September 12, 2025 issue
NAFIS is pleased to announce that Karen Magara, Assistant Superintendent for Finance & Operations at Salamanca City Central School District (New York), has joined the NAFIS Board of Directors. She was appointed at the Board’s 2024 summer meeting. Magara has been involved with the Impact Aid Program for more than a decade and played an […]
Nya:wëh Sgë:nö’! Calling all community members! Join Agwadeyësta’ Do:gë:h for a fun-filled family day at Elkdale Country Club, Monday, September 9th in support of language and culture programs across Seneca communities. Men, Women and Co-ed teams are invited to register today! All donations for the auction are greatly appreciated and can be directed to Gina […]
July 29, 2024 | By Chris Schulz | wvpublic.org Pictured: David Locklear, left, and Larry Jent play music as Jocelyn Jones dances at the Appalachian Forest Discovery Center in Elkins. Much of Appalachia has a deep-seated history connected to the original inhabitants of the land. But often, West Virginia is presented not as a homeland […]
Featured in SHOUTOUT HTX July 17, 2024 | shoutouthtx.com We had the good fortune of connecting with Randee Spruce and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Randee, can you tell us more about your background and the role it’s played in shaping who you are today? I grew up on the Allegany Territory of the […]
August 13, 2024 | nyfa.org $696,000 Awarded to 87 New York State Artists Working in Fiction, Folk/Traditional Arts, Interdisciplinary Work, Painting, and Video/Film. New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced the recipients and finalists of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program, which it has administered for the past 39 years with leadership support from […]
at Gowanda Central School District Repost from Gowanda Central School District FB WE ARE BROTHERS: The second week of the My Brother’s Keeper – Native American Program summer session at Gowanda Central School District kept its 13 student participants very busy and engaged from July 15-19, 2024. High on their list of priorities was conceptualizing […]
August 9, 2024 | Repost-Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center FB Today, on August 9th, 2024 we recognize International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples! Did you know… That Roswell Park is situated in the homelands of the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy — a league of Indigenous Nations who have the first treaties with the United […]
Rory Wheeler Featured on the Cover of Native Forward Scholars Fund, Spring 2024 issue of The American Indian Graduate “I’m happy to be featured on the Spring issue of the Native Forward Scholars Fund’s The American Indian Graduate and to author a piece on the Supreme Court’s decision on Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.” […]
“Estimates list anywhere from 274-500 indigenous languages that were spoken in what is now the United States before European colonization. Of these, it is believed that approximately 175 languages are now extinct.” By Melissa Borgia-Askey, Assistant Professor at Gannon University, English Department Pictured above: Pictured L to R: Sandy Gajehsöh Dowdy and Melissa Borgia-Askey Since […]
Lydia Isaac (Onöndowa’ga:’, Bear Clan) will represent the Ohi:yo’ community this year at the New York State Fair Indian Village. She will dance in 3 shows daily between August 21st-September 2nd, 2024. Lydia is a Teen Girls Champion Smoke Dancer. She is the daugther of Sarah John and the late Vernon Isaac. She resides in […]