Website updates & more!

If you haven't visited our website recently, you've missed a lot of changes. We've:

• Reorganized our menu and navigation options

• Added a new interactive events calendar
• Added online payments for new member registration and membership renewals
• Added a holiday membership special
• Added new donation and giving pages, including online donation payments
• Added a volunteering page
• Added electronic newsletter email list sign-up. Our electronic newsletter has different content than our print newsletter.
• On-going effort to add more content including articles, videos, slideshows, and more.

Please come and pay us a virtual visit!


-kim

ps....if you are curious about the corn in the picture above, it is a picture of the Heirloom Native variety of corn I grew in my vegetable garden this year called "White Eagle." It is a Cherokee variety of corn that was carried by the Cherokee people over the Trail of Tears. It is a historic and beautiful corn with a great variety of color as visible above. If you are interested in trying some yourself, this is the place I purchased the seed from. Enjoy!

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20091112/NEWS01/911120328/Native-Americans-call--for-1794-Treaty-action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vplGwXdoMjA&videos=sTdy1gRDNaI

Canandaguia Treaty Commemoration Day

The anniversary of the 1794 Canandaigua Treaty will be commemorated tomorrow. Be sure to see our event page for all the event details and directions:

http://www.ganondagan.org/TreatyCelebration.html

Due to the death of a community Elder, Dr. Elm will be speaking at 6:30 p.m. after the pot-luck dinner but out of respect, the Iroquois social & dance has been canceled. Thank you.

-kim

The Canandaigua Fire Must Be Preserved

We've just added a piece written by Doug George-Kanentiio on the Canandaigua Treaty titled The Canandaigua Fire Must Be Preserved. It is an interesting read - be sure to check it out!

-kim

Canandaigua Treaty

The Canandaigua Treaty is a treaty between the United States of America and the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy - Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora. This treaty was signed on November 11, 1794 and each year this treaty is celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, November 11, in Canandaigua, New York.

In order to help teach about the treaty and celebrate this event we have created a number of informational pages on our website about the Canandaigua Treaty of 1794, wampum belts, and more.

This year's Canandaigua Treaty Celebration features:

• A parade on Main Street
• A ceremony and keynote speakers at Council Rock
• A Native craftspeople and vendors
• A pot-luck dinner and social

All events are free and open to the public. We welcome you to come and join us in celebrating this wonderful historic event!

See our Canandaigua Treaty Celebration Event webpage for full event details and locations.


-kim

Fall Color at Ganondagan

The trees are putting on an impressive show this fall and this week is probably our peak color at the Ganondagan State Historic Site.

The maples, oaks, sassafras, staghorn sumacs, and more are in full color. Every leaf color is visible somewhere, in the tree canopy or underfoot.

While a walk on any of the three trails on site would be beautiful this time of year, I would suggest the Fort Hill Trail. It not only offers views of beautiful foliage and serene walks through wooded trails, it also offers a spectacular view of the neighboring vicinity from the top of the Fort Hill mesa. The sight of the patchwork of trees with Autumn colors and green pastures is breath-taking and is more than worth the short hike. And most certainly, bring your camera for the "Kodak moments" you are sure to have.

Why not make a fun Fall day of it? Pack a picnic lunch - there are tables and benches at the top of Fort Hill. Do some trail walking, "leaf peeping," and have a picnic lunch. And afterwards why not stop down to our neighbor The Apple Farm for apples and cider. It's a fun place to take the kids or just yourself to pick some apples at their U-pick orchard. They've had a very good harvest this year and the trees are still very full of apples.

All too soon Fall will pass and snow will fly. Take some time soon to enjoy the beauty and the fun that this season has to offer you.

-kim