October 31, 2025 issue
March 6, 2023 | nga.gov The National Gallery of Art has acquired its first work by G. Peter Jemison (Seneca Nation of Indians, Heron Clan, b. 1945), a deeply respected and influential Native American artist. Sentinels (Large Yellow) (2006) reflects the relationship of Native Americans to the land and the continuing stewardship of the Creator’s […]
Ja:göh JaKobe Howard, an 8th Grader at Pine Valley Central School, was inducted into the Junior Honor Society. He is the son of Joshua (Seneca, Turtle Clan), Victoria Howard, and the Grandson of Leslie Fancher Howard (Seneca, Turtle clan). Since 1929, the National Junior Honor Society has recognized the highest-achieving students in grades 6-9. Modeled […]
March 6, 2023 | By Mark Goshgarian | spectrumlocalnews.com Jillian Rea is a freshman at St. Bonaventure University studying marketing with a minor in Native American and Indigenous studies. She’s also from Salamanca and a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians. What You Need To KnowThe federal government awarded St. Bonaventure University a large […]
With the assistance of Bill Crouse, Sr., he plans to complete his digital humanities project “Earth Songs of the Seneca Nation” March 1, 2023 | rochester.edu Andrew Cashner, an assistant professor in the Arthur Satz Department of Music, won a $60,000 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Cashner will use the NEH-Mellon […]
February 11, 2023 | Photos by Tami Watt, Good Medicine Creatives Love is in the air this time of year, and it was definitely felt at the Honeymooners Powwow held on Saturday, February 11th! Nya:wëh to the dancers, judges, vendors, and the community for participating in a much-needed day of togetherness. Shout out to the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
February 14, 2023 | By Sheila Regan, Star Tribune Rosy Simas, a Twin Cities-based transdisciplinary artist, has been selected to receive a fellowship award of $550,000 from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. She is one of six this year to receive the honor. The foundation doubled down on its support for the 2023 fellowship class […]
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, […]