Ongwehonwe Alumni Association - Syracuse University

Ongwehonwe Alumni Association - Syracuse University Fostering community and networking among SU's Indigenous graduates since 2005

In the Onondaga language, Ongwehonwe refers to Indigenous/Native American/American Indian/First Nation Peoples. In choosing our alumni club name, we honored the Onondaga Nation who's ancestral homelands Syracuse University rests on.

Our fab alum, Honni! :)
10/21/2025

Our fab alum, Honni! :)

02/10/2025
09/19/2024

Thanks to leadership under Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) of the U.S. Department of the Interior, the past four years have been nonstop ground-breaking progress to strengthen Tribal and Indigenous communities:

🪶 Grew the number of public land co-stewardship agreements with Tribes across the country from 20 to 200, the largest-ever increase in history.

🪶 Protected more than 12.5 million acres of public lands as national monuments, mineral withdrawals, wildlife refuges, and mores.

🪶 Invested $580 million toward Indian water rights settlements to continue to safeguard clean water resources for Tribal communities.

According to Native Americans in Philanthropy’s Director of Environmental & Special Projects, Joel Moffett (Nez Perce): "Secretary Haaland has done more than any of her predecessors to support Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities’ stewardship of lands and waters.”

Read Center for Philanthropy’s article, “Secretary Deb Haaland Has Made Historic Progress at the Department of the Interior”, to learn more about Secretary Haaland’s tremendous success in addressing environmental justice, combating climate change, and prioritizing the well-being of Indigenous communities ➡️ americanprogress.org/article/secretary-deb-haaland-has-made-historic-progress-at-the-department-of-the-interior/

Image credit: The Washington Post

Glenn Kennedy
09/19/2024

Glenn Kennedy

It’s an honor to be recognized in this way! Looking forward to Sunday with friends and Family! Thank you to everyone who...
08/13/2024

It’s an honor to be recognized in this way! Looking forward to Sunday with friends and Family!

Thank you to everyone who played with me and helped to coach me along my journey. None of this would be possible without each of you!

ROCHESTER, NY – Neal Powless '98, a three-time All-American and member of the Nazareth Men's Lacrosse National Championship team in 1996, is one of the 17 Rochester Area athletic standouts that will be inducted into the Rochester Red Wings Walk of Fame in a ceremony prior to the start of the Augus...

08/14/2023
08/14/2023

Robertson was from the Six Nations of the Grand River in Canada and a fixture in the rock industry for decades, playing alongside other rock legends

08/14/2023

🎙️NEW EPISODE🎙️ S02E07: Exploring the Doctrine of Discovery, Indigenous Struggles, and the Pursuit of Balance Part 1 with Faithkeeper Oren Lyons, Sandra Bigtree, and Philip P. Arnold for the Mapping the Doctrine of Discovery podcast. cc: Oren Lyons ~ Faithkeeper
https://podcast.doctrineofdiscovery.org/season2/episode-07/

08/05/2023

Issue 2 of LANDBACK Magazine is officially in production! ✊ NOW through August 18th at 4PM PST, we are accepting photo submissions that respond to the prompt, “At Home.” 📸✍️

Take this opportunity to contribute and leave your mark for the NDN future! 🪶

Winners will be selected and notified via email. All submissions must follow the guidelines above to be considered in the 2023 LANDBACK Magazine Issue 2 Photo Essay submission.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected] for more information.

Thank you and we look forward to all the photo submissions!

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Native Student Program, 113 Euclid Avenue, Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
13244

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In the Onondaga language, Ongwehonwe refers to Indigenous/Native American/American Indian/First Nation Peoples. In choosing our alumni club name, we honored the Onondaga Nation who's ancestral homelands Syracuse University rests on.