation

People of the Hills

2025

Haudenosaunee Arts Festival – Smoke Dance Competition

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The Onondaga Community College is hosting the Haudenosaunee Arts Festival - Smoke Dance Competition on Saturday, August 9, 2025.  This event features men, women, and children from many Haudenosaunee communities competing for bragging rights and cash prizes.  The Haudenosaunee Arts Festival will also feature traditional crafters and food vendors. The event runs from 10am to … [Read more...] about Haudenosaunee Arts Festival – Smoke Dance Competition

New York State Indian Aid (NYSIA) Flyer and Student Application

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July 5, 2025 New York State Department of Education is pleased to share the newly updated New York State Indian Aid (NYSIA) Flyer and Student Application for students entering or attending college or University – including trade school programs. Full-time students (12 or more credits per semester) may now receive $1,000 per semester for the fall, spring, and summer … [Read more...] about New York State Indian Aid (NYSIA) Flyer and Student Application

LaFayette Central Schools Positions Available

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Three Positions Available: · Cook-Manager (11 month FT) · Cook I (10 month 6.25 hrs per day 6:45a-1:30p) · Food Service Helper I (10 month 4.5 hrs per day 9:00a-1:30p)  Assigned to LaFayette Central School District Salary/Hourly Rates per Negotiated Agreements    Cook-Manger Effective July/August 2025 Duties Included: Supervising and participating in the … [Read more...] about LaFayette Central Schools Positions Available

Haudenosaunee’s quest: Lacrosse will make the 2028 LA Olympics. Will the game’s creators?

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By Connor Pignatello Lacrosse is coming to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, but there’s already a complicated and emotional storyline playing out: Will the Haudenosaunee Confederacy – the originators of the thousand-year-old sport – be included when lacrosse returns to the Olympics? It’s the subject of a decades-long bureaucratic, diplomatic and moral negotiation. If this … [Read more...] about Haudenosaunee’s quest: Lacrosse will make the 2028 LA Olympics. Will the game’s creators?

Neal Powless Inducted Into American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame

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Syracuse University News By Kelly Homan Rodoski   ou could say that lacrosse is in Neal Powless’s blood. Powless G’08, the University ombuds, is a member of the Onondaga Nation Eel Clan. He is the son, grandson and brother of legendary lacrosse players. Powless picked up a lacrosse stick for the first time at age 2. He played in his first game at age 4; his older … [Read more...] about Neal Powless Inducted Into American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame