June 13, 2025 issue
Calling all Vendors & Artisans Vendors & artisans – the 6th annual Strawberry Moon Festival is coming up on Saturday, June 21 from 12-4pm at Artpark in Lewiston, NY and we’re looking for more vendors to participate in our artisan market! For more vendor information or to register email Michele-Elise Burnett at mburnett@artpark.net. Visit Artpark.net for more […]
Scholarship Applications OPEN until May 31, 2025 Take advantage of the oldest Native scholarship program in the country! The Association on American Indian Affairs in partnership with the American Indian College Fund has been providing scholarships to Native students since 1947. Scholarship applications for Native students are now being accepted until May 31, 2025! The […]
Ja:göh Christian Reiller, Onöndowa’ga, Hohswë’gai:yo, who graduated from Jamestown Business College with honors (4.0 GPA) with an Associate in Applied Science for Business Administration & Marketing and Management. Beyond his leadership as a Seneca Nation Allegany Councillor, Christian serves as a USET Board of Directors Delegate, a member of the Seneca Nation CIA, Athletic Commission, […]
March 8, 2025 | Repost from Gakwi:yo:h Farms FB Earlier this month, Jason Corwin, Onöndowa’ga:’, Deer Clan, Clinical Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies & Director of Undergraduate Studies for UB Department of Indigenous Studies program along with his Indigenous studies students from the University at Buffalo visited Gakwi:yo:h Farms. GF staff members Allen & Graham […]
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y., March 11, 2025 — Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., the 20th president of St. Bonaventure, and Seneca artist Carson Waterman will receive honorary doctorates at the university’s 165th Commencement Exercises May 18 in Reilly Center Arena. Waterman has been a cultural icon in the Seneca Nation since 1975 when he joined the staff […]
March 17, 2025 | oswego.edu SUNY Oswego’s Native American studies program hosted up-and-coming Seneca filmmaker Caleb Abrams for screenings and a Q&A on Thursday, March 27th. “I have used his film ‘Remembering the Removal (Kinzua Dam and Forced Seneca Relocation)’ on a number of occasions in my ANT356: ‘History of the Haudenosaunee’ class,” said Michael […]
NAIWA members -Who would like to participate in the ribbon skirt exchange? Seven Dancers Coalition will once again be doing a red ribbon skirt exchange in honor of National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Awareness Day on May 5th. Skirts are due by April 11th, 2025. For more information contact 716-201-1421 or email sam@seven-dancers.com.
Join us for a special Beaded Birds workshop with Barb Thomas! Learn the art of traditional Haudenosaunee beadwork in a free, hands-on class. Erie County: April 9, 16, 23, 30 Niagara County: April 10, 17, 24, May 1 5:30pm – 8:30pm Limited to 10 participants per county! Call Arriana, Colleen, or Dakota at 716-874-2797, ext. […]
12557 Route 438, Irving, NY Submitted by Kathy Bloom Plans are underway for Resurrection Sunday! The adult and children’s Easter Choirs have begun their rehearsals and will be ready to present the gospel come Sunday, April 20th at 11am! Pastor Glenn will share the Good News! Mark your calendars and come celebrate with us! Movie […]
February 21, 2025 | By Julia Müsseler, Contributing Writer | alleghenycampus.com Pictured above: Participants learn how to make corn husk dolls from mother-daughter duo Antoinette Scott and Mary Denea. During the program “Being Alive Well” members of indigenous tribes presented their holistic conception of well-being among others at the Doane Art Gallery in the Henderson […]