Onondaga Land Rights & Our Common Future 2006
A Collaborative Educational Series
bringing together the Central New York community, Syracuse University and SUNY ESF

All Programs 7-8:30 pm at Syracuse Stage (unless specified otherwise)

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DVDs of some events in the series
are now available for purchase.

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Monday, February 27, 2006
The Nation in Our Midst: Onondaga History, Culture and Spirituality (reports, photos, etc.)
Speakers: Sid Hill, Audrey Shenandoah and others
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Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Visionary Women: The Haudenosaunee and the U.S. Women’s Rights Movement (reports, photos)
Speakers: Jeanne Shenandoah and Sally Roesch Wagner
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006
The Onondaga Nation Encounters European Settlers
Speaker: Robert W. Venables and Chief Irving Powless, Jr.
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006
“Discovering” the US: Haudenosaunee Influences on U.S. Culture and Democracy
Speaker: John Mohawk
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Onondaga Land Rights: All Central New Yorkers Can Benefit
Speakers: Bea Gonzalez, Wendy Gonyea, Andy Mager and others
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
The Onondaga Nation and the US Courts
Speakers: Joe Heath and Larry Hauptman
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Photo gallery

Monday, September 11, 2006
Racism, Native American Human Rights and the UN
Speaker: Oren Lyons
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Event program
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Monday, October 16, 2006
Reflections on the Journey from Environmental Reciprocity to Environmental Exploitation
Speakers: Robin Kimmerer, Jeanne Shenandoah and others
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Event report

Tuesday, October 17, 2006, 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Alumni Lounge, Marshall Hall, SUNY ESF
Day long Teach-In at SUNY ESF: Finding Common Ground: Indigenous and Western Approaches to Healing our Land and Waters
Speakers: Phil Arnold, Emmanuel Carter, Freida Jacques, Robin Kimmerer, Joyce King, Jack Manno, Ed Michalenko, Sharon Moran, Irving Powless Jr., Ross Whaley, and others
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Event report

Tuesday, October 17, 2006, 7:00 pm, Syracuse Stage
Environmental Stewardship: Healing and Restoring the
Land & Waters of the Historic Onondaga Nation Territory

Speakers: Chris Amato, Emmanuel Carter, Chief Jake Edwards, Ed Michalenko, Jeanne Shendandoah
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Event report
Photo gallery

Monday, November 27, 2006
Why Native American Sovereignty Makes Sense for All of Us
Speakers: Tonya Gonella Frichner, Richard Loder and Scott Lyons
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Program (PDF)

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 @ Women's Building Gym
Comstock Ave. and Euclid Ave. map
Haudenosaunee Music & Dance: A Participatory Event
Haudenosaunee Singers and Dancers
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News Release (MS Word)


Co-Sponsors

Syracuse University: Chancellor’s Office, Religion Department, African American Studies, Center for Indigenous Law, Governance and Citizenship (College of Law), Communication and Rhetorical Studies, English, Geography, Hendricks Chapel, History, La Lucha, Latino-Latin American Studies, Native American Students at Syracuse, Native American Studies Program, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Program in the Analysis and Resolution of Conflict, School of Education, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Sociology, Student Environmental Action Coalition, University College, Women’s Studies and Writing Program.

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Community co-sponsors: Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation, the Inter-Religious Council and the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation.

For more information:
Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation, (315) 472-5478, noon@peacecouncil.net