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 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.
The “Doctrine of Discovery”, based on three papal bulls (Dum Diversas in 1452, Romanus Pontifex in 1455 and Inter Caetera in 1493), gave religious backing to the Portuguese and Spanish kingdoms to expand their territories in Africa and the Americas under the guise of spreading Christianity…
Repatriation is the returning of cultural items — human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony — to lineal descendants. In the United States this refers most often to Native Americans and is covered by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA). Native American cultural items and remains have been and are sometimes valued by non-native individuals seeking to collect or sell them…
Another year has gone by without Onondaga County fulfilling their commitment made over 11 years ago to return land on Onondaga Lake to the Onondaga Nation. In the meantime, the city of Syracuse has unveiled a $108M Lakefront Revitalization plan…
It’s November and NOON is once again looking forward to our Circle of Peace and Hope, held each year on Thanksgiving Day. This year it will be November 24th at 10 AM in the Willow Bay Picnic Area on the north side of Onondaga Lake here in Syracuse, NY…
Last month, we solemnly marked the 10 year anniversary of the preventable war with Iraq. Around the world, millions of people protested this war, a war based on lies and fabricated intelligence. An agonizing decade followed. Over 4,000 Americans and 100,000 Iraqis died. The effects of the war continue for…
