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SSS+ Receives Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Certification

April 2, 2024 | senecascientificsolutions.com Pictured: Dean S. Seneca, SSS+ Executive Director Big Breaking News! Through a lot of hard work and overcoming many barriers, SSS+ has received the New York State Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Certification from the NYS Division of Minority and Women’s Business Development! Becoming certified presents a wealth of opportunities and […]

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Ja:göh Rory Wheeler!

Elected as 2024 National NALSA Area 4 Representative Rory Wheeler was also recognized as the National Native American Law Students Association’s “Indian Country Scholar”. Congratulations, Rory!

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Seneca Nation Elder Reflects on a 51-year Child Welfare Career

February 2024 | By Nancy Marie Spears | imprintnews.org Seneca Nation member Terry Cross is widely known as the founding executive director of the National Indian Child Welfare Association, launched in the early 1980s, and continues to serve as a senior adviser to the organization assisting tribes with preventing child abuse and neglect. These days, […]

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Live Conversation w/Artist G. Peter Jemison

Listen to the Live Conversation between Artist G. Peter Jemison & Curator/VoCA Board Member Andrea R. Hanley – VoCA – Voices in Contemporary Art Repost from VoCA Newsletter – February 2024 Through his art, G. Peter Jemison has explored various topics, from creating political works that portray contemporary social commentary to those that reflect his […]

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Notes from Red House Memorial Chapel

8077 East Loop, Jimersontown Submitted by Winfield Bowen Join us on Sunday, April 28th, 10:30am, as Glenn and Kathy Bloom, from the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church on the Cattaraugus Territory, bring us hope and encouragement centered on our Lord Jesus Christ. It’s Jesus who said, “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to […]

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News from Pleasant Valley Baptist Church

12557 Route 438, Irving, NY Submitted by Kathy Bloom Happy spring! Proof of God’s existence is everywhere! May we not be too busy to notice the blooming flowers and budding trees, the chirping of the birds, and the warm, gentle breezes. Our Heavenly Father continues to show us His undying love through His marvelous creations. […]

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Harpo Foundation Impact Award for Native American Art

Apply by April 29, 2024 Starting in 2024, Harpo Foundation will offer an annual $25,000 fellowship to amplify the contributions of under-recognized native American contemporary visual artists. The Impact Award for Native American Art aims to further the foundation’s mission to expand creative inquiry through inclusivity and equitable representation in the visual arts. To be […]

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Hodinöhšö:ni:h Language Conference Call for Presenters

Attn: Hodinöhšö:ni:h Language Teachers, Content Creators, and Educators By Damian Webster (Director Honöta:önih Hënödeyësdahgwa’) Nya:wëh sgë:nö’ swagwe:göh, Honöta:önih Hënödeyësdahgwa’, in collaboration with Seneca Nation Language departments of Cattaraugus and Allegany, RIT Native American Future Stewards Program, Ganondagan State Historic Site, and Friends of Ganondagan, would like to host our second annual language conference. This event […]

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Marie Watt: LAND STITCHES WATER SKY

Forum Gallery Apr. 13–Sept. 22, 2024 at Carnegie Museum of Art | carnegieart.org Pictured above: Marie Watt, Placeholder (Horizon), 2024, courtesy of the artist, © Marie Watt Marie Watt: LAND STITCHES WATER SKY explores steel and glass—materials deeply tied to Western Pennsylvania’s industrial history—from Watt’s Indigenous perspective as a member of the Seneca Nation with […]

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Celebrating Women’s History Month with Marie Watt!

Repost from Trickster Cultural Center FB We celebrated Women’s History Month with Marie Watt, a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians. Watt is known for her work with textile arts and community collaboration. She became the 1st Native American student to receive a Masters of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Art.