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Ja:göh Marley Serio!

Marley Serio, Cosmetology Student, Recognized for Positive Character Traits CTE Students Recognized for Positive Character Traits:At the LoGuidice Educational Center, students are celebrated not just for their skills in Career & Technical Education, but for the positive character they bring to the school community. Molly Corsi-Katta, school social worker at LoGuidice, helps oversee the Character […]

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Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Update

(12557 Route 438, Irving, NY) For unto us a Child is born….and His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ~Isaiah 9:6 How do we know Jesus truly is all these descriptions listed here in the book of Isaiah? Well, if we know Jesus, we know He truly is […]

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Thank You from Virginia Cooper

Thank you to my family, relatives, friends and employees. Thank you all for attending my 90th Birthday Party at the Seneca Nation Firemen’s Building on Saturday afternoon, November 15th, 2025. It was a wonderful way to help an old woman ease into her 90th decade of life. All of you have been excellent participants in […]

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Cultural Puppet Show Highlights Storytelling for Students

The 4th grade students of Seneca Intermediate School were happy today to watch a puppet show that highlights traditional Seneca storytelling in a contemporary way. They smiled at the puppets’ humor, learned valuable character lessons, and even danced in their seats to the music. Nya:wëh to Kari Kennedy from Three Heron’s Co. for putting on […]

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The Sing at Coldspring 2025 by Randee Spruce

This work by Randee Spruce shows us a Haudenosaunee Sing, in which representatives from different nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy gather to share song and medicine. The setting is the new Coldspring Longhouse in Steamburg, New York. The previous Longhouse sat on ancestral homelands protected by a 1794 treaty, but was flooded by the US […]

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Silver Creek Students Honor Culture With Indigenous Food Tradition

November 28, 2025 | Repost from observertoday.com Middle School Native American Mentor/Tutor Samantha Scanlan, left, and Native American Education Program Coordinator Amanda Austin, right, are among the staff members at Silver Creek that participated in an Indigenous food tradition earlier this month. SILVER CREEK — Each year, Silver Creek High School celebrates Native American Heritage […]

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Gowanda Star Students for November

Fifth-graders of Gowanda Middle School continue to impress with positive behavior in November 2025. These students were selected by their teachers for exhibiting responsibility, kindness toward others, perseverance, working hard, good behavior, punctuality, being respectful and a willingness to try new challenges. Congratulations to:▪️Toby Bylbie▪️Chris Yohe▪️Gaia Stafford▪️Kailyn Smith▪️Landon Forest-Church Keep up the outstanding work, Panthers!

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Bringing Indigenous Recipes to School Food Menus

Repost from Chef Ann Foundation | Article by Jamie Rudd Food services manager John Haley from Salamanca City Central School District in New York shares how its Native American Curriculum Team and local Indigenous partners have helped provide more culturally relevant meals for their students. John Haley is a graduate of Chef Ann Foundation’s Healthy […]

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Olivia Porter Wins National Political Science Award

Olivia Gawehnidi Porter has been selected as a 2026-2027 American Political Science Association (APSA) Diversity Fellow, awarded to students applying to doctoral programs in political science. Olivia is a current graduate student at Stanford University, pursuing an MA in philosophy with a focus on ethics and political philosophy. She earned her BA in political philosophy […]