Come Play where Lacrosse Originated Deyhontsigwa’ehs: The Creator’s Game, Lacrosse Weekend 2023 Saturday September 16-Sunday September 17, 2023 Onondaga Lake Park, 106 Lake Dr, Liverpool, NY 13088 in the heart of Onondaga Nation Territory 5th Annual Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Festival (10:00 AM – 5:00 PM) The festival takes place at Onondaga Lake Park Onondaga Lake Park, just 5 miles north of the Onondaga Nation. This event will be educational and entertaining for the whole family. Look forward to these events: Renown stick maker, Alf Jacques who is a citizen of the Onondaga Nation, will give ..read more

Join our House Team! Play in The Third Annual Randy Hall Masters Wooden Stick Lacrosse Tournament, Part of the Deyhontsigwa’ehs-The Creator’s Game, Lacrosse Weekend 2022 & in conjunction with Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Festival. Come play in the tournament! Saturday September 17-Sunday September 18, 2022 Skä•noñh – Great Law of Peace Center, Liverpool, NY 13088 Onondaga Nation Territory #LAXWeekend22   Our House Team is in conjunction with the Salt City Eels.   House Team Individual Registration Form [contact-form-7]   Fees Pay Team Registration Fee Rules Rules coming soon ..read more

We are now accepting applications for partnership and collaboration with The Doctrine of Discovery Project. We are interested in publishing original essays roughly 1,000-3,000 words in length for doctrineofdiscovery.org. Applicants must have specific knowledge pertaining to Indigenous Peoples issues and/or graduate level training in religious studies, law, humanities, social sciences, or ecology. This partnership is open to faculty, independent scholars, graduate students and Haudenosaunee and Indigenous knowledge sharers. Stipends are available. Interested authors should submit a 150-300 word ..read more

Come Play where Lacrosse Originated Deyhontsigwa’ehs: The Creator’s Game, Lacrosse Weekend 2022 Saturday September 10-Sunday September 11, 2022 Onondaga Lake Park, 106 Lake Dr, Liverpool, NY 13088 in the heart of Onondaga Nation Territory 5th Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Festival The festival takes place at Onondaga Lake Park Onondaga Lake Park, just 5 miles north of the Onondaga Nation. This event will be educational and entertaining for the whole family. Look forward to these events: Renown stick maker, Alf Jacques who is a citizen of the Onondaga Nation, will give stick making demonstrations ..read more

Fund the Onondaga Nation School Act Now to Support Indigenous Schools New York State has consistently underfunded the three schools serving Indigenous students on their own nations for decades Take Action Online Nower=”2px” tcolor=”#ffffff” bcolor=”#8224e3″ bordercolor=”#000000″ thovercolor=”#ffffff” icon=”icon-link4″ targeTake Action Online Nowt=”true”] As part of the historic treaty relationship between the Haudenosaunee and the United States, the US is responsible for providing healthcare and education to Indigenous communities. Unfortunately, these treaties have been repeatedly ignored and ..read more

In 2014 Dr. David Wilkins (Lumbee) published an essay titled “Deconstructing the Doctrine of Discovery.” (here) and Steven T. Newcomb responded with a piece titled “Toward Disestablishing the Doctrine of Christian Domination” (here). The conversation continues with Newcomb’s newest piece “Acknowledging the Doctrine of Christian Domination.” In his article, Wilkins calls the discovery doctrine “one of the most important tenets of federal Indian law.” He points out that it has “gained general acceptance.” But he cautions that the doctrine has been “misused to distort perceptions of past an ..read more

…maybe the problem with religious freedom is simply that it conceals deeper political controversies—about reproductive justice in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014) or Indigenous sovereignty in Smith. Indeed, when the question of Indigenous sovereignty has been recently brought in front of the Supreme Court, in McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020), it was a Trump appointee—Neil Gorsuch—who wrote the celebrated court decision in what is considered to be “probably the most significant Indian law case in well over one hundred years.” Maybe the problem is not Trump’s court; may ..read more

THe iconic film The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code is now streaming. You can rent or purchase the film on vimeo. The film is directed by Sheldon P. Wolfchild and co-produced by Steven T. Newcomb.   Watch Now The post Now Streaming: The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code appeared first on Indigenous Values Initiative ..read more

Forming a “More Perfect Union” Through Indigenous Values by Sandra Bigtree and Philip P. Arnold: As we are now confronted with environmental devastation, global pandemics, an economic system that fosters chaos in the world, and an inability to think clearly or collectively toward a viable way to the future, perhaps it is time to pick up where the Founding Fathers left off and continue to learn from the Haudenosaunee. What better time than now to consider the ancient wisdom of our ancestors who, for thousands of years, sustained a more equitable way of living in proper relationship with the na ..read more

In 1779, General George Washington suspended the colonial war against England and moved to extinguish the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois) with his “Sullivan-Clinton Scorched Earth Campaign.” Washington’s soldiers were paid with land.  As a result, the Haudenosaunee created the title of President, Hanadagá•yas “Town Destroyer,” It was the largest assault upon Native nations in US history, yet rarely is it mentioned. The effects, however, continue to reverberate throughout the world and can be traced through land theft, broken treaties, attacks on Haudenosaunee sovereignty, that contin ..read more