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Oñgwaweñna' Coach B. Powless We started on the cold half frozen parking lot at LaFayette HS in the first week of March.  Snow banks lined our parking lot field as we started out with high hopes for the season of a Sectional title and onto a State Championship. But to get there we needed to work together.  The boys from the nation included seniors Derek Bennett and Gehnew … [Read more...] about What A Season: A brief summary of the 2009 LaFayette Lacrosse Season

Oñgwaweñna' by Wendy Gonyea           The northwestern shore on Onondaga Lake reveals evidence of some of the worst pollution to our ancestral lands.  On a recent visit there with scientist Ed Michelanko, of the Onondaga Lake Partnership, a group of Onondagas hiked to the shore line.  We found it to be a soft spongy like area where remnants of the soda ash dumping still … [Read more...] about Onondaga Lake Waste Beds – Life Survives

Oñgwaweñna' by Kent Lyons The Fabulous Ripcords took home a Syracuse Area Music Award for their self titled CD; The Fabulous Ripcords. Onondaga Rockers Rex Lyons and Irv Lyons front the eclectic blues and roots rock band that includes longtime friend Phil Reagan on drums, Scott Ebner on Keys and Jay Gould on bass. The band won in the Americana category which featured many … [Read more...] about 2009 Sammy Award Winners (Best Americana): The Fabulous Ripcords

Oñgwaweñna' The students and teachers of the Onondaga Nation School are very proud to report that they are one of the nine schools in Onondaga County who had every child pass the State math exam.  As reported by the Post Standard, "Pupils in grade 3 at Split Rock in West Genesee; Minoa Elementary in East Syracuse-Minoa;, Moses DeWitt in Jamesville-DeWitt; Mott Road and … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation School Math Scores

Oñgwaweñna' This weekend the Onondaga Nation was struck by intolerable acts of arson.  The Onondaga Nation is sadden by the destruction of two long-standing structures of our community, the Wesleyan Church and the Methodist Church.  Our community faiths jointly and firmly believe the deliberate burning of these structures contradicts the teachings of all our community’s … [Read more...] about Arson on the Nation

Spring 2009 In the morning I am difficult to wake up. I usually wake up around 8:00 a.m. (when I am suppose to be in school) and my sister Janine usually wakes me up by slapping my bed and shouting “Wake Up, Your Going to Be Late.”         After I roll out of bed I fix my hair, get dressed and help get my siblings ready for school. My three siblings and I get into one of … [Read more...] about A Day in the Life of Us: Onondaga Nation kids share about their day