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Onondaga Nation School to reopen for in-person learning in the fall

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Onondaga Nation- On Wednesday, August 4,2021, the Onondaga Nation Council met with Onondaga Nation School (ONS) Principal Simone Gonyea to delineate the safeguards to reopen in-person learning at ONS in the fall of 2021. “The safety of our community is paramount,” said Chief Sid Hill.  “We have multigenerational homes so we must be watchful of the pandemic.” The document … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation School to reopen for in-person learning in the fall

A Haudenosaunee Softball Legacy

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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

They took his name, but they could not take his heritage: Onondagas remember boarding school abuse

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By Marnie Eisenstadt Syracuse, N.Y. -- The six year old boy did not have a name. He was only a number: 266. “Immediately the nun tells me, ‘Remember this number, don’t ever forget this number. This is who you are’,” Virgil Brave Rock said. “They stripped you of everything that you were going in.” The moment he entered the St. Mary’s Residential School on the Blood Reserve in … [Read more...] about They took his name, but they could not take his heritage: Onondagas remember boarding school abuse

Onondaga Nation School’s Nancy Powless Retires  

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On June 18, 2021, the Onondaga Nation School’s (ONS) graduating class celebrated graduating from ONS. This celebration is always a mix of happy and bittersweet as the students begin the journey to the high school.  But this graduation also marked the ONS’s fourth grade teacher, Nancy Powless’ retirement after 41 years of teaching at the school. “I have always wanted to be a … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation School’s Nancy Powless Retires  

INHABITAT – Spotlight on Tsha’ thoñswatha

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by Lucy Wang Environmentally friendly materials, community-focused design and renewable energy combine in Tsha’ thoñswatha’, the Onondaga Nation’s new fire station. Designed by Syracuse-based Ashley McGraw Architects in close collaboration with the Nation community, the new building replaced an old, corroded firehouse and added a community hall in Onondaga County, New York. … [Read more...] about INHABITAT – Spotlight on Tsha’ thoñswatha