Crows in Fields Above the Onondaga Valley

If post-glacial circumstances had been different, there might have been a Finger Lake in this valley such as do exist in many major valleys to the west.

Alf Jacques, Onondaga, Has Made Lacrosse Sticks His Whole Life

Alf spoke about his life, the spiritual nature of lacrosse, and his life work 

at the Strathmore Firebarn Speakers Series.

2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship: Israel v. Canada and Iroquois Nationals v. US in Semifinals

Canada prevailed and moved up to the final round.

Canada

Israel

Iroquois Nationals prevailed and moved up to the final round.

Iroquois Nationals

US

Onondaga Paddler at Washington Square Park on the North Side

History as Written by the Dominant Culture

This plaque embedded in a rock in the Valley commemorates Sullivan's Campaign of 1779. General John Sullivan carried out George Washington's scorched earth policy intended to uproot and drive out the Haudenosaunee people from upstate New York. Sullivan's army burned crops, cut down orchards, destroyed dozens of villages, and ultimately caused the deaths of thousands of native people by starvation and freezing.

There is another sign identical to this one in Lodi. There probably are many more throughout the land between Rome and Niagara Falls. We also notice the ubiquitous yellow and blue signs that tell the same story.

One day all these signs will be part of a museum exhibit about historical signage and who decides what story to tell.