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Ohi:yo’ Art Market.

“A celebration of Native American resiliency through art and culture” as the organizers, Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center and Visit Seneca Nation, describe it, the First Annual Ohi:yo’ Art Market took place on May 3, 2025.

The market is at the Seneca Allegany Resort and Casino on the Allegany Indian Reservation, one of two reservations of the Seneca Nation of Indians. Ohi:yo’ is the Seneca name for the Allegheny River that runs through Salamanca.

The first annual Ohi:yo’ Art Market, showcased Indigenous artists from the United States and Canada competing for $30,000 in prizes. “The idea was to establish an all-Native art market in the Northeast. We’re trying to bring visitors here to experience all that this area has to offer”, says Hayden Haynes (Seneca Nation/Kiowa/Mvskoke), the director of Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center and Seneca-Iroquois National Museum and an artist himself.

The @OriginalPeoples_Podcast was invited to attend the Ohi:yo’ Art Market to speak with Artists and Community Members, I had the opportunity to sit and speak with Kiera Pyke (Akwesasne Mohawk, Wolf Clan) Kiera is a quill worker, fashion designer, a beadworker and a Law Student. Kiera shares her process as an artist and talks about her designs. She also shares about the complexities and challenges of growing up on the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, the unique challenges of living in a community that is bisected by the U.S. and Canadian Border. Her resiliency and culture shine through in her beautiful artwork and despite the challenges around the border she is a proud, strong Mohawk Woman.

Ohi:yo’ Art Market.

“A celebration of Native American resiliency through art and culture” as the organizers, Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center and Visit Seneca Nation, describe it, the First Annual Ohi:yo’ Art Market took place on May 3, 2025.

The market is at the Seneca Allegany Resort and Casino on the Allegany Indian Reservation, one of two reservations of the Seneca Nation of Indians. Ohi:yo’ is the Seneca name for the Allegheny River that runs through Salamanca.

The first annual Ohi:yo’ Art Market, showcased Indigenous artists from the United States and Canada competing for $30,000 in prizes. “The idea was to establish an all-Native art market in the Northeast. We’re trying to bring visitors here to experience all that this area has to offer”, says Hayden Haynes (Seneca Nation/Kiowa/Mvskoke), the director of Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center and Seneca-Iroquois National Museum and an artist himself.

The @OriginalPeoples_Podcast was invited to attend the Ohi:yo’ Art Market to speak with Artists and Community Members, I had the opportunity to sit and speak with Leroy Henry (Six Nations Cayuga, Turtle Clan) a stone carver, from the Six Nations Community in Ontario. Leroy comes from a long line of carvers and culture bearers, most famously for their carving but he’s also a singer. He has a great story to tell and it was a pleasure having the time to sit and talk with him about his process and how he is able to tell stories through his carving.

Ohi:yo’ Art Market.

“A celebration of Native American resiliency through art and culture” as the organizers, Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center and Visit Seneca Nation, describe it, the First Annual Ohi:yo’ Art Market took place on May 3, 2025.

The market is at the Seneca Allegany Resort and Casino on the Allegany Indian Reservation, one of two reservations of the Seneca Nation of Indians. Ohi:yo’ is the Seneca name for the Allegheny River that runs through Salamanca.

The first annual Ohi:yo’ Art Market, showcased Indigenous artists from the United States and Canada competing for $30,000 in prizes. “The idea was to establish an all-Native art market in the Northeast. We’re trying to bring visitors here to experience all that this area has to offer”, says Hayden Haynes (Seneca Nation/Kiowa/Mvskoke), the director of Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center and Seneca-Iroquois National Museum and an artist himself.

The @OriginalPeoples_Podcast was invited to attend the Ohi:yo’ Art Market to speak with Artists and Community Members, I had the opportunity to sit and speak with Cheryl Graham (Seneca Nation, Bear Clan) mother, language learner/ teacher. Cheryl has been working to grow her knowledge base on Seneca Language and Culture while tying in nature based learning and seeing her surroundings through an Indigenous lens. She has found ways to incorporate technology and social media as a way to broaden her reach as a teacher and bring people along on her journey’s as a learner with her and her children.

