By James T. Mulder | jmulder@syracuse.com Syracuse.com Onondaga Nation -- Onondaga Nation residents used to be able to walk in and get medical care quickly at the nation’s health center. Now they wait months to get appointments at the state-funded medical and dental clinic on Route 11A on the Onondaga Nation. The center is so short-staffed and strapped for cash it … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation struggles to care for chronically ill after 13 years of flat funding from NY
2023
We’re Still Here
New York State Museum By Steve Wall In 1988, Steve Wall published a photo essay on the Haudenosaunee for National Geographic Magazine. Steve Wall traveled to many of the Haudenosaunee communites for two years. Click the image below to watch We Are Still Here (11 min). … [Read more...] about We’re Still Here
Traditions Children
Syracuse Time Warner by Abby Lazor In 1996, Onondaga Nation children from the Onondaga Nation School discuss the importance of culture, language, and their future. Click the image below to watch Traditions Children (29 min). … [Read more...] about Traditions Children
MAGAZINE OF SMITHSONIAN’S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
Insights Magazine by Anne Bolen The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian focuses on Gahwéñhda' or the Snow Snake Game of the Haudenosaunee. Click to read … [Read more...] about MAGAZINE OF SMITHSONIAN’S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
FIREKEEPERS NOW OPEN
The Firekeepers Restaurant is now open after being closed for Covid protocols. The restaurant began limited operations in the fall with outdoor seating but is now open for both indoor and take-out dining. With the reopening, Firekeepers is now an entirely smoke free dining facility. Dining fans of Firekeepers will be happy to hear that their famous fish fry is … [Read more...] about FIREKEEPERS NOW OPEN