By WILLIAM KATES Associated Press Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Onondaga Lake a sacred Indian waterway turned into a toxic stew through a century of municipal and industrial pollution would undergo one of the largest environmental cleanups in state history under a final $451 million plan presented Friday by state regulators. But the state Department of Environmental … [Read more...] about State presents final lake cleanup plan, tribe calls it inadequate
Onondaga Lake Plan Will Remove Corporate Liability Leaving Toxic Waste In Place
Report Picks Apart New York State-Honeywell Plan as Completely Inadequate Mercury And Other Hazards Will Still Threaten Syracuse June 30, 2005—The Onondaga Nation today released a detailed report pointing out numerous threats to public health in the “clean-up plan” for Onondaga Lake that New York State and Honeywell have agreed upon. The report highlights the need for … [Read more...] about Onondaga Lake Plan Will Remove Corporate Liability Leaving Toxic Waste In Place
Onondaga Nation Takes Exception to U.S. Appeals Court Decision on Cayuga Land Claim: Federal Law Should Not Be Violated Without Remedy
Statement by Sidney Hill, Tadodaho, Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs “The Onondaga Nation strongly takes exception to the Appeals Court decision to throw out the Cayuga Nation’s land claim. To us, it seems strange that a Federal Court would so casually re-write Federal laws, treaties, and the constitution of the Unites States, the supreme law of the land. “In taking … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation Takes Exception to U.S. Appeals Court Decision on Cayuga Land Claim: Federal Law Should Not Be Violated Without Remedy
We’re Still Here
Steve Wall of National Geographic Magazine photographed the life of the Haudenosaunee including many pictures featuring the Onondaga Nation - 1988. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7mKidPEZkM … [Read more...] about We’re Still Here
Onondaga Communications Reports on 19TH World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions
by Wendy Gonyea, Delegate Last fall, a conference in Japan sounded like a fantasy, but with the hard work of Phil Arnold, of Syracuse University and Takeshi Kimura, of the University of Tsukuba, it happened - a delegation of Haudenosaunee attended the 19th World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) March 24 - 30th in Tokyo, Japan. … [Read more...] about Onondaga Communications Reports on 19TH World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions
Keepers of the Wampum – 1974
The Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs in 1974 made a video describing the efforts to recover the wampum belts from the State of New York. … [Read more...] about Keepers of the Wampum – 1974
Press Conference at Onondaga Nation
On March 11th 1793, a number of Onondagas signed away almost 90% of the territory the nation had at that time. On March 11th 2005, 212 years later, The Onondaga Chiefs and Clan mothers filed their first in their land rights action, challenging the State of New York to admit to the taking of that and other Onondaga Nation Territory. The Nation is also asserting its, … [Read more...] about Press Conference at Onondaga Nation