I had a conversation with a friend and fellow local Haudenosaunee woodcarving craftsman, Rodney Haring. I wanted to showcase his work which he shared sometime ago. He is one of a handful of Haudenosaunee traditional wooden lacrosse stickmakers. Known as the "Creator's Game" lacrosse is the sport that permeates Haudenosaunee culture and binds community's together. Children are often gifted lacrosse sticks from an early age age cradle lacrosse balls throughout their lives as youths. Many elders ar

Land, life and language: The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address is a greeting of gratitude to honor all that's left

In Haudenosaunee culture, the bear clan are the medicine keepers. This project is a single piece of birch, which was the material for several projects. This is a Norwegian cup called a kuksa that I turned into a bear clan medicine cup. During the summer, I obtained several large pieces birch of a fallen birch tree. I harvested the birchbark for several and started on my kuksa and canoe (or belt cup) cup project. Once I carved the cup, I applied organic sunflower oil and my signature homemade pas

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Education and Community:Iroquois or Haudenosaunee?

How Kelsey Powless helps keep Haudenosaunee languages and culture alive through the art of home decor

Yesterday, I took this gunstock warclub to a sacred Haudenosaunee burial ground to hold a small smudging ceremony. This park in where I spent most of my childhood. It isbon the original site of the Buffalo Creek settlement in South Buffalo. Once the requested burial site of Otetiani" netter known as Red Jacket, diplomat and notable leader of the Sencea. His body was exhumed along with others in a colonization land grab by the Holland Land Co. for the benefit of Larkin Soap Co. Executives. It is

Reclaiming Haudenosaunee culture through dance

The Great Law of Peace - Haudenosaunee Confederacy - Powwow Times