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Is Onondaga County reneging on promise to give lakeshore land to Onondaga Nation?

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Syracuse.com. -- Onondaga County officials appear to be flip-flopping on a 2011 promise to turn over a portion of Onondaga Lake shoreline to the Onondaga Nation. The county's environment director, Travis Glazier, told a committee of county legislators today that the county should keep all land it owns along the shore for public use. The Environmental Protection Committee … [Read more...] about Is Onondaga County reneging on promise to give lakeshore land to Onondaga Nation?

Onondaga Nation Case Study Assesses United States’ Failure to Protect the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Committee on the Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will consider case study for 2016 International Law Association conference in Johannesburg

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Syracuse, NY– The International Law Association’s Committee on the Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has accepted a Case Study on the lack of justice in the United States for the Onondaga Nation’s Land Rights to be included in a forthcoming report.  On April 15, 2016 it will be two years since the Onondaga Nation petitioned the Inter-American Commission on … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation Case Study Assesses United States’ Failure to Protect the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Committee on the Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will consider case study for 2016 International Law Association conference in Johannesburg

SUNY-ESF to work closer with native people on environmental sustainability

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VRVO NPR News: Students and faculty at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse are becoming more interested in the Native American approach to the environment. The college is making more of an effort to connect with the Onondaga Nation and the Haudenosaunee people. SUNY-ESF already has an undergraduate minor in native peoples and the environment and … [Read more...] about SUNY-ESF to work closer with native people on environmental sustainability

Joe Heath on The Campbell Conversations

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WRVO: The Onondaga Nation occupies a unique place among the many groups making up an increasingly diverse Central New York--it's the oldest and most traditional of all peoples, still governed through processes handed down for centuries.  How does the Nation fit with these other newer groups? This week on the Campbell Conversations host Grant Reeher talks with Joe Heath, the … [Read more...] about Joe Heath on The Campbell Conversations

Onondaga Nation expresses environments concerns about site of Lakeview Amphitheater

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VRWO:  (Listen to interview) Onondaga County's Lakeview Amphitheater comes to life tonight for the first time, when country star Miranda Lambert takes the stage. Many in the community hail the entertainment venue, along the shores of Onondaga Lake, as an economic engine for years to come. But there are still environmental concerns from one front, about the choice to build a … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation expresses environments concerns about site of Lakeview Amphitheater

Chazen Companies studies muddy Onondaga Creek

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When the Onondaga gather, the Ganoñhanyoñh is recited. This ritual gives thanks to all of the living parts of creation that includes the cool water. Without which there would be no life. “Water runs through the veins of Mother Earth,” stated Tadodaho Sid Hill. “It is so very important that we give thanks to the waters. Water is so intertwined in our culture. It’s a part of … [Read more...] about Chazen Companies studies muddy Onondaga Creek