Ganondagan July eNews | Saisgekneh Sga:d | 2022
National Geographic’s July 2022 Issue “We Are Here” “North America’s Native Nations Reassess their Sovereignty” featuring Angel Jimerson (Seneca), Ange Ferguson (Onondaga) sharing what sovereignty means to them.
“It’s brought me on a path that’s leading me towards being grounded, being more connected with the earth”
- Angel Marae Jimerson, Production Manager
“CORN WAS A STAPLE of the Haudenosaunee diet, and Jimerson hopes the Iroquois White Corn Project at the Ganondagan State Historic Site in New York, where the Seneca had a town in the 17th century, will restore that role. Founded in the 1990s, the project hand-raises and hand-processes white corn. As a young Native American, Jimerson says they struggled in their early years but found their purpose working with their cultural heritage, learning patience, resourcefulness, gratitude, and mindfulness.”
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Photo of Angel from National Geographic
