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Times Union Commentary: School should have indigenous leader

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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

Onondaga Nation holds special graduation ceremony

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LocalSYR.com (WSYR-TV) - Thursday was a special night for students from the Onondaga Nation as they held their graduation ceremony. It comes a little more than a week after the Nation pulled their students from LaFayette schools over its decision not to hire an Onondaga Nation native as the principal of Onondaga Nation School. Thursday’s ceremony though was about … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation holds special graduation ceremony

Onondaga Nation Members Remove Children From School

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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

Dispute between Onondaga Nation and Lafayette Schools spills into Syracuse City politics

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LocalSYR- Andrew Donovan (WSYR-TV) - As Laura Lavine runs as a Republican for Mayor of Syracuse, she's finishing up her tenure as superintendent of the Lafayette School District. In her final days, the district is being criticized for not working with the Onondaga Nation. Leaders of the Onondaga Nation are upset about the district's decision to not hire Simone Thornton, a … [Read more...] about Dispute between Onondaga Nation and Lafayette Schools spills into Syracuse City politics

Onondaga Nation boycotted school before in 1970s: Native principal hired, language added

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ONONDAGA -- The Onondaga Nation's removal of its children from the nation school is not the first time the nation has boycotted the LaFayette school district. In the early 1970s, Onondaga Chief Lloyd Elm led a similar boycott for similar reasons, according to newspaper archives. Nation members and parents removed children from the Onondaga Nation School Friday in protest … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation boycotted school before in 1970s: Native principal hired, language added