April 10, 2026 issue
Repost from Gowanda Central School District FB Please join Gowanda Central School District in celebrating rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and acknowledging the important contributions of Indigenous people. The theme for 2025 is “Weaving together our past, present and future.”
(Western New York Indigenous Education Advocacy Network) Repost from the Salamanca CSD Native Programming & Services Is a collaborative network of local Nations/Territories and surrounding school districts in the Western New York region that serve Indigenous students On Thursday, October 23, 2025, educators and support staff from seven districts came together to sponsor a student […]
Honoring Indigenous Culture Join us for this amazing event. This is free and open to the public, no rsvp is required. It is located in Allegany State Park on the Red House side at Camp Allegany.
Reposted from History.com. By History Editors Native American Heritage Month is a federal observance held each November to honor American Indians and Alaska Natives. Congress first recognized the designation in 1990, and presidents have issued subsequent proclamations every year through 2024. Early Origins of Native American Heritage MonthEfforts to formally recognize Native Americans began in […]
Do you, a family member or friend have diabetes, neuropathy, leg and feet pain, tingling, numbness, chronic kidney disease or other chronic conditions? You’re invited to attend a community presentation about Physiologic Insulin Resensitization or PIR. Thursday, December 4th from 6-8 pm Cattaraugus Territory Volunteer Fire Department Community Center 12879 Rt. 438, Irving Refreshments will […]
The Canandaigua Treaty is a treaty between the United States of America and the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy – Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora. It was signed in Canandaigua, New York on November 11, 1794 by sachems representing the Grand Council of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy and by […]
Seaman Arnold White enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1940 as a Radio Operator and participate in six sea battles, including combat operations aboard the U.S.S. O’Brien (DD 725) during World War II. The combat destroyer vessel U.S.S. O’Brien would be assigned to Task Force 54 in support of the invasion of Kerama Retto islands […]
October 14, 2025 | By Emyle Watkins | Republished from Buffalo Toronto Public Media Museum visitors participate in interactive Haudenosaunee song and dance performances by the Gaëni:yo’s Singers and Dancers. Yesterday, people across Western New York celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which celebrates Indigenous history and culture as an alternative to Columbus Day. In the Buffalo […]
Organizers of the Gowanda Mural are happy to announce the name of the newly finished mural project: Awë:ödö’! This is a Seneca word meaning there are flowers attached to it. This project was at the Seneca Nation Fall Festival, Elders at the Wini Kettle Senior Center, Gowanda Central Schools Open House, Peace of the Pie […]
Bay Mills Community College has been awarded a $1,176,376 federal grant aimed at expanding its nationally recognized HOPE program. Bay Mills Community College Awarded Million Dollar “Tribal Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership Program” Grant to Expand Early Childhood Educator Support Nationwide Photo caption: BMCC Early Childhood Education/HOPE students presenting and participating at the annual […]