August 15, 2025 issue
Repost from Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom School Language learners, teachers and even Sandy Dowdy of the Faithkeepers School from the Seneca Nation. It was an honor to give them a tour of the AFS and the new building site. Niawen to all the visitors, it was great to meet new and old friends again.
Save the Date: July 13, 2024 Stop down to Salamanca’s Main Street on Saturday, July 13th from 11am-5pm for a day filled with fun, food, music, culture, and much more! Are you interested in being a vendor or participating in the event? If so, please contact Mayor Sandy Magiera at 716-945-3110 or SMagiera@salmun.com. For more […]
June 6, 2024 | soe.syr.edu An anonymous benefactor has given $150,000 to the Syracuse University School of Education to provide scholarships for Native American students preparing to become inclusive education teachers. The School of Education Indigenous Teacher Preparation Fund will provide scholarships to at least seven undergraduate students in its first cohort, which will matriculate […]
Geva Theatre, in association with Friends of Ganondagan and NTID and in affiliation with Native Voices presents Embracing the Indian, Centering Indigenous Voices, a free two-day event June 27 and June 28, 2024. June 27 – The Mush Hole, a dance theatre performance about truths of Canada’s first Indian Residential School, with free performances at […]
May 23, 2024 | By Jay Moran | wbfo.org Located at 20 West Third Street in Jamestown, the arts and culture center KayCo can be found on the second floor of a building that dates to the early 20th century. It’s the professional home of Kaycee Colburn, a young artist who is very much connected […]
Ja:göh Robbie Jimerson, Jr., Onöndowa’ga, Hojoni’ga:’, who recently earned his PhD after successfully defending his dissertation. Dr. Jimerson attended the Rochester Institute of Technology and was in the Computing and Information Sciences department. Robbie’s main area of research was using deep learning algorithms in low-resourced scenarios. Specifically performing automatic speech recognition of Seneca using deep […]
Lake Shore Central School Lake Shore Central held their Junior National Honor Society Induction ceremony on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Onöndowa’ga members, Amiya Christine Nephew and Kaiyah Belle Jones were inducted with their family and friends present. Amiya maintained honor roll status while being determined to also excel in academics, athletics and serving her community. […]
June 4, 2024 | Repost from SCCSD FB Camden Farmer (Onöndowa’ga, Ohi:yo’, Hawk clan) was named business student of the month for June. Camden has taken several business classes at Salamanca High School and is a dedicated member of the lacrosse team. He is respectful and reliable, and a leader in the business classes. He […]
Indian Village at the New York State Fair Submitted by Mary Jacobs The Six Nations Agricultural Society is asking you to consider being a sponsor at our 6th Annual Golf Fundraiser to benefit the New York State Fair Indian Village. This event will be held on Sunday, July 28, 2024 at the Seneca Hickory Stick […]
May 24, 2024 | Repost from SCCSD FB The Salamanca Indigenous Youth Council had the chance to visit NYC and check out the National Museum of the American Indian, Natural History museum and so much more!!