Ohi:yo’ Art Market.

“A celebration of Native American resiliency through art and culture” as the organizers, Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center and Visit Seneca Nation, describe it, the First Annual Ohi:yo’ Art Market took place on May 3, 2025.

The market is at the Seneca Allegany Resort and Casino on the Allegany Indian Reservation, one of two reservations of the Seneca Nation of Indians. Ohi:yo’ is the Seneca name for the Allegheny River that runs through Salamanca.

The first annual Ohi:yo’ Art Market, showcased Indigenous artists from the United States and Canada competing for $30,000 in prizes. “The idea was to establish an all-Native art market in the Northeast. We’re trying to bring visitors here to experience all that this area has to offer”, says Hayden Haynes (Seneca Nation/Kiowa/Mvskoke), the director of Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center and Seneca-Iroquois National Museum and an artist himself.

The @OriginalPeoples_Podcast was invited to attend the Ohi:yo’ Art Market to speak with Artists and Community Members, I had the opportunity to sit and speak with Caleb G. Abrams (Seneca Nation, Wolf Clan) filmmaker and multi-media artist. To discuss some of his past projects and the work he is doing in and around the community to spread awareness of contemporary community issues.

Caleb G. Abrams is an Onöndowa’ga:’ (Seneca) father, filmmaker, and multimedia artist based out of present-day Brantford, Ontario and Buffalo, New York. Raised on the Onöndowa'ga:' territory of Ohi:yo', much of his work pushes back against settler-colonial narratives of place and power, while creating space for Indigenous stories of truth, community, and connectedness. Abrams explores these themes through a shifting lens of documentary, magical realism, and surrealist video art. In addition to writing, directing, and producing his own short films, Abrams has also created work in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History, Vision Maker Media, Toward Castle Films, Skipping Stone Pictures, Buffalo & Toronto Public Media, City Lore, the Aunties Dandelion Collective, Odawi Law PLLC, the Seneca Nation of Indians, and the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum.

In this episode we catch up with Kawenniiosta Jock (Kanienkeháka, Wolf Clan) Creative Director of Skywoman's Forever Farm Located on one of the ancestal Kanienkeháka Turtle Clan Villages in Iohskóhare, on the Schoharie Creek. Kawenniosta talks about her family's return to their traditional homelands and the process of returning the land to a viable food producing plot and a place for reclaiming traditional practices and Kanienkeháka lifeways. She's exerting Sovereignty and stands as a model for other Indigenous peoples to find a way back to traditional ways of living and knowing, she centers that around place based learning and her return to Kanienkeháka lands.

A quote from Kawenniosta:

I am Kawenniiosta ☆She makes good words☆

I am Onkwehónwe ☆Original Beings☆ of Ieráhkwa

I am of the Wolf Clan People of the Kanienkeháka

☆People of the Flint☆

I have traveled many paths to reach this timeline.

I am here to aid in the restoration of all Onkwehónwe across our mothers back. The stars have been in alignment for some time now, expanding the inner knowing of our being and our interconnection to all creation. The process of rematraition has begun, and the rising of our people continues. As we stand each other back up, we reremember our relationship to the land and our mother. As we root ourselves on our ancestral lands throughout Turtle Island, an activation of our ancient teachings is re emerging from depths of the soil and our ☆souls☆. The wisdom of our people hold the keys of reactivation and harmony this planet desperately needs. The great peace is upon us and we all have a responsibility to transcend.

With much love and gratitude, we say Niawenkó:wa ☆Big thank you☆ for your continued support and allyship on this journey of reconnecting to our Mother.

https://www.skywomansforeverfarm.org/

Learn more at waterfallunityalliance.org

Gofundme.com/mohawkreturn

@waterfallunityalliance

#rematriation #ancestralhomelands #Kanienkeháka

#Hotinonshionni #Haudenosaunee #wolfclan #selfdiscovery #skywomansforeverfarm #restoringpeace #greatpeace #shcoharievalley #ioskohare #mohawkreturn #uniting #transcend

Alex Hamer (hay-mur) is a Syracuse, NY based event photographer. Having previously worked for Indian Country Today and currently contributing to NativeViewPoint.com Alex has covered events as large as the Climate March in Washington D.C. to serving as the entourage photographer for the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Currently Alex is contributing to Madison County Tourism as well as Ganondagan State Historic Site in Victor, NY. His work can be seen at the Empire Plaza in Albany, NY for the 100 Year celebration of the NY State Park System. The Fort Pitt Museum in Pittsburgh, PA as well as an upcoming show at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, NY.

