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In celebration of Native American Heritage Awareness Month, Roswell Park proudly raised the Haudenosaunee flag

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Reprinted from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Facebook Page

November 13, 2020 – Today, in celebration of Native American Heritage Awareness Month, Roswell Park proudly raised the Haudenosaunee flag. We thank State Sen. Timothy Kennedy for joining us to celebrate this powerful and positive heritage. As the New York State proclamation he presented today reminds us: “Roswell Park is situated in the original lands of the Haudenosaunee, and the Center for Indigenous Cancer Research reflects the Iroquois principles of strength, peace, and good mind.”

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