ONONDAGA LAND RIGHTS & Our Common Future II

A Collaborative Educational Series bringing together the Central community, , SUNY ESF, , SUNY , Onondaga Community College and seven other colleges Sacred Waters

The Onondaga Nation’s The Dangers of Vision for the Future Hydrofracking of Monday, April 26, 7 pm

Helen Slottje is an Ithaca public interest Monday, April 19, 7 pm lawyer, managing attorney and The public unveiling of the Onondaga member of Shaleshock, a move- Nation’s vision presented by: ment working to protecting our communities and envi- Jake Edwards is an Onondaga ronment from exploita- Nation Chief who works on a tive gas drilling in the variety of environmental issues on Marcellus Shale region. behalf of his Nation. Denise Waterman Henry Lickers (Seneca, Turtle Clan) is (Oneida, Turtle Clan) environmental coordinator for the Mohawk is a teacher at the Council of Akwasasne. A biologist, Henry has Onondaga Nation School worked closely with the Onondaga Nation in and environmental activ- developing their vision for Onondaga Lake. ist. She has been a writer/consultant for a Community Responders: Onondaga County Executive number of educational curricula and has Joanne Mahoney; Andrew Maxwell, Director of Planning and worked on international projects for the Sustainability for the City of Syracuse; SUNY ESF President Neil Murphy and Meredith Perreault, Senior Scientist/Project Haudenosaunee such as the UN Conference Manager for the Onondaga Environmental Institute on Environment and Development.

Syracuse Stage, 820 East Genesee St., Syracuse Programs are free and followed by a reception and discussion groups

University Sponsors: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: Chancellor’s Office, Religion, Anthropology, Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Geography, History, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Lions Club, Native American Students at Syracuse, Native American Studies NEXT UP IN THE SERIES: Program, Native Student Program, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Program in the Analysis and Resolution of Conflict, Program on Latin The Influence of America and the Caribbean, School of Education, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Students Haudenosaunee Women for a Democratic Society, University College, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, and the Future of Minority Studies @ SU, and Writing Program: SUNY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORESTRY: President’s Office, Center for Native Peoples and Monday, May 24, 7 pm, the Environment, Environmental Studies Department, Kincentric; Le Moyne College, Center for Urban and Regional Applied Research with Jeanne Shenandoah and (CURAR), Le Moyne College, Empire State College, Colgate University Native American Studies Program, Hamilton College Department of Religious Studies, Imagining America, Ithaca College Department of Anthropology & Native American Studies Program, Onondaga Sally Roesch Wagner Community College, St. Lawrence University Native American Studies Program, SUNY Cortland, Upstate Medical University Office of Diversity & Affirmative Action and Multicultural Events Planning Committee and Wells College MORE INFORMATION: Community Sponsors: Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation/Syracuse Peace Council, Indigenous Values Initiative, InterFaith Works, Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation Foundation and Syracuse Center of Excellence www.peacecouncil.net/noon * (315) 472-5478