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May 16, 2023 | timesobserver.com The Allegheny Reservoir Cleanup has been going on for 19 years and, unfortunately, organizers expect there to be plenty left to do for the 20th anniversary. “Over the past 19 years, we’ve chased the garbage north nearly to the mouth of the Allegheny River near Steamburg,” Organizer Nate Welker said. […]

Repost from Collins Regional Historical Society Facebook We located the following photos when we were looking through our Native American File. Unfortunately, there is not much information included with the photos, so if anyone can fill us in, please feel free to include the information you possess. The following are photos (apologies, but the photos […]

Registration is open for the upcoming Seneca Language Conference next month, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 20-21, 2023. Featured presenters include: • Jamie Jacobs – The importance of ceremonial language learning.• Robbie Jimerson and Alex Jimerson – Effective Language Documentation.• Alyssa Schmidt – Seneca Language Media• Ja:no’s Bowen & Kelsey Lay – Online teaching methods.• Wayne […]

Creatives Rebuild New York Artists from the SINM and Sully Huff Heritage Center will be Featured Mark your calendars and get ready for another year of Art Crawl Saturday, June 3rd, 2023. The Downtown Springville Art Crawl is a free, all-ages, immersive, one-night art event. Juried artwork is hung in local businesses, transforming Main Street […]

Proceeds benefit SHS Class of 2023 and establishing The Cynthia Mohr Scholarship Fund salamancany.org When: Sunday, June 11, 2023Where: Start and Finish at Veteran’s Memorial Park, Salamanca, NY 14779Time: Check in 9-9:45am with a 10am start timeCost: $30.00 ages 13 and up | $20.00 ages 12 and under Register online HERE. T-Shirts are available, please […]

Save the Date: Motivational Speaker, Actor, Musician and Advocate Gary Farmer will be at the Silver Creek High School Auditorium on Thursday, May 25th, 2023. Food vendors will be available from 4:30-6:45pm. Gary will take the stage at 7pm. Don’t miss out on this exciting event for students and parents! Bring the whole family, this […]

Featured Panelist at Villanova University’s Second Annual Anti-Poverty Symposium www1.villanova.edu Yanenowi Logan (Seneca, Deer Clan, Cattaraugus Territory), Cornell Junior, and Co-President of NCAI Youth Commission, served on a panel Tuesday, April 18th at Villanova University with Robin Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass, and Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Co-Founder of Indigenous Climate Action. Their afternoon panel session focused […]

New Orleans, Louisiana on 5/13/2023 Submitted by Agnes Williams Kate Fay Petrovic, Wolf Clan member of the Seneca Nation, the daughter of Rachelle (Tarbell) and Zeljko Petrovic, sister of Alex and Luka Petrovic (Cypress, Texas) is graduating Magna Cum Laude this May from Loyola University New Orleans. Kate played basketball for Loyola University all four […]

2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient Ja:göh Erika Seneca-Hastie (Seneca, Turtle Clan) who received the 2023 Distinguished UB Alumni Award presented by the Department of Indigenous Studies, University at Buffalo. Erika shared: Being recognized by my Alma Mater like this reminds me of how truly proud I am to have attended UB and that my time […]

Ja:göh Troy Kennedy, Tianna Thuman and Mileah Pinelli of Lake Shore Central District. Lake Shore hosted Major Patrick Sorensen, Officer in Charge of the Native American Heritage Forum at West Point Military Academy. Major Sorensen presented at the Middle School and High School where he presented the Student Leadership Experience Scholarship at West Point to […]