July 25, 2025 issue
Repost from the University of Rochester Dept of English FB The Lillian Fairchild Award Centennial Celebration with honoree artist G. Peter Jemison at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester on Monday, April 7, 2025! Jemison is this year’s winner of the award, which recognizes a resident of the Rochester area who has […]
Guided by Caleb G. Abrams Join St. Bonaventure University at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts for a special event featuring renowned Seneca artist Carson Waterman, in conversation with filmaker and storyteller Caleb G. Abrams (www.calebabrams.com) on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 beginning at 5pm. Doors open at 4:30pm. Through this engaging discussion, Carson […]
March 11, 2025 | By Harry Kelly | dailyorange.com When Michelle Schenandoah was in seventh grade, she was excited when she saw a section in her United States history textbook that featured Native Americans. It was a moment she had been waiting for all her life: the chance to learn about her people’s cultures and […]
Calling all Vendors & Artisans Vendors & artisans – the 6th annual Strawberry Moon Festival is coming up on Saturday, June 21 from 12-4pm at Artpark in Lewiston, NY and we’re looking for more vendors to participate in our artisan market! For more vendor information or to register email Michele-Elise Burnett at mburnett@artpark.net. Visit Artpark.net for more […]
Scholarship Applications OPEN until May 31, 2025 Take advantage of the oldest Native scholarship program in the country! The Association on American Indian Affairs in partnership with the American Indian College Fund has been providing scholarships to Native students since 1947. Scholarship applications for Native students are now being accepted until May 31, 2025! The […]
Ja:göh Christian Reiller, Onöndowa’ga, Hohswë’gai:yo, who graduated from Jamestown Business College with honors (4.0 GPA) with an Associate in Applied Science for Business Administration & Marketing and Management. Beyond his leadership as a Seneca Nation Allegany Councillor, Christian serves as a USET Board of Directors Delegate, a member of the Seneca Nation CIA, Athletic Commission, […]
March 8, 2025 | Repost from Gakwi:yo:h Farms FB Earlier this month, Jason Corwin, Onöndowa’ga:’, Deer Clan, Clinical Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies & Director of Undergraduate Studies for UB Department of Indigenous Studies program along with his Indigenous studies students from the University at Buffalo visited Gakwi:yo:h Farms. GF staff members Allen & Graham […]
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y., March 11, 2025 — Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., the 20th president of St. Bonaventure, and Seneca artist Carson Waterman will receive honorary doctorates at the university’s 165th Commencement Exercises May 18 in Reilly Center Arena. Waterman has been a cultural icon in the Seneca Nation since 1975 when he joined the staff […]
March 17, 2025 | oswego.edu SUNY Oswego’s Native American studies program hosted up-and-coming Seneca filmmaker Caleb Abrams for screenings and a Q&A on Thursday, March 27th. “I have used his film ‘Remembering the Removal (Kinzua Dam and Forced Seneca Relocation)’ on a number of occasions in my ANT356: ‘History of the Haudenosaunee’ class,” said Michael […]
NAIWA members -Who would like to participate in the ribbon skirt exchange? Seven Dancers Coalition will once again be doing a red ribbon skirt exchange in honor of National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Awareness Day on May 5th. Skirts are due by April 11th, 2025. For more information contact 716-201-1421 or email sam@seven-dancers.com.