Opening reception for Not Your Indians Anymore and Talk with Exhibit Curator, Dr. Kent Blansett

Skä•noñh-Great Law of Peace Center 6680 Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool, NY, United States

Opening reception for Not Your Indians Anymore: Alcatraz and the Red Power Movement: An official opening reception will take place on Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 beginning at 5:30pm. The evening will include a book talk by exhibit curator, Dr. Kent Blansett, on his latest book, which is the first published biography of Richard Oakes, entitled: A Journey […]

Dan Longboat: Finding skä·noñh

Skä•noñh-Great Law of Peace Center 6680 Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool, NY, United States

Dan Longboat will be a guest speaker at the Center on Thursday, November 29th, 2018 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Longboat belongs to the Turtle Clan of the Mohawk Nation and is a citizen of the Haudenosaunee, originally from Ohsweken the Six Nations community on the Grand River Territory. An Associate Professor in the Chanie Wenjack School […]

Beneath the Surface at OHA: Sunday, December 2nd

Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, Syracuse

Beneath the Surface: The Storied History of Onondaga Lake covers the amazing history of the lake and the remarkable impact it has had on our American Way of Life over the past six centuries. The film begins at 1:00pm at the Onondaga Historical Association Auditorium on December 2nd. Admission is $5 for OHA Members and […]

Holidays in the City with OHA

Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, Syracuse

Join the Downtown Committee, Advance Media New York, Onondaga Historical Association, and many others for the second annual Holidays in the City! The ultimate family holiday experience will wow families, couples and friends on December 8 and 9 throughout Downtown Syracuse. Here's what you can enjoy at OHA on Saturday December 8th! 10% off regularly marked […]

Witness to Injustice: Unraveling US and Indigenous History

Skä•noñh-Great Law of Peace Center 6680 Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool, NY, United States

Thursday, December 13th: Join us at the Skä·noñh Center in Liverpool for an exercise by the Neighbors of Onondaga Nation (NOON) called Witness to Injustice: Unraveling US and Indigenous History adapted from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise. This is a 2-hour interactive group exercise that invites participants to experience:  colonization, conquest, and attempted genocide of the […]

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Beneath the Surface at OHA: Sunday, December 16th

Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, Syracuse

Beneath the Surface: The Storied History of Onondaga Lake covers the amazing history of the lake and the remarkable impact it has had on our American Way of Life over the past six centuries. The film begins at 1:00pm at the Onondaga Historical Association Auditorium on December 16th. Admission is $5 for OHA Members and […]

Beneath the Surface at OHA: Sunday, December 30th

Beneath the Surface: The Storied History of Onondaga Lake covers the amazing history of the lake and the remarkable impact it has had on our American Way of Life over the past six centuries. The film begins at 1:00pm at the Onondaga Historical Association Auditorium on December 30th. Admission is $5 for OHA Members and […]

Salina Street Exhibit Reception

Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, Syracuse

Join us Thursday, January 31st from 4 - 6 pm to kickoff the new OHA exhibit!  This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. So many Central New Yorkers have fond memories of coming to Syracuse and taking in the shops, the sights, and the sounds of Salina Street, the heart of Downtown. This exhibit re-creates Salina Street in our […]

Beneath the Surface at OHA: Sunday, February 3rd

Onondaga Historical Association 321 Montgomery Street, Syracuse

Beneath the Surface: The Storied History of Onondaga Lake covers the amazing history of the lake and the remarkable impact it has had on our American Way of Life over the past six centuries. The film begins at 1:00pm at the Onondaga Historical Association Auditorium. Admission is $5 for OHA Members and $7 for the […]

Opening Reception for “Kokom Lena of the First Nation Algonquin”

Skä•noñh-Great Law of Peace Center 6680 Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool, NY, United States

For 20 years, Syracuse photographer Michael Greenlar documented four generations of Algonquins in the bush of Quebec, Canada. His work focuses on the matriarch, Lena Nottaway, and the knowledge she passed on through her 15 children. Lena taught Kokomville how to utilize every element of the environment to become a self-sustaining community. The series of […]