An Incredibly Sad Time in Our Community: Newtown Longhouse Burns Down on Cattaraugus Territory Efforts are underway to rebuild a Haudenosaunee longhouse more than a century old that was destroyed by fire on the Cattaraugus Territory. The Newtown Longhouse, the center of spiritual and cultural life for members of the Seneca Nation of Indians, caught […]
Draft Exclusion Law – 2nd Comment Period Round The proposed Exclusion Law is an effort by the Seneca Nation to protect our communities from non-Senecas that pose a threat to the safety and well-being of Senecas living on territory. The draft Exclusion Law provides a mechanism for identifying non-Senecas that pose a danger to our […]
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it will seat the Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) that Congress authorized in the 2018 Farm Bill to advise and guide the Secretary of Agriculture on matters relating to Tribal and Indian affairs. Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, or national or regional organizations with expertise in issues relating […]