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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!!

Repost from Seneca Nation Lake Shore Transportation It’s almost the end of the school year and exams start June 14-24, 2024. As soon as you find out when your kids have exams please call us at 716-532-8152 to schedule pick-up. We will also have transportation for drop-off when they are done with the exam. If […]

American Association for Cancer Research Todd Gates (Onondawaga’, Cattaraugus Territory) was recently featured in the AACR Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024 alongside his family as he shares his personal experience with cancer, and the importance of building pathways to better cancer care. Watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eX85UyPdeo Nya:wëh for sharing your story, Todd. We wish […]

Join us the second Thursday of each month at 5pm, at the Four Corners United Methodist Church. We will be covering Grief & Coping, Resources, Tools & Support for families. There are many benefits to a support group such as emotional support, validation of your grief and feelings, education, learning coping strategies, a safe space […]

12557 Route 438, Irving, NY Submitted by Kathy Bloom “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!” Psalm 136:1. Praise the Lord for the 78 people who attended the Fellowship of Indian Churches annual retreat in the foothills of the Adirondacks at the end of May! It is always so good to reunite with […]