Indian Country Today By Scarlet Lisjak - A collection of thousands of seeds are kept at the Onondaga Nation Farm, from 500-year-old squash seeds to 4,000 year old corn seeds. This collection contains 1,179 varieties of corn seeds that belong to Indigenous populations all throughout North and South America, and even the Caribbean. Read and view video … [Read more...] about Thousands of historical seeds preserved by the Onondaga Nation Farm
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A Certain Way
We Onondaga have a certain way we like to do things. We keep our ceremonies going strong in the Longhouse, we like when we see our chiefs and clan mothers continue to work for the people, we cheer when our men play the Creator’s game, and we like our corn a certain way. Early springtime saw the Onondagas preparing our fields to planting time. One of our main foods we plant … [Read more...] about A Certain Way