Syracuse, N.Y. -- The layer of sand Honeywell has applied to the Onondaga Lake bottom to keep toxic mercury and other chemicals in place has failed at least three times since 2012, spilling wastes onto areas of the lake that had been relatively clean. "Essentially Honeywell's cleanup efforts put contaminated muck into deep lake areas that didn't have to be cleaned up," said … [Read more...] about Honeywell’s cap to seal in Onondaga Lake toxins has broken loose three times
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Beyond the Indian Commerce Clause – Yale Law Journal
Yale Law Journal VOLUME 124, 2014-2015 NUMBER 4 January-February 2015 Pages 882-1345 Beyond the Indian Commerce Clause Gregory Ablavsky with additions by Robert Venables Abstract. The Supreme Court has described the Indian Commerce Clause as the primary constitutional basis for federal exclusive and plenary power over Indian affairs. Recently, Justice … [Read more...] about Beyond the Indian Commerce Clause – Yale Law Journal
The Choctaw fight over self-determination & the Onondaga’s decision to remain ‘Traditional’
The Onondaga Nation and democratic governance have been synonymous for centuries. On the shores of our sacred Onondaga Lake, the Peacemaker united five warring peoples by giving us a system of governance based on using the Good Mind to make decisions for the coming 7 … [Read more...] about The Choctaw fight over self-determination & the Onondaga’s decision to remain ‘Traditional’
SUNY-ESF to work closer with native people on environmental sustainability
VRVO NPR News: Students and faculty at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse are becoming more interested in the Native American approach to the environment. The college is making more of an effort to connect with the Onondaga Nation and the Haudenosaunee people. SUNY-ESF already has an undergraduate minor in native peoples and the environment and … [Read more...] about SUNY-ESF to work closer with native people on environmental sustainability
SUNY ESF acknowledges and honors Onondaga Nation
Syracuse, NY— On Wednesday, November 18, 2015, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) announced today that they were incorporating three statements into their regular communications and installing a stone monument that acknowledges that SUNY-ESF is on the lands of the Onondaga Nation. Tadodaho Sid Hill, and Clan Mothers Wendy … [Read more...] about SUNY ESF acknowledges and honors Onondaga Nation
My six nation Haudenosaunee passport is not a ‘fantasy document’
I’m a citizen of the six nation Haudenosaunee, commonly known as the Iroquois confederacy, one of the original peoples of what is called North and South America. We travel the world on our own passports, embracing the full rights extended by the rules of international law and diplomacy. Too often, our passports are denied by the very countries that took our land. They call them … [Read more...] about My six nation Haudenosaunee passport is not a ‘fantasy document’
Joe Heath on The Campbell Conversations
WRVO: The Onondaga Nation occupies a unique place among the many groups making up an increasingly diverse Central New York--it's the oldest and most traditional of all peoples, still governed through processes handed down for centuries. How does the Nation fit with these other newer groups? This week on the Campbell Conversations host Grant Reeher talks with Joe Heath, the … [Read more...] about Joe Heath on The Campbell Conversations