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Native American Heritage Month: Honoring Indigenous Foods

November 5, 2024 | Repost from Silver Creek Central School District FB Students were able to taste meaningful Indigenous foods during lunch earlier this month in observance of the start of Native American Heritage Month in November. High School students worked to prepare strawberry juice and fry bread from scratch. During lunches, students could choose […]

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Save the Date!

Ganondagan Hodinöhsö:ni’ Art Show Slated for Spring of 2025 Tuesday – Saturday | April 8-12, 2025Location: Seneca Art & Culture Center at Ganondagan Ganondagan is pleased to announce its seventh juried Hodinöhsö:ni’ Art Show to be exhibited at the Seneca Art & Culture Center in April 2025. Applications, rules, and details will be available December […]

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News from the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church

12557 Route 438, Irving, NY Submitted by Kathy Bloom This Sunday the 17th will be PVBC’s first-ever tailgate party! Immediately following the morning worship service there will be good food, music, and games! The Bills play at 4:00 pm so there will be plenty of time to get home to watch the game! Come and […]

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Marie Watt Awarded the 2025 Ellis-Beauregard Fellowship in the Visual Arts

https://www.ellis-beauregardfoundation.org/fellowship/ Every year the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation offers a $50,000.00 cash award plus a solo exhibition with our partner institution The Center for Maine Contemporary Art to an artist living and working in the United States. We are enormously pleased to announce that the 2025 Visual Arts Fellowship Award has been granted to Marie Watt. Marie […]

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Grief Support Groups

Submitted by Franchesca Jones Attention! The Grief Support Group is now meeting in both Erie & Cattaraugus Counties! Starting in October 2024, we will be meeting in Salamanca! 2nd Thursday of each month (Irving) – at the Four Corners United Methodist Church 3rd Tuesday of each month (Salamanca) – at 983 R.C. Hoag Dr.

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Can You Identify any of these Individuals?

Markey Jimerson, a Seneca Elder from the Cattaraugus Territory submitted this photo, circa 1920’s or 1930’s, for inclusion into the Newsletter. He is seeking the public’s help. Can anyone identify any of these individuals in this photo? If so, please email Gail Kennedy at g.kennedy@sni.org OR the Newsletter office at 716-945-1790, ext. 3029, sninews@sni.org with […]

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Candle Lighting in front of ‘The Turtle’

Submitted by Friends of the Turtle In celebration of Native American Month, the Friends of the Turtle gathered for a candle lighting in front of The Turtle in Niagara Falls on November 1st, 2024. The Friends of the Turtle’s mission is to re-awaken the Turtle as a space for Indigenous arts, culture, and heritage. Among […]

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Ganondagan: Infusion of Indigenous Food & Arts

Saturday | December 14, 2024Time: 10am – 4pm | Location: Seneca Art & Culture Center Save the date! We have an exciting program coming up next month that will feature food & tea tastings, storytelling, Indigenous artisan vendors, and more! For more information, visit https://www.ganondagan.org/events.

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Anderson-Lee Library to Host Speaker Series

This November for Native American Heritage Month Submitted by Amy O’Connell, Anderson-Lee Library Anderson-Lee Library, located at 43 Main Street in Silver Creek announces the schedule for the annual speaker series in honor of Native American Heritage Month. All programs are free and open to the public. Please register for the programs by calling 716-934-3468, […]