Syracuse University News By Jen Maser Those strolling through the Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle may notice a new addition to the landscape this week, as the first phase of a new Onondaga Art Installation—led by the Indigenous Students at Syracuse (ISAS), Native Student Program, Ongwehonwe Alumni Association and Haudenosaunee/Indigenous alumni representatives—is complete and … [Read more...] about First Phase Complete of New Onondaga Art Installation on the Quad
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Syracuse University visits Onondaga Nation
On Wednesday August 4, 2021 Chancellor Kent Syverud led a delegation which included Rev. Brian E. Konkol, Dean of Hendricks Chapel and Jeff Stoecker Chief Communications officer, to rekindle our relationship between the Onondaga Nation and Syracuse University. Chancellor Syverud shared with the Onondaga Council the status of many factors the University has faced since … [Read more...] about Syracuse University visits Onondaga Nation
Monument in Recognition of Onondaga Nation to Be Installed on Campus
Syracuse University News by Brandon Dyer Syracuse University, in collaboration with the Indigenous Students at Syracuse (ISAS), Native Student Program, Ongwehonwe Alumni Association and Haudenosaunee/Indigenous alumni representatives, will create a permanent installation that acknowledges its relationship with the Onondaga Nation and recognizes its presence on ancestral … [Read more...] about Monument in Recognition of Onondaga Nation to Be Installed on Campus
Onondaga Nation to thank Nancy Cantor for scholarship that gives ‘hope’ to students
Onondaga Nation will honor former Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor this evening for her role in creating the Haudenosaunee Promise Scholarship. The promise scholarship was announced in 2006 by Cantor as a way to strengthen the relationship between the Haudenosaunee, which includes the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora nations, and the … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation to thank Nancy Cantor for scholarship that gives ‘hope’ to students
Congressman John Katko writes letter of support
The Onondaga Nation has long been a proponent of non-native mascots, read the Haudenosaune statement on mascots here. No matter what the intent of organizations in having native mascot, inevitability their fans are dressed in war paint and feathers and their mascot is jousting with a stuffed animal mascot on the sideline; not honorable. In the 1970s, the Onondaga Nation … [Read more...] about Congressman John Katko writes letter of support