Jordan & Kehala Smith

Still out here Celebrating Native American Heritage Month 🧡🪶

Shoutout to our dear friend Suzie Duchene for inviting us out once again to share our songs, dances and culture with her boys school 🫶🏼 such good kids and staff everyone participating is just heart warming! 🥹

I also ran into my preK teacher she was also my second grade teacher and one of my favorites, Dr Sexton its her first year at that school. What a beautiful day! 🤗

Shoutout to Judge Montour for hosting another Native American heritage month celebration at the Buffalo courthouse its always nice coming out and seeing everyone. Nyaweh for having us!

(Gotta eat the delicious Core Life to stay fueled)

As always we are very thankful for every opportunity ✌️ & ❤️

Another Native American Heritage month celebration🧡🪶
Thanks to another school for having us come out and share our songs, dances and culture 🫶🏼

Students were great, volunteer dancers were awesome.

As always thankful ✌️ & ❤️

Yesterday’s dance presentations what a good group of people to jam out with. 😍
Nyaweh to the New York Power Authority for having our group out to celebrate Native American heritage month!

Jordan Smith & dancers of the Haudenosaunee

We had Tuscarora, Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk & Seneca Nations representing 😍

As always Nyaweh for every opportunity to represent our people.

Food by Jill Clause

Jammin time dancing at Buffalo Creek Casino for Native American heritage month. Man i swear chicken dance is my favorite 😍, nothing like some old school cardio.
After some calories burned i put the heels on & the fur coat and off to Sheas for date night with the Bae. What a beautiful show. If you haven’t seen it yet go see it!

This November, we come together to celebrate the rich tapestry of Native American cultures, traditions, and contributions that have shaped our nation's history.

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we celebrate our friendship with the indigenous peoples of our region. Thank you for your inspiration and for reminding us us to give thanks everyday for the gifts the natural world provides us.

Pictured (left to right): Jordan & David Smith, Mohawk Bear Clan; Heath Hill, Oneida Wolf Clan.

Photo by Jordan Oscar.

Kickin off Native American Heritage month at our first school of the month. Great little ones always so cute seeing a bunch of smiling faces ready to learn & participate 🫶🏼

Thanks for having us!

Day 2
dancing at Old Fort Niagara, the rain showers for hours last night did not stop us from dancing the morning away 🫶🏼 so many smiling faces today, Nyaweh

Thankful

Happy October it was a beautiful day full of dancing at Old Fort Niagara we couldn’t have asked for nicer weather.

thankful for every opportunity 🫶🏼

🎧Sound on for the extremely satisfying sound of rubbery, bending wood 🎧 Travis Gabriel is Kanien’kehà:ka from Kanehsatà:ke, near Montreal. He makes wooden lacrosse sticks by hand, steaming and shaping the wood himself. Gabriel talks about how, historically, when there was conflict in the community but they didn’t feel like fighting, the conflict would be settled by playing a game of lacrosse. Link in @cbcdocs bio to watch Telling Our Story, a beautiful four-part doc series streaming free on @cbcgem☝📺

The Onöhsagwë:de' Cultural Center is providing a 3-part professional development series for artists.

Session 1 will be led by antler carver Hayden Haynes, (Seneca, Deer Clan).
Session 1 will focus on how to price your work, promote yourself, promote your work, photograph your work, present your work, expand your network, and more.

Session 2 & 3 will be led by multi-media artist Randee Spruce, (Seneca, Heron Clan).
Session 2 & 3 will touch on the same topics as session one but will focus on guiding artists on how to write an effective artist statement, and an artist bio.

Artists are encouraged to attend all 3 sessions. The program is free and open to the public.

Girls smoke dance from the Indigenous Experience at the Gazebo during the Lewiston Art Festival
Nyaweh to everyone who cams out!

Super excited to announce Honoring our Youth Smoke Dance Contest & Giveaway 🤗🫶🏼
Mark your calendars, get your babies ready & we’ll see you in a couple weekends!!

We have not had smoke dance at our powwow for a number of years and this year we are excited to have a smoke dance special. There will be 3 sessions starting Friday evening. Calling all smoke dancers to join us at Grand River Champion of Champions Powwow July 21-23, 2023.

Just a little under a month away until registration is closed. Make sure to register and come have some fun testing your lacrosse skills while getting better. We will be having giveaways and informative presentations each day you won’t want to miss out

It’s July !! Coming soon ….

Nyaweh to our friends at Roswell for having Jordan Smith and dancers of the Haudenosaunee out to share our culture & dance with you all. 🫶🏼 Nyaweh 

Thank you so much to everyone who came out Saturday to celebrate the Strawberry Moon festival!! Great turn out & Great weather 🫶🏼

This Saturday (tomorrow)🎉🎉 Come shop, look for Kreations by Kehala & Made by Kenz booth well have the balloon towers 😉, food vendors, Smoke dance registration 1-3pm with contest starting at 3pm. Stuff happening all day! the weather man says 75 and sunshine 😍, bring your chairs and come out and have a beautiful day with us!!
Park in the lower lot.
See you Saturday!

Come see us, stop in, say hello & shop!! Made by Kenz is restocking all her beautiful crocheted cuties and i am over here stocking back up on quilled earrings & more. See you at 1pm Saturday June 17th for our Strawberry Moon Festival @ Artpark Lewiston NY!
Smoke dance contest starts at 3pm.
Plenty of Vendors!! I know I’ll be first in line for kettle corn lol.
And don’t forget the amazing concert line up!! 🔥🔥
(1pm -6pm at Emerald Grove is a Free event) to purchase concert tickets check out Artpark.net 🫶🏼

Updated flyer and times. See you all June 17th at Artpark. Emerald Grove is at the Lower lot 😉.

Please share and join us!

Coming up next month already, Smoke dance contest during the day down at the Emerald Grove and finish off the beautiful day with a concert. Don’t forget to grab your concert tickets. See you all there.

This year's Strawberry Moon Festival on June 17 continues our annual celebration of Indigenous cultures of the Niagara region through storytelling, music, dance, arts & crafts, and more. Guests will participate in an inclusive and engaging Native American community gathering. They’ll also be entertained by an eclectic lineup of Native artists performing throughout the lower park earlier in the day, and an evening concert in the Painted Parking Lot featuring Stephanie Big Eagle, Geneviève Salamone and DJ Shub in the evening.

Afternoon activities are free to attend and open to the public. Tickets for the evening concert are $20.00 and are on sale now at the Artpark Box Office and on ticketmaster.com.

Visit https://bit.ly/3LFhkY5 for more info!

Welcome To Old Fort Watch as the twilight sky is filled with “blasts from the past” as the fort’s soldiers use their ordnance to educate and entertain visitors

Come out and jam with us 🎉

NEW UPDATED TIME!!!! So everyone can enjoy both the Graduation Social and the playoff game, we have updated the time of the Graduation Social!! Please join us at 1PM on Saturday, May 6th to celebrate our graduating students! Lunch and Social to take place on UB South Campus (Main Street Campus) at Harriman Hall Ballroom.