In August and September of 2016 Alex traveled to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe territory to cover the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests. At the time he was covering the event as a photojournalist/corespondent for Indian Country Today.

Alex Hamer Photography serves a diverse client base and provides a fast turn around time on services.

Inquire for bookings and photo licensing.

@alexhamerphoto

https://www.alexhamerphoto.com/

I get the opportunity sit down with Haudenosaunee Playwright Vickie Ramirez (Tuscarora, Six Nations) & Director Randy Reinhiolz (Choctaw of Oklahoma) to discuss the upcoming play PURE NATIVE set in Upstate NY.

Synopsis:Brewster’s back after almost a decade and things have changed. Brews is proud of his success working for a large corporation, and wants to share it with the people of his Rez in Upstate New York. After all, it’s been a bad year, and Brews believes partnering with his corporation on a new bottled water factory would be a great opportunity for the Rez to create its own industry and sustain itself. But to his old love Connie, it’s a betrayal of everything the Haudenosaunee stand for. Who will win?

Total Run Time (Approx): 2 Hours (including a 15-minute intermission)

Context Notes: Suggestions of sexuality, discussions of pregnancy, discussions of substance abuse (alcoholism), discussions of death and suicide, brief discussions of Native American Boarding Schools

Recommended Ages: 13+

We welcome back Jamie Jacobs ( Turtle Clan, Tonawanda Seneca) to discuss Day 3 of Handsome Lake's message of the Gaiwiio. Jamie is the Managing Curator of the Rock Foundation Collections at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Jamie provides us perspective and his understanding of the message of the Gaiwiio. Jamie has been a part of the delegations that travel amongst the various Haudenosaunee Communities to share the recitation of the Gaiwiio. We previously published information on Day 1 & Day 2 of the recitation, this has been a long awaited conversation. I'm alway happy to sit down with Jamie to learn and debate, he's generous with his teachings and understandings.

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We welcome back Jamie Jacobs ( Turtle Clan, Tonawanda Seneca) to discuss Day 3 of Handsome Lake's message of the Gaiwiio. Jamie is the Managing Curator of the Rock Foundation Collections at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Jamie provides us perspective and his understanding of the message of the Gaiwiio. Jamie has been a part of the delegations that travel amongst the various Haudenosaunee Communities to share the recitation of the Gaiwiio. We previously published information on Day 1 & Day 2 of the recitation, this has been a long awaited conversation. I'm alway happy to sit down with Jamie to learn and debate, he's generous with his teachings and understandings.

Gregg Deal, (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe)

Current front man and lead vocals for the Dead Pioneers, Gregg is a multi-disciplinary artist, activist, and "disruptor." His work is informed by his Native identity and includes exhaustive critiques of American society, politics, popular culture and history. Through paintings, murals, performance work, filmmaking, spoken word, and more, Deal invites the viewer to confront these issues both in the present and the past tense. 

In a 2018 TED Talk, Deal described his work as “honoring Indigenous experiences, challenging stereotypes, and pushing for accurate representations of Indigenous people in art.” It is in these "disruptions" of stereotypes and ahistorical representations which Deal uses the term to describe his work. 

Dead Pioneers vocalist, nationally known Indigenous artist of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Gregg Deal, started this project as an extension to a performance piece titled “The Punk Pan-Indian Romantic Comedy”. With the intent to create original music for this performance piece, the Dead Pioneers was born!

For more information:

https://www.greggdeal.com/

https://www.deadpioneers.band/

Link to Bad Indian video

https://youtu.be/zjUUZxozCic?si=E4lJO2rovtjLksph