Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Accessibility (DEIJA): Indigenous Community Outreach

Ganondagan State Historic Site, located in Victor, NY, is the original site of a 17th century Seneca town, that existed there peacefully more than 350 years ago. The culture, art, agriculture, and government of the Seneca people influenced our modern understanding of equality, democratic government, women’s rights, ecology and natural foods.

Ganondagan’s has full-size, Seneca Bark Longhouse (1998), fully furnished to reflect a typical Seneca family from the late 1600’s. The newly built Seneca Art & Culture Center tells the story of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) contributions to art, culture, and society.

The mission of the SUNY-ESF Center for Native Peoples and the Environment is to create programs that draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge in support of our shared goals of environmental sustainability.

The Gayogohó:nǫˀ Learning Project is a partnership of indigenous and non-indigenous people working to promote awareness and practice of Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ (Cayuga) language in its ancestral homeland and beyond.

The Skä•noñh – Great Law of Peace Center is a Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Cultural Center focused on telling the story of the native peoples of central New York. The history is told through the lens of the Onondaga Nation and covers topics such as Creation, European Contact, The Great Law of Peace, and more. The Onondagas, or People of the Hills, are the keepers of the Central Fire and are the spiritual and political center of the Haudenosaunee.

From an event hosted by the Lodi Whittier Library

The Legend of How the Bear Lost His Tail was published with Oneida text and an English translation.

Video from the National Council for Traditional Arts

Improving library and information services for American Indians.

From the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs

From the US Department of Arts and Culture learn why and how to introduce the practice of land acknowledgement. Guide available to download.

Things to consider about land acknowledgments from Debbie Reese's site, American Indians in Children's Literature.

An interview that covers some of the pitfalls with written territorial acknowledgments.

This page offers resources for Indigenous land acknowledgment, how to talk about Indian Country, general Tribal governance, and links to the Native nations that share the geography of Mni Sota Makoce, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

NPR shares some ways that Land Acknowledgments have been used as a first step to take action and find ways to benefit the indigenous communities that are referenced in the acknowledgment.