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SNAPSHOT: Sacred Objects Returned to Haudenosaunee Confederation

February 9, 2023 | Photos: Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone Via AP Two representatives of Haudenosaunee Confederation Clayton Logan, left, of the Seneca Nation, and Brennen Ferguson, of the Tuscarora Nation, hold boxes containing sacred objects during the ceremony of restitution of sacred objects to the Haudenosaunee Confederation, at the Museum of Ethnography of Geneva in Switzerland […]

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Letter to the Editor

By Carson Waterman Salamanca High School Emblem Logo History – Approximately 1976 The logo that was used prior to 1978 for the Salamanca High School was a design based on a western plains Indigenous style head dress. The Seneca-Iroquois National Museum opened circa 1976. At this time we were talking about the Salamanca High School […]

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Public Forums For Salamanca Warriors Name and Logo

February 3, 2023 | By Kellen M. Quigley | Olean Times Herald The school has been opening its doors to the public several times since the new year so district residents can share their thoughts and concerns and ask questions regarding the state Education Department mandate that schools must stop using Indigenous names and imagery […]

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NYS Fair Indian Village News

Submitted by Mary Jacobs NYS Fair – Cattaraugus Area Agricultural Society Meeting will be held Sunday, March 5th at 6pm in the Stanley Huff Heritage Center, Irving, NY. Ag. Society by-laws to be handed out for review and fundraising to be discussed New York State Fair Indian Village Meeting will be held Saturday, March 18, […]

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Ganondagan Celebrates 20th Annual Native American Winter Games

February 18, 2023 | By Adriana Loh | spectrumlocalnews.com ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Ganondagan’s Native American winter games celebrated its 20th anniversary last weekend. Guests discovered the Seneca and Haudenosaunee ways of winter through traditional Native American activities. “We are in traditional Seneca territory, we’re still here, as Indigenous people,” cultural liaison at Ganondagan State Historic […]

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Rosalee LeBeau Featured during Career & Technical Education Month

GCSD in Collaboration with BOCES At Gowanda Central School District they are celebrating February as Career & Technical Education Month. Rosalee LeBeau (Seneca, Cattaraugus Territory, Turtle clan, daughter of Vanessa Young & Brandon LeBeau) is a Gowanda High student studying Culinary Arts via the Career & Technical Education division of Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES. Rosalee is […]

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IGS Monthly Meeting March 2023

Submitted by Leatha Jimerson Please join us for our first monthly meeting for the year 2023! We are beginning our 8th year with IGS! Time sure flies when you are enjoying finding out about your family history! Our meeting will be held March 9, 2023 at 6pm at the Cattaraugus Community Center (CCC) MPR-Room – […]

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2023-2024 Fellowship Opportunities

in Native American and Indigenous Studies, Library & Museum of the American Philosophical Society The Library & Museum of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia invites applications for sabbatical, postdoctoral, predoctoral, and short-term research fellowships to support research projects utilizing its collections. The APS’s Library & Museum houses one of North America’s oldest and largest […]

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L.I.N.E. Student Spotlight Features Talon Welch

Linemen Institute of the North East – Spring Class of 2023 January 10, 2023 Talon Welch, 23, from Salamanca, NY, resides on the reservation of the Seneca Nation of Indians – Allegany Territory. Talon comes to L.I.N.E. after previously attending the Line School in California, yet did not take his schooling to seriously, he was […]