April 12, 2024 issue
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, […]
February 18, 2023 | By Adriana Loh | spectrumlocalnews.com ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Ganondagan’s Native American winter games celebrated its 20th anniversary last weekend. Guests discovered the Seneca and Haudenosaunee ways of winter through traditional Native American activities. “We are in traditional Seneca territory, we’re still here, as Indigenous people,” cultural liaison at Ganondagan State Historic […]
GCSD in Collaboration with BOCES At Gowanda Central School District they are celebrating February as Career & Technical Education Month. Rosalee LeBeau (Seneca, Cattaraugus Territory, Turtle clan, daughter of Vanessa Young & Brandon LeBeau) is a Gowanda High student studying Culinary Arts via the Career & Technical Education division of Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES. Rosalee is […]
Submitted by Leatha Jimerson Please join us for our first monthly meeting for the year 2023! We are beginning our 8th year with IGS! Time sure flies when you are enjoying finding out about your family history! Our meeting will be held March 9, 2023 at 6pm at the Cattaraugus Community Center (CCC) MPR-Room – […]
Credit: Buffalo Bandits, Iroquois Post #1587 The Buffalo Bandits hosted Native American Heritage Night, presented by Seneca Resorts & Casinos on Saturday, February 4th. The US and Canadian National anthems were sung by Layla Seneca (Seneca, Turtle clan, Cattaraugus Territory, daughter of Nikki & Steve Seneca). Representing the Iroquois Post #1587 Women Warriors Color Guard: […]