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 […]
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Samantha Jacobs Named 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Folk/Traditional Arts
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 […]
My Brother’s Keeper – Native American Program Summer Session
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 […]
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Recognizes International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples!
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 […]
Ja:göh, Rory Wheeler!
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.” […]
Notable Knights
“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 […]
Ja:göh Lydia Isaac, Ohi:yo’ Representative for NYS Fair Indian Village
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 […]
1st Annual Bouncing Out Cancer Kids Carnival
Kids Carnival to Support P.U.N.T. Pediatric Cancer Collaborative July 31, 2024 | By Mary Weiser | Repost from ellicottvillenow.com Pictured above: The Carnival is being held in honor of Cardell Shinners, pictured here with his mother Kerstin Shinners (L) and his little sister (R). Photo / Kerstin Shinners. The first annual Bouncing Out Cancer Kids […]
“I’m A Little Smoke Dancer” by Darelyn Spruce
Illustrated by Bradley Jimerson, Published June 10, 2024 – Ja:göh! Ja:göh Author, Darelyn Spruce; Illustrator, Bradley Jimerson; and Randy John, publisher of the book. This book is geared for the young readers with parents or grown-ups to read to young minds to think about the Smoke Dance, to encourage the young readers to participate at […]
Meet Yanenowi Logan, 2024 Tribal Agriculture and Food Policy Intern
August 1, 2024 | Repost -USDA Office of Tribal Relations FB The 2024 USDA Tribal Agriculture and Food Policy Internship is coordinated by the Office of Tribal Relations Tribal Colleges and Universities Program and is a collaboration with the Future Leaders in Public Service Internship Program. Name: Yanenowi LoganTribal Affiliation: Seneca Nation of IndiansEducation: Cornell […]










