Cultural Sensitivity Training with D.E.C. in Onondaga
On November 18th, 2010, Onondaga Nation hosted an eight hour Cultural Sensitivity Training session which was organized by H.E.T.F. and the Haudenosaunee Standing Committee. The training was held at the Onondaga Nation Longhouse. In all there were approximately 70 to 75 people in all who attended.
Onondaga Nation’s Annual Fishing Derby
May 13, 2011
On Friday the 13th, Onondaga had its annual fishing derby. What a good way to enjoy the environment by walking in the water with fishing pole in hand knowing the fish are there willing to take your offering. Onondaga Creek at Gibson Bridge was too high and swift and also wider than it was the year before. We, Sonny Shenandoah and I, decided to change the derby site to Hemlock Creek. If we put the trout in at the ball field and used chicken wire to stop the trout from going down stream, we knew we had a good fishing section because the fish couldn’t get past the falls if they swam up stream. Sonny asked the Nation’s Bulldozer if they could build a small berm just big enough to make a 2 foot deep pool stretching across Hemlock Creek.
Onondaga Nation and Environmental Partners Win Prestigious EPA Award
NEW YORK – The Onondaga Nation and its environmental partners were honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with the highest recognition presented to the public.
The Environmental Quality Award was given to the Onondaga Nation, Onondaga County Executive Joanne Mahoney, the Partnership for Onondaga Creek, and Atlantic States Legal Foundation April 23 at a ceremony in New York where several individuals and groups were recognized for their efforts to restore and protect the environment.
Onondaga County Scraps Plans for Sewage Plant
"Victory!!"
Change is in the air, and it smells sweet. Onondaga County Executive Joanne Mahoney announced on May 2 that the County has chosen not to award construction bids for the proposed Clinton Regional Treatment Facility (RTF) in Armory Square and is instead exploring more environmentally and economically sound options with the State of New York, Atlantic States Legal Foundation, City of Syracuse, and for the first time, the Onondaga Nation.
Onondaga Nation of Iroquois Confederacy Takes On Fracking
The Onondaga, a member nation of the Haudenosaunee Iroquois Confederacy and long leaders as healers of the environment face a new threat:
Hydraulic Fracturing, or Fracking.