Jul. 2—PLATTSBURGH — Longhouse means more than one thing to the Haudenosaunee, People of the Longhouse. "Longhouse with a lower case l is a term that describes the traditional building we used to live ...

Geddes, NY -- Alma Ransom said the greatest gift the Creator gave the Native people is memory. "The memory was given to us so not to forget what he has taught us," Ransom, a Mohawk from the St. Regis ...

Midwinter ceremonies mark the start of the new year for Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) this week. When the Seven Dancers, or Pleiades star cluster, are mid-sky, the following new moon marks ...

Efforts are underway to rebuild a Haudenosaunee longhouse more than a century old that was destroyed by fire on the Cattaraugus Territory. The Newtown Longhouse, the center of spiritual and cultural ...

“We have to do that. We have to be thankful. That’s what we said. Two things were told to us: To be thankful, so those are our ceremonies, ceremonies of thanksgiving. We built nations around it, and ...

NMAI copy 39088009653973 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, S. Dillon Ripley Endowment, From his friends, 1993. Contents Adodaroh (Tadadaho) -- Adoption -- Affiliated nations of the ...

A 17th-century replica longhouse constructed on Six Nations as part of an initiative promoting ecotourism and Haudenosaunee culture was damaged extensively in a fire on Friday. "It's with deep sadness ...

It’s easy to imagine American frontier folk felling trees to build log cabins. But what about homes made from sod, clay—or even ice? Long before colonization, Indigenous communities built and designed ...

May 11—Old Fort Niagara will host its second annual smoke dance competition, Native Nations at Niagara today. The Smoke Dance was originally a Haudenosaunee war dance, primarily danced by men, but has ...

Highlighted by lightning footwork that seems to float on air, the Smoke Dance of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Nation is the most dynamic and popular competition dance at powwows across the Northeast.

Samantha Doxtator says Haudenosaunee people have always been astronomers and scientists; now she thinks it's time other people learn what her people know. Doxtator, a member of the Oneida nation, will ...