State University of New York College at Buffalo - Buffalo State College Digital Commons at Buffalo State Museum Studies Theses History and Social Studies Education 5-2020 Lost and Found: Onöndowa’ga:’Gawenoh as an Anchor to Identity and Sovereignty Brittney N. Jimerson Buffalo State College,
[email protected] Advisor Dr. Cynthia Conides First Reader Dr. Cynthia Conides Second Reader Dr. Lisa Marie Anselmi Third Reader Noelle Wiedemer Department Chair Andrew D. Nicholls, Ph.D. Professor and Chair To learn more about the History and Social Studies Education Department and its educational programs, research, and resources, go to https://history.buffalostate.edu/. Recommended Citation Jimerson, Brittney N., "Lost and Found: Onöndowa’ga:’Gawenoh as an Anchor to Identity and Sovereignty" (2020). Museum Studies Theses. 23. https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/museumstudies_theses/23 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/museumstudies_theses Part of the Archival Science Commons, and the History Commons Lost and Found: Onöndowa’ga:’Gawenoh as an Anchor to Identity and Sovereignty An abstract of a Thesis in Museum Studies By Brittney N. Jimerson Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of: Master of Arts May 2020 SUNY Buffalo State Department of History and Social Studies Education Thesis Abstract Thesis Abstract This author presents a study of the Onöndowa’ga:’1 people of Western New York. The Onöndowa’ga:’, an Indigenous group located in Western New York, are more commonly known as the Seneca. Onöndowa’ga:’Gawenoh2 to the Onöndowa’ga:’, like all Indigenous people, is a form of intangible history, history that is interconnected with who they are and where they have come from.