Tag: Onondaga
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…
Restore Our Sacred Lake 5K Run Walk
We follow the Thanksgiving Address by protecting Mother Earth. The eagle has returned to Onondaga lake for the first time in over 200 years. We invite runners and walkers to come to Onondaga Lake for a day of celebration. This event will raise awareness of the importance of the lake and the urgency of furthering…
Wondrous, fascinating and tasty: Cicadas
From the NY Daily News: “The Onondaga Nation celebrates cicadas, which saved them from starvation at the hands of then–General George Washington and the Continental Army, which waged a 1779 campaign to destroy Native crops and food. “It was a terrible time for our people,” Onondaga Nation citizen Betty Lyons, executive director of the nonprofit…
Saving a Sacred Lake: A Century of Pollution Haunts the Haudenosaunee
Recently American Indian Magazine profiled Onondaga Lake and the pollution of the lake. “It’s a reciprocal relationship that we have with all the living things around the lake and the water,” adds [Betty] Lyons. “It’s not a commodity.” Read the article for more information.
NEW Innovation Station Feature: Lacrosse (dehoñtjihgwa’és)
The game known today as lacrosse blends contemporary sports innovations with the traditions and core values of “the creator’s game,” which traces its origins to the Haudenosaunee, or People of the Longhouse. Made up of Six Nations, the Haudenosaunee are the indigenous peoples upon whose ancestral lands the museum now stands. Explore stories of the…
Cicadas and Hanadaga’yas
Our executive director Betty Lyons was just interviewed for “Cicadas: ‘The other white meat’” by Mary Annette Pember for Indian Country Today. The memory of that time [Sullivan-Clinton Campaign] is so indelible that even today the Onondaga call every U.S. president by the same name they called Washington after his campaign of destruction – Hanadaga’yas,…
Happy Birthday Oren Lyons
We want to wish Founding Board Member Oren Lyons a very Happy 91st birthday!!! We love and appreciate you! Your energy and wisdom transcends all things.
4 the Future Foundation at US Lacrosse LaxCon
4 the Future Foundation at US Lacrosse LaxCon Join us, Saturday January 16th at 2:30pm ET 4 the Future Panel Discussion with Lyle and Jeremy Thompson Featuring: Betty Lyons Rex Lyons Corey Hinton Gayle Kelley Moderated by Sarah Aschenbach ➞ Register for Fan Fest at USLacrosse.org
NYT article on the Cicadas return to Onondaga Nation
A Story of Survival Revived by the Cicadas’ Loud (and Crunchy) Return
