By Sean Kirst Buffalo News Early Friday, the city of Buffalo took down a familiar statue of Christopher Columbus. If it had happened in the days before the pandemic, Rick Hill might have sat with Oren Lyons to talk for hours about the decision, to reflect on how such an event came to pass within their lifetimes. Yet Lyons, an Onondaga Nation faithkeeper who … [Read more...] about Within Six Nations, old friends see communion in Columbus statue’s farewell
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Onondaga’s Say: That’s not us in your census [reprint from 2001]
[As the 2020 US Census begins this spring, here is an article from 2001 regarding the Onondaga Nation's position about the US Census] Onondaga’s Say: That’s not us in your census Syracuse Post Standard By Mike McAndrew March 21, 2001 There’s much merriment on the Onondaga Nation when the U.S. Census Bureau figures are announced every decade. Ten years ago (1991), … [Read more...] about Onondaga’s Say: That’s not us in your census [reprint from 2001]
A Story of Survival Revived by the Cicadas’ Loud (and Crunchy) Return
New York Times Rick Rojas ONONDAGA NATION — The cicadas return with no regard for subtlety. Their trill vibrates through the thick woods that cover much of the Onondaga Nation, sounding to those who welcome them like a natural symphony and registering in other ears as something akin to a muffled car alarm. These days, they are inescapable: thwapping into windshields, … [Read more...] about A Story of Survival Revived by the Cicadas’ Loud (and Crunchy) Return
After debate, compromises Onondaga Nation parents walk students back to school (photos, video)
Syracuse,com by Sarah Moses ONONDAGA NATION -- Onondaga Nation parents and children gathered this morning to walk back to the Onondaga Nation School nearly three months after walking out of the school in protest. In June, students were removed from the school two weeks early amid a debate over the LaFayette Central School District's decision to hire a Fayetteville-Manlius … [Read more...] about After debate, compromises Onondaga Nation parents walk students back to school (photos, video)
Times Union Commentary: School should have indigenous leader
As school districts around the state settle in for the summer, things are anything but settled on the Onondaga Nation, where parents took our children out of the Onondaga Nation School for the last two weeks of the year to protest the refusal once again by the LaFayette Central School District to name an indigenous principal for the all-indigenous school. The Onondaga Nation … [Read more...] about Times Union Commentary: School should have indigenous leader
School Board Decisions Spur Onondaga Nation Protest
Onondaga Nation Members Remove Children From School
Parents protesting against hiring of a non-Native principal over a qualified Native candidate want the process reviewed Alex Hamer • June 22, 2017 The Onondaga Nation has asked the New York State Department of Education to audit the LaFayette School District’s hiring of a non-Native principal over an equally qualified tribal educator after parents yanked their children … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation Members Remove Children From School