Original Peoples Podcast Ongwehonwe

In this Episode I sit down with Professor Louann Redeye Allegany Seneca from Allegany Territory, Professor Redeye teaches at SUNY Binghamton and is a Fine Artists working primarily in Oil Colors. She produces amazingly realistic portraits of everyday people and important people in her life. She entered her work in the juried Hodinöhsö:ni’ Art Show at Ganondagan State Historic Site. To see the show follow this link https://ganondagan.org/hodinohsoniart-show-2021

In this episode I sit down with Traditional/ Contemporary Basketmaker after her recent showing of her art at the Ganondagan State Historic Sites' 5th juried Hodinöhsö:ni’ Art Show. Carrie shares with me some of her process and what it is like to be a Basket Maker, but more importantly what it is like to be a Wife and a Mother. How she has grown through motherhood and through her art. She has taken a contemporary approach to basket making and has her own interpretations of Traditional Basketry. 

I sit down with Tyson and Kelly Back Akwesasne Mohawk couple, Tyson is a laborer by trade, Kelly is a homemaker and the two of them collaborate to create beautiful works of art through loom work beading. I am interested in how they come up with their ideas for their work, how do they balance daily lives of being parents and still finding time to be creative Together.

I sit down with Janos Janine Bowen Seneca Nation Faithkeeper and Director of the Allegany Seneca Language Department to discuss language preservation and revitalization of the Onondawaga Gawano (Seneca Language)

In this Episode you will find a conversation between your host Ansley Jemison Seneca Nation (Wolf Clan) with Jamie Jacobs Tonawanda Seneca (Turtle Clan) and Kanentokon Hemplock Kahnawake Mohawk. They discuss the roles they serve in their communities and their process of becoming traditional knowledge holders and speakers in their communities. They are Educators, Artists, Mechanics, Students, Historians and Cultural Preservationists. We talk about Motorcycles and Tattoos all they way through preserving Traditional Language, Culture and Protocols.

This Episode is with G. Peter Jemison Seneca Nation (Heron Clan) Faithkeeper, Historian and Artist.