Kanatsiohareke and the Revitalization of Mohawk Language and Culture In 1993, a small group of traditional Mohawk people returned to the homeland of their ancestors and re-established a Mohawk community called Kanatsiohareke (pronounced Gah Nah Jo Hah Leh: Geh). It’s on the north shore of the Mohawk River between Fonda…
The Tonawanda Seneca Nation has won a major victory in the ongoing fight against the WNY STAMP mega industrial site. On April 24, 2024, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) rescinded the permit that would have allowed construction of an industrial wastewater and sewage pipeline through the Iroquois National Wildlife…
23rd Session of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Wraps Up The 23rd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNFPII) took place on April 15-26, 2024, in New York, NY – also known as Lenapehoking, the ancestral homelands of the Lenape People. UNPFII is a permanent advisory…
The Struggle for Onondaga Land Rights Continues A Brief History On March 11, 2005 the Onondaga Nation filed an historic Land Rights Action in federal court in Syracuse. Their action was unique in focusing on the rights of the land as well as their call for justice for New York…
The Two Row Wampum Treaty The Two Row Wampum treaty belt, or Guswenta, is the Haudenosaunee record of the first treaty between Europeans (in this case the Dutch) and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, whose traditional lands extend throughout most of so-called New York State. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy (“People of the Long…
Support Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ (Cayuga) Traditional People Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ (Cayuga) traditional people and allies have launched a renewed fundraising effort to support the legal work to regain their sovereignty and rebuild their community in the homeland from which their ancestors were driven off over 200 years ago. In accordance with the Nation’s governing…
This month, we are focusing on the movement to return and rematriate stolen Indigenous homelands – the movement for #LandBack. At the recent conference on The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery, Onondaga Nation educator Jake Edwards (Eel clan) addressed the fundamental necessity for…
Welcome to the NOON e-newsletter for November 2023. Enjoy, and please share widely!
We thought we’d take some time this month to share some background information about NOON, including our history and goals.
This month, we are spotlighting Indigenous leadership to address the climate crisis. From here on Onondaga homelands to around the globe, Indigenous Peoples and Nations have for several decades been speaking out about climate change: naming its roots in colonialism and the dominant extractive economic paradigm, calling out the false solutions offered by many world leaders, and identifying alternative paths toward a world of climate justice.
Welcome to the NOON e-newsletter for September 2023. We’re focusing on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, both here in Central New York and beyond. Enjoy, and please share widely!
