Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) is a grassroots organization of Central New Yorkers which recognizes and supports the sovereignty of the traditional government of the Onondaga Nation. A program of the Syracuse Peace Council, NOON supports the right of Indigenous Peoples to reclaim land, and advocates for fair settlement of any claims which are filed.
Take a few minutes to send a postcard to
Onondaga County Executive, J. Ryan McMahon
Postcard Sample Language – Feel free to adapt!
Dear County Executive McMahon:
I urge you to deliver on Onondaga County’s 2011 commitment to return land on the shore of Onondaga Lake to the Onondaga Nation. The lake needs serious attention and care, and the Onondaga Nation has a rightful role in caring for this land that has been their ancestral home for thousands of years.
Please do the right thing, by the lake, and by the people, and return Maple Bay. It is past time to fulfill this overdue promise.
Respectfully,
Your name
Address to: County Executive J. Ryan McMahon, II, 421 Montgomery St 14th Fl., Syracuse, NY 13202
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On Sunday, October 13, 2024, NOON, We of Italian and Syracuse Heritage in CNY (WISH CNY), Onondaga Nnation citizens and others organized a highly-successful Indigenous Peoples’ Day Festival at the Onondaga Nation Fieldhouse. It was the first time that Indigenous Peoples Day has been hosted on the Onondaga Nation’s current territory.
Important Victory
After decades of work led by Haudenosaunee leaders and other Indigenous Peoples, New York State finally has protection for Unmarked Burial Grounds
Passed as part of the New York State budget in May 2023, this provides important protection to historic burial grounds which were previously unprotected unless federal funds were involved in the development project.Here’s an article that shows why this is so important.
Witness to Injustice Program
Witness to Injustice is a unique three-hour interactive group teaching tool. It uses participatory education to foster truth, understanding, and respect between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the part of the world now known as the United States; especially in the territory stewarded by people of the Onondaga Nation and other Haudenosaunee peoples. It was developed in collaboration with KAIROS Canada.
It is available for both in-person and virtual forms.
Fill out the simple workshop request form here.
Neighbor to Neighbor: Nation to Nation
This powerful educational resource, subtitled Readings About the Relationship Between the Onondaga Nation with Central New York can be downloaded for free. This link is designed for community activists and organizations. Educational institutions which are using the booklet as part of classes are asked to use the Indigenous Values Initiative (IVI) website for download and to pay the minimal fee of $6 to support NOON and the work of IVI.