WILC: Oren Lyons throws out first pitch at Syracuse Skychiefs game...with his wooden lacrosse stick. … [Read more...] about Oren Lyons throws out first pitch
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Lacrosse: Onondaga Nation
Trans World Sport chronicles lacrosse at the Onondaga Nation and the upcoming World Indoor Championships in September 2015. Oren Lyons, stick maker Alfie Jacques, and professional lacrosse player Brett Bucktooth inform the viewers about the importance of the game to the people of the Haudenosaunee. … [Read more...] about Lacrosse: Onondaga Nation
PASSPORT IMPASSE BLOCKS HAUDENOSAUNEE LACROSSE TEAM
Syracuse Newtimes: Haudenosaunee have traveled internationally on passports from their sovereign nation since 1977. But for the second time in five years, the United Kingdom has refused to admit a Haudenosaunee lacrosse team, preventing the players from competing in a game their ancestors created. … [Read more...] about PASSPORT IMPASSE BLOCKS HAUDENOSAUNEE LACROSSE TEAM
The new Onondaga Nation volunteer fire hall: Built to rely on the energy within
Syracuse.com: The new Onondaga Nation firehouse has geothermal heating and cooling, linked to wells that run 400 feet deep. Recycled paperbacks provide the fiber used as insulation, between the walls. The floorboards for a new community hall are made from gleaming maple. … [Read more...] about The new Onondaga Nation volunteer fire hall: Built to rely on the energy within
No temples, no steeples, sacred all the same: The Six Nations, and the meaning of Onondaga Lake
Syracuse: Clay and Kroy Arnold, twin brothers who play forOnondaga Community College's national championship men's lacrosse team, drove Thursday night to see a Fallout Boy concert at Darien Lake, near Buffalo, then hustled home and pulled themselves out of bed early Friday so they could hurry to Onondaga Lake. … [Read more...] about No temples, no steeples, sacred all the same: The Six Nations, and the meaning of Onondaga Lake
Celebrating History
In 1995 members of OCC’s campus community and the Onondaga Nation came together for a ceremony at which the Haudenosaunee flag was permanently raised on campus. Twenty years later the parties came together once again to celebrate the anniversary of the event. … [Read more...] about Celebrating History
Nation to Nation by the Smithsonian
American Indian treaties with the United States have had enormous, incalculable, and permanent effects on the lands, cultures, and populations of Native America. As nation-to-nation agreements, treaties are integral to the history and development of the United States. And while many treaty promises remain unfulfilled, the principle of sovereignty makes treaties vital to Indian … [Read more...] about Nation to Nation by the Smithsonian