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 The
Great Law of Peace
Monday, October 4, 2010
Syracuse Stage, 820 East Genesee St., Syracuse map
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out Photos from the Event
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report on the event (rtf file)
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the Program (pdf file)
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the Flier (pdf file)
Speakers: Tom Porter (Mohawk),
Audrey Shenandoah (Onondaga)
and Jack Manno
Tom Porter
(Mohawk, Bear Clan) is the founder, director and spiritual leader
of the traditional Mohawk Community of Kanatsioheré:ke
and a champion for the revitalization of Native languages and traditions.
He is the author of And Grandma Said...... Iroquois Teachings as
passed down through the oral traditions.
Audrey Shenandoah
(Onondaga, Deer Clan) is a Clan Mother and an internationally recognized
spokesperson on indigenous issues and protecting the Earth. She
has spoken at the United Nations, in Europe and elsewhere and has
met with the Dalai Lama, former South African President Nelson Mandela,
former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other world figures.
She has been featured in movies about Native American culture and
spoken on several nationally-syndicated television documentaries
about Native people, including Bill Moyers “Spirit and Nature.”
Jack R. Manno
is an Associate Professor and Graduate Studies Coordinator at SUNY
ESF, longtime community activist and a member of the series organizing
committee. Jack has chaired an ad hoc environmental advisory group
for the Chiefs and Clanmothers at Onondaga for many years.
The program is free and followed by a reception and the opportunity
to participate in small discussion groups.
Series Co-Sponsors
Syracuse University:
Chancellor’s Office, Religion,
Anthropology,
Communication and Rhetorical
Studies, Geography,
History,
Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics,
Native American Students at Syracuse, Native American Student
Program, Native
American Studies Program, Office
of Multicultural Affairs, Program
in the Analysis and Resolution of Conflict, Program
on Latin America and the Caribbean, School
of Education, Student
Environmental Action Coalition, Students for a Democratic
Society, University College,
College of Visual and Performing
Arts, Department of Women’s
and Gender Studies, and the Future
of Minority Studies @ SU and the Writing
Program
SUNY College of Environmental
Science and Forestry: President's
Office, Center for
Native Peoples and the Environment, Environmental
Studies Department, Kincentric
Other Educational Institutions: Le
Moyne College, Center
for Urban and Regional Applied Research (CURAR), Empire
State College, Colgate
University Native American Studies Program, Hamilton
College Department of Religious Studies, Imagining
America, Ithaca
College Department of Anthropology & Native American Studies
Program, Onondaga Community
College, St.
Lawrence University Native American Studies Program, SUNY
Cortland, Upstate
Medical University Office of Diversity & Affirmative Action
and Multicultural Events Planning Committee and Wells
College
Community co-sponsors: Neighbors
of the Onondaga Nation, Indigenous
Values Initiative, InterFaith
Works and Matilda
Joslyn Gage Foundation and Syracuse
Center of Excellence
For more information:
Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation, (315) 472-5478,
noon@peacecouncil.net
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