Local Seneca Artists, Academics and Storytellers participate in 2025 Storytellers Conference
Photos by Seneca Media
On Saturday, April 5, 2025, speakers, educators, and life-long learners from across Turtle Island convened for the 15th Annual Storytellers Conference held at the Niagara Falls Convention Center in Niagara Falls, New York. The Western Door was proudly represented by a group of singular individuals. Ja:no’s Bowen and her daughter Gahsëni’de’ Hubbel, Caleb Abrams, Hayden Haynes, Maurice John, Jr., and Nicole Thompson, and more, presented on topics from claiming Indigenous space in contemporary society, bridging traditional arts practices into modernity, and documentary filmmaking to capture our present existence while acknowledging our pasts.
Gatherings like this are crucial to our persistence and existence as Indigenous Peoples. Our shared experiences provide an amplification of our shared voice. With that, we are not a monolith, and as Native Nations and Peoples, opportunities to share our unique experiences are just as important.
