Syracuse.com by Geoff Herbert The Syracuse Mets are tipping their cap to Native Americans with its first-ever Haudenosaunee Night. The minor league baseball team announced Thursday that it will partner with Onondaga Nation for an event honoring the traditions and culture of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee on Friday, July 21, at NBT Bank Stadium. The night will feature a … [Read more...] about Syracuse Mets team with Onondaga Nation for first-ever Haudenosaunee night, special jerseys
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Cianna Papineau joins 1000 point club
Onoñda’geh Ongwaweñna By Shirley Hill Onondaga Nation -- Central New York is filled with girls’ basketball players who can make opposing defenses pay with just a sliver of open space. Cianna Papineau of the Onondaga Nation is one of those players. Cianna is a senior at the LaFayette Jr/Sr High School and is a leader on the team. Syracuse.com asked Section III girls … [Read more...] about Cianna Papineau joins 1000 point club
A Haudenosaunee Softball Legacy
Oñgwaweñna' By: Diohgwine Softball is certainly a family affair for Jan Moses. After all, she is the second in line to a five-generation lineage of Native women softball players. Jan began playing on the all-Native Syracuse Red Jackets softball team with her mother, Eulalie Green Moses, when she was 15. “We used to practice in a field by Tom Huff’s old house,” said Jan. … [Read more...] about A Haudenosaunee Softball Legacy
IROQUOIS NATIONALS ACCEPT INVITATION TO THE WORLD GAMES 2022
USLACROSSE MAGAZINE by MATT DASILVA They’re in. The Iroquois Nationals have accepted an invitation to compete in the men’s lacrosse competition at The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Ala., signaling a victory in the six-week campaign to reverse an earlier decision to exclude them due to Olympic eligibility criteria. An online petition garnered more than 50,000 signatures … [Read more...] about IROQUOIS NATIONALS ACCEPT INVITATION TO THE WORLD GAMES 2022
LA Times: Imagine inventing a sport and then being shunned by it. That’s the Haudenosaunee story
Los Angeles Times by David Wharton Before all the haggling, the ugly words and political machinations, there was a happier story. The way the Haudenosaunee people tell it, the animals of the forest gathered for a great ballgame. The powerful bear and swift deer led one team; on the other side stood the hawk, eagle and owl. Just before the start, a mouse and squirrel … [Read more...] about LA Times: Imagine inventing a sport and then being shunned by it. That’s the Haudenosaunee story
NDNSports- Sophia Powless: Heading Into Senior Year With Adelphi University Volleyball
by Dan Ninham My oñgwehoñwe name is Ga•néñ'da•waks - She shakes the hemlocks," said Sophia Powless. "I am Wolf Clan and I am from the Onondaga Nation. My parents are JoAnne and Bradley Powless, Gohahagehdeh and Dehowähda•dih." Sophia Powless just finished her junior year playing volleyball at Adelphi University this past fall. She is a 5-11 middle blocker. She is en … [Read more...] about NDNSports- Sophia Powless: Heading Into Senior Year With Adelphi University Volleyball
Devon Buckshot: field and box lacrosse experience paying off at High Point University and Iroquois Nationals.
NDNSPORTS- by Dan Ninham Devon Buckshot (Sahweñnagadih) is Beaver Clan from the Onondaga Nation. He is a 6-0, 215 lb. redshirt freshman attack player for High Point University studying sports management. Devon was recently recognized as the Big South Conference Offensive player of the week. Read more.... … [Read more...] about Devon Buckshot: field and box lacrosse experience paying off at High Point University and Iroquois Nationals.