Ganondagan

After 35+ Years, Peter Jemison Retiring as Ganondagan Historic Site Manager

February 7, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Since 1985, when he was chosen as the very first Ganondagan State Historic Site Manager, Peter Jemison (Seneca, Heron Clan). Now, more than 35 years later, he announces his retirement from that role as of February 1, 2022. Jamison will be succeeded by two individuals in two positions: Ansley Jemison (Seneca, Wolf Clan), Cultural Liaison, and Michael Galban (Washoe/Northern Paiute), Site Manager.

Ganondagan State Historic Site, also known as Boughton Hill, is a Native American historic site in Ontario County, New York. The location of the largest Seneca village of the 17th century, the site is in the present-day Town of Victor, southwest of the Village of Victor. [Read more…] about After 35+ Years, Peter Jemison Retiring as Ganondagan Historic Site Manager

Rematriation: Returning the Sacred to the Mother

November 11, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Rematriation is an Indigenous women-led movement that includes historical truth-telling, cultural revitalization, food sovereignty, water protection, land-back efforts and community healing.

The 1816 Farmington Meetinghouse in Farmington, NY will host “Rematriation: Returning the Sacred to the Mother,” a program set for Saturday, November 13th, at the Seneca Art & Culture Center Auditorium in Victor, Ontario County, NY. [Read more…] about Rematriation: Returning the Sacred to the Mother

Haudenosaunee Events at Ganondagan on Memorial Spaces

December 8, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

The Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, (“People of the Longhouse”), are a northeast Native American confederacy in North America. They were known during the colonial years to the French as the Iroquois League, and later as the Iroquois Confederacy, and to other European immigrants as the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca. After 1722, they accepted the Tuscarora people from the Southeast into their confederacy, and became known as the Six Nations.

The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is set to host two events on Haudenosaunee culture and women and how they relate to museum and memorial sites, on December 12th and 13th, at the Seneca Art & Culture Center in Victor. [Read more…] about Haudenosaunee Events at Ganondagan on Memorial Spaces