The Haudenosaunee Ceremony of Midwinter
By: Doug George-Kanentiio, Akwasasne Mohawk
One of the most important gatherings among the People of the Longhouse is the annual ritual of thanksgiving, renewal, and repentance called Midwinter.
Among the People of the Flint (the Mohawks),...
What Would the Peacemaker Do?
By Doug George Kanentiio- Akwesasne Mohawk Bear Clan
Over 875 years ago Skennenrahowi, the Peacemaker, brought his instructions to the warring Iroquois in an effort to persuade our ancestors to abandon violence and revenge as...
Why Native Americans Should Welcome Southern Kin
By Doug George-Kanentiio, Akwesasne Mohawk
Our Native American ancestors have a wonderful tradition of welcoming those in need to our lands. I am from the Mohawk Nation which is part of the Iroquois Confederacy and...
Iroquois Prophecy and People at Standing Rock
By: Doug George Kanentiio
The power and influence of prophecy among the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois) has been a central part of our culture since the birth of the league of peace long before the...
United Nations Marks 10th Anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
By Doug George-Kanentiio - Akwasasne Mohawk Bear Clan
For two days, April 27-28, my wife, Joanne Shenandoah, and I attended the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City.
There were a number...
The Maple: Chief of all Trees
By Doug George-Kanentiio, Akwesasne Mohawk
When the Creator, Sonkweiiateson in Mohawk, planted the trees of the world, a decision was made to make Wahta-the Maple-the chief of all trees.
Not only did the Maple carry the...
The Chief Irv Powless: Legend and Friend
By Doug George-Kanentiio, Akwesasne Mohawk
I met the late Onondaga rotiane, Irv Powless, forty years ago when I enrolled as a student at Syracuse University in 1977. In my class were a number of Onondagas...
Who Endures? Iroquois Stories, Survival In Rough Times-By Doug George-Kanentiio-Akasasne Mohawk Bear Clan
By: Doug George-Kanentiio
There once was a man who lived in fear about the future. He foresaw a time when there would be hunger and poverty when the climate would be one of long cold...
The Doctrine of Discovery and the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
A talk by Douglas M. George-Kanentiio, Akwesasne Mohawk
Wednesday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. at The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St., Utica
DOUGLAS M. GEORGE-KANENTIIO was born and raised on the shores of the Kaniatarowanenneh (St. Lawrence) River on...
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