Ganondagan State Historic Site

Each week we will be spotlighting various items available in the gift shop for purchase. Our gift shop is open Saturdays 11 - 3 pm. This weeks Spotlight ~ Ohero:kon- Under the Husk by Katisitsionni Fox (Mohawk). Ohero:kon is a 26-min documentary following the journey of two Mohawk girls as they take part in their traditional passage rites to become Mohawk Women. Kaienkwinehtha and Kasennakohe are childhood friends from traditional families living in the Mohawk Community of ...Akwesasne. They both take part in a four-year adolescent passage rites ceremony called Oheró:kon Under the Husk that has been revived in their community. This ceremony challenges them spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. It shapes the women they become. #supportindigenoussaturdays

Yoga on the Grasslands At Ganondagan Wednesday’s at 6:30 pm. Register through Victor Yoga Studio -https://www.victoryogastudio.com/index.html Weather permitting and done on the Grasslands at Ganondagan State Historic Site. ... Park across from Silverton Glen off of Maple (444) in Victor and follow the Yoga signs. Bring a blanket and/or yoga mat.

Our Seneca Bark Longhouse is OPEN for the season!

Time-lapse of the Ganondagan State Historic Site staff bringing in and preparing items that had been in storage for our May 1 Bark #Longhouse reopening. Longhouse hours are Wednesday through Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM.

The third story highlights Project 562, and Matika Wilbur, a visual storyteller and licensed primary school educator from the Swinomish and Tulalip peoples of coastal Washington. Her multi-year national photography project is dedicated to photographing over 562 federally recognized tribes in the U.S., resulting in an unprecedented repository of imagery and oral histories that accurately portrays contemporary Native Americans.

SCHEDULE UPDATE... The Seneca Art & Culture Center will be closed from Sunday, January 17 - Tuesday, February 17, 2021 for winter maintenance.

"Food sovereignty is still sovereignty" Food sovereignty is the right to choose what food to eat, where it comes from and how it is grown. Enjoy this great read on how Gakwi:yo:h Farms has persevered throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and grown the farm to be able to better provide for Seneca communities.

A little Thursday levity!

"Long before there was ever a concept called feminism in the US settler State, there was the knowledge of women’s power in Indigenous communities..." If you haven't yet visited our "Hodinöhsö:ni Women: From the Time of Creation" exhibit at the Seneca Art & Culture Center, don't wait! We're open Wed-Sat, 9 am-3 pm.

Needed now, more than ever. #greatlawofpeace #peacemaker #peacemakersjourney https://youtu.be/QRzxFULuTz4

In our second installment of the Gratitude Flor & Restore Series we explore how gratitude is recognition of belonging and generosity is an outward extension of that belonging to all living beings.

Tune in THIS MORNING at 9:30 am -- right here on FB Live! This session will focus on how we can conjure up gratitude and generosity even in the most difficult times or circumstances. Perfect for this time.

Surrounded by twinkling gold stars, with the sun in his beak, the Trickster of Tlingit culture is the star of Raven Story, the new Forever Stamp by Tlingit and Athabascan artist Rico Lanáat’ Worl. Raven Story, believed to be the first USPS stamp designed by an Alaska Native, was unveiled last month. It will be in circulation in 2021 at a date yet to be announced.

December eNews - Enjoy holiday shopping, Experience our Juried Art Show, and Engage in Restorative Yoga with Rohsennase Wahkskarewake!

Can plants help people access the intelligence in naturethe mind of naturethat we must learn to understand in order to supersede our ecologically destructive habits? This panel from 2014 features Jeffrey Bronfman, founding member of the União do Vegetal church of the United States; Paul Stamets, master mycologist; and Katsi Cook, renowned Mohawk midwife and environmental activist.

Thank you for this great piece, Julie Snyder Sherwood. "If there’s a place to become totally immersed in nature, this is it..."

RIT Native American Future Stewards Program is all geared up for Native American Heritage Month! #roaringtwentys #indigenous #nahm #nativeamericanheritagemonth

For your virtual calendar! Access from Nov. 9-15, 2020. Virtual Q&A with Filmmaker Katsitsionni Fox, Live, Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7:00 p.m. Register for the film screening of #withoutawhisper, the untold story of the profound influence of Indigenous women on the beginning of the women’s rights movement in the United States. Without a Whisper Konnon:Kwe follows Mohawk Bear Clan Mother Louise Herne and Professor Sally Roesch Wagner as they seek to correct the historical narrative about the origins of women’s rights in the U.S.

The only sources we have at present are chronicles of the Inca that were written by the Spaniards, Urton says. We know in a lot of cases those histories were skewed by Spanish beliefs and Spanish motivations, and so we don’t really have any indigenous Inca history.

What does #ethicalreciprocity between humans and the natural world look like? The Honorable Harvest reminds us how to take, use and share while mindfully honoring the indigenous legacies that teach us how to commune with our planet. Featuring Robin Wall Kimmerer, Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology at the SUNY-ESF.

Yum! Wonderful recipes from Turtle Island chefs! The gifted Chef Loretta Barrett Oden (Potawatomi)who was featured at Ganondagan’s Indigenous cooking event last year, has two of her recipes included here: Three Sisters Stew & Blue Corn Dumplings Loretta Oden, Potawatomi Chef is the EMMY Award-winning chef/owner of The Corn Dance Café, a fine dining restaurant in Santa Fe that featured Indigenous foods of the Americas for a decade. Ingredients included pre-European contact f...oods from Nunavut to Tierra del Fuego, on a menu that was both cutting-edge and deeply rooted in tradition. She now travels extensively, doing cooking demonstrations, lectures and programs relating to Native Cuisine and health, introducing audiences to a world of Indigenous food knowledge, tastes and culture. Good eating! https://slowfoodusa.org//up/Recipes-from-Turtle-Island.pdf

Thanks, Messenger Post Media for sharing the news of the launch of our virtual juried Hodinöhsö:ni’ Art Show on Nov. 6!

The Finger Lakes Land Trust announced the addition of two new attractions to its outdoor recreation website, Go Finger Lakes. The Finger Lakes Museum in Branchport and Ganondagan State Historic Site in Victor are now among more than 55 locations and 650 miles of trails across the region featured in the Go Finger Lakes free, mobile-ready site...."

Thank you for adding us, Finger Lakes Land Trust! #gofingerlakes #ganondagan #nyshistoricsite

Video of our Husking bee! Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, we organized a socially distant husking bee, scheduled volunteers, and did not invite the public as we normally would. Sharing the annual event virtually to those of you who were unable to attend!.

Tonight, with our friend Sally Roesch Wagner! Free, but registration is required. https://www.vermonthumanities.org/event/women-voted-here/

Only 11 more days to tour the Bark Longhouse before it closes for the season. Some details to entice you! (Thanks, Tonia Galban.)

#cultivateawe : Inspiration. Sam and I had a great time volunteering with the Friends of Ganondagan State Historic Site for the Iroquois White Corn Project. Our... job as starters was to husk the corn leaving a few husks attached to be braided. The skilled community braiders (including G. Peter Jemison) link 30 ears of corn and braid on a tail to hang the braid for drying. Iroquois White Corn is an heirloom variety traditionally managed and protected, dating back over 1,400 years in Hodinöhsö:ni’ (Haudenosaunee, Iroquois) communities, and is nutritious with a low glycemic index. Hobbes the cat gave moral support. @ Ganondagan State Historic Site See more

The Gift Shop inside the Seneca Art & Culture Center is open today! 11 am - 3 pm. 7000 County Road 41, Victor. #giftideas #giftshop #haudenosaunee #artisanmade #indigenous