Tina Thomas had the chance to watch it from the start, four years ago. She’s been involved for years at Ska-nonh, now under the direction of Emerson Shenandoah — a cultural center developed through a collaboration between the Onondagas, the Onondaga Historical Association and Onondaga County. The goal is telling the story of the Indigenous people of the region, particularly the Onondagas — the firekeepers for the Haudenosaunee, or Six Nations, whose collective spiritual and political history begins on the shoreline.
