July 25, 2025 issue
Greetings, I hope you remembered to wear some green and you didn’t get pinched too many times! Well, we are halfway through March and the first day of spring is right around the corner. Although I heard about some wild onions during that warm spell and our maple sap is flowing, I haven’t seen any […]
By Alyssa Coustenis, Newsletter Reporter Located at the Fashion Outlets in Niagara Falls, Indigenous Attractions is supporting native artists and educating community members in while doing so, combatting intergenerational trauma. Evelyn and Dave George-Shongo envisioned a space that brings a better community by helping to bridge the gap of cultural and indigenous information in the […]
Greetings, Makes you wonder about that crazy groundhog – when he said six more weeks of winter, then we get temps in the sixties. I suppose even groundhogs can be wrong sometimes, too. Maybe this means March will go out like a lion. Seneca Energy is now offering two new programs for individual homeowners: a […]
Greetings, Punxsutawney Phil does it again – six more weeks of winter weather! That prediction occurred days before our region geared up for a frigid cold snap, which sent temperatures into the negative degree mark and the wind chill factor to a life-threatening level. Even though the Creator reminds us that we have no control […]
Second Circuit Court of Appeals upholds District Court ruling denying State’s attempt to dismiss Seneca lawsuit January 26, 2023 – ALLEGANY TERRITORY, SALAMANCA, N.Y. – The Seneca Nation scored an important legal victory over New York State in federal court today. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision rejecting […]
Veto continues Albany’s pattern of disrespect for rights of Native Nations and Native people January 18, 2023 — ALLEGANY TERRITORY, SALAMANCA, N.Y. – The Seneca Nation is denouncing a recent veto by Governor Kathy Hochul of a bill aimed at protecting unmarked burial sites, and a continued pattern in Albany of turning a deaf ear […]
Greetings, Our winter weather has been so fickle, again, this year! One week it’s devastating us, the next it warms up and brings spring-like weather. No wonder there has been so much sickness in our communities. It got so warm I was anticipating the musical sounds of mosquitoes. In late December of 2022, Governor Hochul […]
Silence on issues of importance to Native Nations speaks volumes January 10, 2023 ALLEGANY TERRITORY, SALAMANCA, N.Y. – The Seneca Nation has issued a reaction to the State of the State Address delivered this afternoon in Albany. Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong, Sr. stated the following: “The past few weeks in Albany are a reminder […]
ALLEGANY TERRITORY, SALAMANCA, N.Y. – The Seneca Nation is celebrating the return of ancestral land within its Canawaugus Reservation to Nation ownership. The Nation announced that it has completed the purchase of 1.8 acres of land at 4572 Caledonia Avon Road, in the Town of Caledonia. The parcel, located at the junction of Route 5 […]
Greetings, Well, old man winter finally paid us a visit. I hope our community members didn’t face too much of a hardship as the weather system moved through. The most recent information I have read is that the snowstorm Elliott death toll had risen to sixty-nine people who lost their lives, in thirteen states, as […]