March 17, 2023 issue
On September 26, 2020, the RTR Committee will host a drive-thru giveaway with t-shirts and a backpack of promo items starting at 9am while supplies last at the Steamburg Community Center and the Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center. For more details, see flyer below:
By Sandy Dowdy, CEO The Robert Woods Johnson Foundation is a Health, Culture, Community grant agency that provides funding through grants to organizations that have a vested interest in their communities. The Seneca Nation applied for this grant and received it. A video was produced to show the communities involvement in building and sustaining a […]
By Chadd Scott | Reprinted from forbes.com Editors note: “Who thinks 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic which has devastated the cultural sector, would be a good time to open a new art gallery? Who thinks focusing the efforts of that gallery solely on one of the most marginalized communities in American society and the art […]
By Sarah Pangborn On August 19th, 2020, the Training and Employment Resource Center (TERC) held their annual HSED (High School Equivalency) graduation at the CCC gymnasium for the graduates of 2020. This year we had 13 graduates on both territories. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, our graduation was not one of our typical graduation celebrations […]
By Anthony Giacobbe The Seneca Nation’s natural gas cleanup initiative has provided immense environmental benefits to the Seneca Nation over the past decade. The Nation has plugged and abandoned 31 natural gas wells since 2011. The Nation has worked with National Fuel to repair or replace the majority of the gas system on both territories […]
COVID-19 RESPONSE In response to community members who have asked what has been done since the Covid-19 impacted our Communities: On November, 2018, Seneca voters elected to the Office of President for our great Seneca Nation. A lot has happened in the last two years that our Executives and Council have addressed and made decisions […]
Seneca Media The Early Childhood Learning Center (Cattaraugus) staff raised the Seneca Nation Flag on their newly installed flag pole. August 26th, 2020.
Nya:wëh sgë:nö’, I’m just as excited and nervous as all are regarding schools opening. Covid-19 is a sad reminder of diseases past and together we must now grow stronger and continue to adapt. Physical distancing and hand washings is the new way to protect our history, ancestors’ traditions and our future. I’d like to update […]
By Sharon Patterson With the new parameters and challenges we face in schooling our children; the Training and Employment Resource Center (TERC), Cattaraugus office is offering help to students age 14 and older who may need internet or a structured setting to guide your child through this school year. Transition students enrolled in our program […]
The Cattaraugus Advocate Program held their final drive-thru produce distribution on August 27th outside of their office. Approximately 300 households received a box with 22 pounds of fresh produce including a school lunch bag for children. Free hot dogs were also given to all who came. It was a successful conclusion to a program that […]