November 6, 2023 | Repost from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
We:so Nya:wëh to the Buffalo Bandits and Tehoka Nanticoke for bringing the National Lacrosse League Champion Cup to Roswell Park earlier this month! In honor of Native American Heritage Month and in collaboration with the Buffalo Bandits, Roswell Park’s Department of Indigenous Cancer Health and the Community Outreach and Engagement (CoE) teams organized the event for November 6th! Tribal communities, the urban Indigenous community, and WNY communities were welcome to visit and take pictures.
Lacrosse is known as the Medicine Game to the Haudenosaunee and has been played by Native Nations in New York since the beginning of time. What a fun way to honor Native American Heritage Month!
This month, and every other month, our team at the Department of Indigenous Cancer Health celebrates Indigenous peoples’ contributions to health sciences. ~Department of Indigenous Cancer Health
On Wednesday, October 18th, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center celebrated the grand opening of their Community Outreach & Engagement Center located at located at 907 Michigan Street, Buffalo. Learn more about the programs offered at the new center at RoswellPark.org/COE.
