October 17, 2025 issue
Credit: Stephanie Stafford It’s an honor to introduce our SNI Fall Festival 2025 Lil Miss Participants! With a NEW concept, we have envisioned a program where each girl feels empowered, supported, and connected. These 9 young Seneca Women have pledged to represent our nation and traditions for a 12 month period. Our girls have gathered […]
Nya:wëh Sgë:nö’, my name is Bradley Jimerson! On September 1st, 2025, I started working for the SNI Newsletter as a Graphic Designer. It is an honor to work with the SN Newsletter staff and enjoy working with my new crew. A lot of you have seen me around with a camera as I used to […]
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y., Sept. 18, 2025 — Seneca Nation representatives will join university officials at 10 a.m. Friday for the ceremonial raising of the Seneca Nation flag outside the university Administration Building. The flag was first raised in early May, adjacent to the U.S., state and university flagpoles, but with Commencement and final exams approaching, […]
The Most Precious Gem Born February 26th, 2017, she came into this world with complications that gave us a scare. She was diagnosed with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, or HIE. The Doctor told her Mom she only had 6 months to a year to live. A year had passed and she still had the strength to keep […]
Indigenous fashion graced the runways of New York City in the Inaugural Indigenous New York Fashion Week from September 11 to 15. Indigenous designers, models, hair and makeup artists gathered from valleys, peaks, deserts and waterways of Turtle Island to converge in Indigenous excellence and resilience by taking on the mainstream world of fashion. For […]
Nya:wëh Sgë:nö’, I hope everyone in our community is doing well and that you enjoyed our 50th Fall Festival. It was great to see so many families and community members enjoying all of the events and the beautiful weather. Ja:göh to everyone who made this year’s festival the best one yet. Here’s to another 50 […]
Depicting Deep and Personal Commitments to Identity, Community and Storytelling: Heinz Family Foundation Names Jennifer Packer and Marie Watt Recipients of the 30th Heinz Awards for the Arts PITTSBURGH, September 16, 2025 — The Heinz Family Foundation today named Jennifer M. Packer and Marie K. Watt recipients of the prestigious 30th Heinz Award for the […]
ST. BONAVENTURE – Artist Carson Waterman, a cultural icon of the Seneca Nation, will be featured as the centerpiece of the Laine Immersion Arts Exhibition at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts’ 30th anniversary season launch. The event at St. Bonaventure University will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, marking the […]
The Seneca Nation and President J. Conrad Seneca have formally presented to the public and unveiled the official Presidential portrait of the 67th President of the Seneca Nation, Robert Odawi Porter. The newly commissioned portrait was hand drawn by local artist Tom O’Connor and was unveiled during the regular session of Council held on Saturday, […]
Submitted by Rosemary Patterson The next Commerce Department Commission meeting will be held Thursday, October 16th at 11am, at the Seneca Allegany Administration Building (SAAB), 2nd floor conference room. For more information, please contact Rosemary at (716) 945-1005, (716) 257-6706 or via email at r.patterson@sni.org.