Tag: Onondaga
Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Festival Thank yous
Nya:weh – A Deep Thank You from the American Indian Law Alliance This past weekend was filled with joy, remembrance, and community as we gathered for the Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Festival, the Restore Our Sacred Lake 5K, and the Alfie Jacques Ambassador Award Dinner. We thank every player, runner, dancer, singer, family, and supporter who…
Oren Lyons’ endless quest to preserve Indigenous values
Haudenosaunee values center around peace and humans’ spiritual connection to the Earth. Yet Oren watches the natural world drifting further away from how his ancestors intended it to be. He sees greed. Inequity. War. Natural disasters. Famine. Everything except peace.
Roy Simmons Jr. didn’t just teach lacrosse. He showed others how to love the game.
Few people have had an impact on the sport like Simmons. Forget the 16 straight Final Fours, six National Championships and 290 career wins. Simmons has constantly advocated for lacrosse’s Indigenous roots. He didn’t bore his players with X’s and O’s. Instead, he gave them unlimited freedom, a homage to how lacrosse was first played.
Sean Kirst: For Oren Lyons and Roy Simmons Jr., Alfie Jacques Award all about his knowledge of true value
Lyons and Simmons will receive the award named for their old friend at a dinner on Sept. 12, a Friday, at the Bellevue Country Club. Over the next two days, in an independent celebration, the annual Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Lacrosse Festival — along with the Restore Our Sacred Lake 5k Run — will be held at Onondaga…
Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon gives Columbus statue new meaning: bargaining chip
McMahon gives Columbus statue new meaning: bartering chip The Onondaga Nation’s landback effort for a foothold on Onondaga Lake dates back to 2007, when Withers, a local businessman, began organizing a grassroots effort to give the Onondaga Nation a physical presence on their sacred lake. Withers spent years meeting with local and state elected officials,…
Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon gives Columbus statue new meaning: bargaining chip
“We’ve given up enough. We have nothing left to give. We have nothing left to offer,” Lyons said. “They have taken all of it. They’ve already taken it all, and so we’re not bargaining.”
Onondaga Lake restoration is far from finished
To the Editor: In response to Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon’s claim that an aquarium is the “perfect use” for Onondaga Lake cleanup funds, I must strongly disagree. The most effective use of these funds is to continue the essential work of cleaning up and restoring the lake itself, rather than diverting public money into…
Onondaga Land Rights & Our Common Future
Onondaga Land Rights & Our Common Future: The Quest For Justice Onondaga Land Rights and Our Common Future: The Quest for Justice Monday, March 10, 6:30 pm Syracuse Stage, 820 E Genesee St, Syracuse Come commemorate the 20th anniversary of the historic filing of the Onondaga Land Rights Action. Onondaga leaders and educators Jeanne Shenandoah…
Return land on Onondaga Lake to the Onondaga Nation
Syracuse.com Editorial Op-Ed To the Editor: What a delight to read Steve Featherstone’s feature article about the long-overdue return of 1,000 acres in the Tully Valley to the Onondaga Nation. Hearing several of our Onondaga neighbors share what the historic land return means for them and their community was deeply moving (“Onondaga Nation plans a…
From Land Theft To Land Back
From Land Theft To Land Back The OAS And The Onondaga Nation Land Rights Action This panel, including Tadodaho Sidney Hill, will review the history of intentional land thefts of Onondaga and Haudenosaunee homelands from the 1780s to the 1820s; the shameful dismissal of the Onondaga’s Land Rights Action in the federal court, which was…
