Biocultural Diversity & Conservation: Websites

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Recordings of talks about Traditional Ecological Knowledge compiled by two graduate students from the Geophysical Institute (GI) and International Arctic Research Center (IARC) with career interests in working with Indigenous People. Wanting to learn more, we decided to develop a lecture series on fostering understanding among scientists in regard to working with Indigenous People.

Ganondagan State Historic Site located in Victor, NY is a National Historic Landmark, the only New York State Historic Site dedicated to a Native American theme, and the only Seneca town developed and interpreted in the United States. Visit the website to learn about events, exhibits, and the Iroquois White Corn Project.

A grant funded project that bridged Native and Western learning in museum settings.

The Skä•noñh – Great Law of Peace Center is a Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Heritage Center focused on telling the story of the native peoples of central New York. he 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.

The Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign was a partnership between the Onondaga Nation and Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) to develop a broad alliance between the Haudenosaunee and their allies in New York and throughout the world.

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. In addition to serving as a bridge between traditional ecological knowledge and western scientific approaches, the Center incorporates indigenous perspectives and knowledge for the benefit of native students and work to educate mainstream students in a cross-cultural context.