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

Education and Community:Iroquois or Haudenosaunee?

Haudenosaunee or Iroquois? - Cool video I've stumbled upon.

Origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

Haudenosaunee: People of the Longhouse

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