Research Guides: Native American and Indigenous Studies: Getting Started

Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Haudenosaunee Confederacy
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy (a.k.a. Iroquois or Five Nations Confederacy) encompasses the sovereign Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and later the Tuscarora nations. Haudenosaunee means "people who build" or "people of the longhouse." The Mohawk are the Keepers of the Eastern Door, the Onondaga are the Keepers of the Central Fire, and the Seneca are the Keepers of the Western Door.

Skänoñh Center

Skänoñh Great Law of Peace Center
Skä•noñh, is an Onondaga welcoming greeting meaning Peace and Wellness.

Skä•noñh Center is an educational collaborative that includes representatives of OHA, the Onondaga Nation, Syracuse University, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Lemoyne College, Onondaga Community College, and Empire State College has been formed to create the content for the new facility.

Acknowledgement

Haudenosaunee Flag

Syracuse University Libraries acknowledges, with respect, the Onondaga Nation, Firekeepers of the Haudenosaunee, the Indigenous people on whose ancestral lands Syracuse University now stands.

SU Native American Studies Program

Being located in the heart of Haudenosaunee country, (Haudenosaunee is the Iroquoian term for "people of the longhouse") makes Syracuse University an ideal setting for promoting cross cultural dialogue and work on issues of concern to Native Americans.

Native American and Indigenous Studies at Syracuse University

For further information please contact:

Scott Manning Stevens
Native American & Indigenous Studies Program Director

Center for Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice

Center for Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice

Funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Center for Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice works across traditional disciplinary boundaries, and alongside Indigenous communities, to facilitate research and student engagement opportunities in cultural heritage preservation and language revitalization, defending political sovereignty, and climate change and the environment.

Specific areas of research interest include Iroquois linguistics, art history, museum studies, environmental science and policy, food studies and more.

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry - Native Peoples and the Environment

Center for Native Peoples and the Environment

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. (website - home)

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