April 25, 2025 issue
April 2024 | By Deb Everts | salamancapress.com SALAMANCA — Local kids now have the opportunity to experience retro entertainment at Cubz Arcade, offering family fun at 28 Main St. reminiscent of the golden age of arcade games during the late 1970s to mid-80s. Owners Jerome “Joby” Bucktooth and his wife, Carly, introduced their new […]
8077 East Loop Rd., Jimersontown Submitted by Winfield Bowen We are grateful to have had the ministries of Glenn and Kathy Bloom, and Broken Walls with us over the past weekends. Great music and no truer words than those given from the Word of God. Revelation 22:1-2 speaks of the river of life that flows […]
12557 Route 438, Irving, NY Submitted by Kathy Bloom Several ladies came out for the spring Ladies’ Luncheon! Our guest speaker, Rachael Blueye (pictured below), spoke of her love for her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and demonstrated some of her lesson visuals she uses to teach children in her home church on the Tonawanda […]
Submitted by Richard Nephew Congratulations to Nia Nephew! Nia was recently selected President of the Indigenous Students at Syracuse Council. She has also been honored with the Ionkerihonnien:ni Guide of the Year Award for her mentorship of new students. Nia is the daughter of Julie Mohawk and Richard Nephew of Cattaraugus Territory.
April 2024 | Repost from NCAI Last month, the NCAI Youth Commission participated in the 23rd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues! This year’s theme underscores the critical importance of empowering Indigenous youth to actively participate in decisions impacting their communities and futures. The NCAI Youth Commission was there to empower and […]
w/UB’s Department of Indigenous Studies April 23, 2024 | Repost from Department of Indigenous Studies, University at Buffalo FB Nya:wëh to Yolanda Smith for coming out to UB and sharing her plant and medicine knowledge with us. Also Nya:wëh to all of our participants for coming out and sharing this Earth Day with us as […]
May 4, 2024 | Repost from Genesee Community Charter School FB River Campus 5th graders acted on their learning about the Seneca people, who were caretakers of the land where our school is now, by planting an eastern white pine, a symbol of peace in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The tree will serve as a reminder […]
Repost from Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University A heartfelt thank you to Jocelyn J. Jones for enlightening us with her profound insights during last week’s Currents Lecture: “Gender Identity in Indigenous Culture” at Castellani Art Museum. As a member of the Seneca Nation, Wolf Clan, Jocelyn’s expertise brought us a deeper understanding of gender […]
At the Carnegie Museum of Art, an installation by the artist Marie Watt celebrates the region’s industrial history with I-beams and glass April 27, 2024 | By Leslie Wayne | nytimes.com If there is one word that defines Pittsburgh, it is steel. Steel is in Pittsburgh’s DNA. It’s embedded in the name of the city’s […]
Participate in their upcoming Transfer Night Info Session Wednesday, June 5, 2024 6:30-7:30pm EST via Zoom. Come join Mishuana Goeman (Chair of Indigenous Studies), Jason Corwin (Director of Undergraduate Studies), and Amanda Casali (Associate Director of Indigenous Academic Engagement) via Zoom as we discuss and answer questions about transferring to UB. Learn about upcoming Indigenous […]