At the Seneca Art & Culture Center, people tell their own stories A dream 30 years in the making has finally been realized with the opening of the Seneca Art & Culture Center at Ganondagan State Historic Site. The center officially opened on October 24, and will provide a year-round venue for exhibits and programming […]
Iroquois
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Iroquois identity
The Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team was turned back just as team members were about to board a plane to the United Kingdom to participate in the 2010 International Lacrosse Championship. Assistant coach Ansley Jemison found out that British officials wouldn’t accept team members’ passports because they were issued by the Haudenosaunee or Six Nations, a […]
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Walking scorched earth
On the 225th anniversary of the Scorched Earth Campaign, a punitive expedition against the Iroquois, City Newspaper writer Rich Gardner walked the long path of destruction over seven days and documented his experiences. Part two of a two-part series.
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Walking scorched earth
August and September mark the 225th anniversary of a campaign of destruction and death that came through Upstate New York. The year was 1779 and our newly declared independent country was at war with England. Colonists were fighting the British Army and British Loyalists on many fronts. Added to these two foes, in the […]
