Onondaga Land Rights & Our Common Future Part II Lecture Series OnondagaNation.org Syracuse Stage, Syracuse NY. The Onondaga Land Rights & Our Common Future Part II opened its second educational series to a full house Monday night, February 8th. The series grew out from the positive response after the first series began after the Onondaga Nation filed its Land Rights … [Read more...] about Every Drop Counts
In the News – 2/4/10
LacrossseMagazine: Marshall Abrams comes out of retirement, signs with Knighthawks. Post Standard: Orange lacrosse welcomes new faceoff threat Jeremy Thompson. Post Standard: Onondaga Nation leaders to talk of land rights, treaties, the environment in yearlong lecture series in Syracuse. … [Read more...] about In the News – 2/4/10
Bob the Bus Driver Retires
Wadeñ nwa’ aweñha ONS News On January 8, 2010, the much loved Bob “the Bus Driver” retired to spend more time with his beloved wife. Bob began driving for the LaFayette School District 6 years ago and immediately made a positive effect on the children on the Nation. Bob was always willing to wait the extra minute in the morning for the kids to grab their school books and … [Read more...] about Bob the Bus Driver Retires
Fire Department News: A New Addition
OnondagaNation.org In the early 1940’s the Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs decided that there was a need for a fire department to better serve the people of the Nation. But at that time, there wasn’t a Nation revenue source from which to draw from. The Onondaga people then slowly began to raise money through turkey shots, bake sales, 50/50’s and the revenue from the “Green … [Read more...] about Fire Department News: A New Addition
You Can’t Drink Gas!!
THE ONONDAGA NATION & H.E.T.F. Oppose Gas Drilling By Hyrdo-Fracking Part of the first paragraph of the Nation’s Land Rights Action Complaint reads: “The Nation and its people have a unique spiritual, cultural and historic relationship with the land, which is embodied in the Gayanashagowa, the Great Law of Peace. . . . The people are one with the land and … [Read more...] about You Can’t Drink Gas!!
New Yea, New Yea!!!
As we were getting ready by putting our hats and gloves on to bring in the new year by going New Yea-ing in the community, a family from down the road was already on our porch hollering, "New Yea! New Yea!" My wife brought out the freshly made pineapple drop cookies and began handing them out to our first New Yea-ers. It was going to be great day. We went from house to … [Read more...] about New Yea, New Yea!!!
Sweet 16
Well I really can’t believe it. My daughter Niononda’ah has turned 16! It doesn’t seem like 16 years ago that my wife and I were going to be parents for the very first time. I was recently accepted into a master’s degree at program at Penn State when we got the news that we were expecting. So both my mom and my wife’s mom said to me, “You finish school as fast as you can … [Read more...] about Sweet 16