September 2, 1943 – October 31, 2022 “I do not boast in my own strength, nor in my own wisdom; but behold, my joy is full, yea, my heart is brim with joy and I will rejoice in my God. Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore, […]
Seneca Nation Archives/Onöhsagwë:de Cultural Center- Allegany Territory 1794, November 11 – The Canandaigua Treaty, a.k.a. Pickering Treaty, was signed by Seneca chiefs Handsome Lake, Little Beard, Half Town, Captain Key, Stinking Fish, Big Sky, Little Billy (a.k.a. Green Grasshopper), Farmer’s Brother, Red Jacket, Heap of Dogs, and Cornplanter. The negotiations and signing took place at […]
Submitted by Dennis Durante Born October 31st, 1932, the daughter of William & Florence (HUFF) Parker into the Beaver Clan. While raising her children and working at Moog industries, Gowanda Psychiatric center and eventually opening Crossroads Gas Station, Maxine was the first Woman Peacemaker Judge for the Cattaraugus territory in 1972 and in 1974 the […]