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
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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
Money and the Federal and State Government
March 9, 2015 On February, the Syracuse Post Standard published an article stating that the Onondaga Nation is expected to receive money from the federal government for housing. This has led to many inquiries which merit a short story. In 1971, The State Department of Transportation and the Onondaga Nation were at odds. The State wanted to expand Interstate 81 through … [Read more...] about Money and the Federal and State Government
National Lacrosse League featuring the Philadelphia Wings
This 1975 documentary on professional lacrosse begins on the Onondaga Nation. Onondaga singers Gordon Peters and Tom Lewis can be seen singing at the annual Green Corn Dance Arts and Crafts Festival. Current Iroquois Nationals spiritual leader, Tracy Shenandoah and Freeman Bucktooth are featured running through the fields with their lacrosse sticks. Freeman is a former … [Read more...] about National Lacrosse League featuring the Philadelphia Wings
Iroquois Nationals Part 2
Uverse Entertainment: The Nationals ready for play against Team England. Oren Lyons recalls some of the details of the 2010 World Games which England refused the validity of the Haudenosaunee Passports … [Read more...] about Iroquois Nationals Part 2