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Two-Year Grant Brings Indigenous Artists to SUNY JCC

September 19, 2022 | sunyjcc.edu Above: Kaycee Colburn shares the history behind her art at the Welcome Back Picnic held recently on the SUNY JCC Jamestown campus. Creatives Rebuild New York recently placed two Native American artists in residence for two years on the SUNY Jamestown Community College campus. The Jamestown project is funded by […]

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Action Needed: Sign The Protect ICWA Petition

September 2022 | http://www.indian-affairs.org This November, #SCOTUS will hear arguments for Haaland v. Brackeen — the case that could overturn the decades-old and widely supported Indian Child Welfare Act. Unfortunately, #ICWA is not a mainstream issue. Outside of Native peoples, child welfare experts, and some policymakers, ICWA is unknown and misunderstood. We need to bring […]

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Dear Council & Executives: Nya:wëh

AS A MEMBER OF THE SENECA NATION, I WANT TO PERSONALLY SAY “THANK YOU” FROM MYSELF AND THE SHILLINGBURG FAMILY TO THE EXECUTIVES & COUNCIL, AND ALL THEIR STAFF. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR THE SENECA NATION. ALSO, THE MONEY IS GREATLY NEEDED AND APPRECIATED BY ALL THE NATION’S MEMBER’S. ~ LTC Chris Shillingburg

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Next Leaf Pharma donation to Oishei Children’s Hospital

Next Leaf Pharma donates proceeds from the Oishei Children’s Hospital Golf Tournament held September 7th at Holiday Valley. Dispensary Owner Mike Redeye and staff pose with a check in the amount of $3,000.00 that was donated. They are pictured here in front of the Allegany Territory Next Leaf Pharma location – 558 Broad St., Salamanca, […]

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News From The Four Corners United Methodist Church

Rte. 438 and Versailles Plank Road, Cattaraugus Territory | Submitted by Marilyn Anderson The Seneca Hymn singers have resumed their Tuesday gatherings. At 7:00 people gather in the fellowship hall and rehearse and learn Seneca hymns. After singing they enjoy refreshments together. The singers are looking for new members to keep the tradition going. If […]

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Opportunity alert!

Native Agriculture & Food Systems Scholarship Deadline to apply: October 18, 2022 To encourage more Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian college students to enter agriculture and food systems fields so that they can better assist their communities with food systems efforts, First Nations will award 20 to 25 $1,000 to $1,500 scholarships to […]

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Seneca Intermediate Students Present School Wampum Belt

Salamanca City Central School District is proud to present the Seneca Intermediate School Wampum Belt. There were many hands involved in making this a success. Social Emotional Coach Corrine Quin first had the idea after attending Dr. Joe Stahlman’s professional development of Seneca IV and after meetings to brainstorm ways to incorporate the Seneca culture […]

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K Art makes ARTnews Top 10 Armory Booths

September 8, 2022 | artnews.com Dave Kimelberg, a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians, made a splash in 2020, when he opened K Art, which is now among the few commercial galleries in the U.S. owned by an Indigenous person. In its debut at the Armory Show, the gallery demonstrated that it is definitely […]

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Nya:wëh O’tgwanö:nyö’

I would like to thank all of our friends and family who helped myself, my children, my aunt and uncle get through one of the toughest times we’ve ever endured. August 15, 2022 we lost a great man, my father – Jeffrey H. Snyder. Many of you may know that I reached out to our […]

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Obituary: Marlene Johnson

April 19, 1936 – August 27, 2022 Submitted by VanRensselaer & Son Funeral Home STEAMBURG – B. Marlene “JaGohNyah” Johnson, 86, of West Perimeter Rd., Steamburg, passed away at 11:30pm on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at the Absolut Care of Allegany. Marlene was born April 19, 1936 in Buffalo, the daughter of the late Georgianna […]