Onondaga historian fights for memory of native vets DICK CASE Syracuse Post-Standard There's a lot more to this Veterans Day Weekend of ours than the coupon sales at the malls. Disbelievers need to spend time listening to Irving Powless Jr., a chief of the Onondaga Nation. Irv is the son of a chief, secretary of the Onondaga Council of Chiefs and an avid historian of … [Read more...] about Onondaga chief fights for history of native vets
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Lake Half-Clean? Not So Fast – Onondaga Lake still has a long way to go
Syracuse Post-Standard Letter to the Editor: Onondaga Lake still has a long way to go before it can be considered even halfway cleaned up ("ESF Scientists Show Progress in Onondaga Lake Cleanup," Oct. 4; and "Celebrating Onondaga Lake's Halfway Point," Oct. 6). Just because half of the $460 million in taxpayer monies earmarked for lake cleanup projects has been spent does … [Read more...] about Lake Half-Clean? Not So Fast – Onondaga Lake still has a long way to go
The Wall of Honor
The Onondaga Nation was proud to be part of the Wall of Honor Celebration. The Nation was a proud contributor of the Wall honoring the contributions of minorities during World War II. Chief Sid Hill spoke to the crowd and offered our Thanksgiving Address for those in attendance tonight and to remember all that have sacrificed so much. Many veterans in the community gathered … [Read more...] about The Wall of Honor
Syracuse University Announces The Haudenosaunee Promise
Syracuse University’s Chancellor Nancy Cantor unveiled a scholarship for Haudenosaunee students named, “The Haudenosaunee Promise”. The Promise is to provide scholarships to full-time students seeking a bachelor’s degree who are citizens of the Haudenosaunee and reside in their territories beginning in the fall of 2006. Chancellor Cantor sees this scholarship as a method to … [Read more...] about Syracuse University Announces The Haudenosaunee Promise
Onondagas Tweak Lawsuit – Nation introduces amended land claim in response to recent federal court ruling.
By John O'Brien Syracuse Post Standard Staff writer The Onondaga Indian Nation updated its lawsuit against the state this week in response to a court throwing out another tribe's land claim two months ago. A federal appeals court in June dismissed the Cayugas' land claim, ruling that the tribe waited too long to file it. The 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a $247.9 … [Read more...] about Onondagas Tweak Lawsuit – Nation introduces amended land claim in response to recent federal court ruling.
Claims come and go, clan mother keeps values
SEAN KIRST POST-STANDARD COLUMNIST From the door of Dorothy Webster's small home on the Onondaga Nation, she can see the place where she first met Laura Cornelius Kellogg. "She would come here and stay at my mother's house," said Dorothy, who was a little girl when Kellogg would show up for visits, a traveler wearing orthopedic shoes. "She wanted the land back," … [Read more...] about Claims come and go, clan mother keeps values
State presents final lake cleanup plan, tribe calls it inadequate
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