Original Peoples Podcast Ongwehonwe

The 48th Annual Seneca Fall Festival was held Sept. 13th-15th 2024, the @originalpeoples_podcast was there setup and was able to speak to a number of community folks. In this Episode we catch up with Peter Wilson (Mohawk, Turtle Clan) we discuss his role as a Supervisor with Seneca Strong. 

Seneca Strong is focused on Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Recovery, utilizing the peer outreach, and recovery support model. Recovery supports include a drop in recreation center, access to support groups and local 12 step groups. Prevention and education are provided in the community.

Seneca Strong is compassionate to the social, psychological and inter-generational traumas of our community while supporting the empowerment of family and individuals. Seneca Strong utilizes customs and practices handed down by our ancestors. We offer holistic healing through Meditation, Nature Connections, Energy Healing, and Hypnotherapy.  They also have mens and womens talking circles, as well as a Red Road to Wellbriety group. They provide peer outreach and support to help guide our people to the proper support services for treatment and continue to assist through recovery.

The ultimate goal is to help each individual in reaching their maximum potential relating to themselves, family, friends, employment, and recovery from drugs and alcohol. They hope to help all those in need. The Episode will be dropped later this evening. #landback #senecanation #senecanationofindians #indigenousland #indigenous #indigenouscelebrations #indigenoussobriety #sobriety #sobrietyrocks #indigenouswellness #indigenouswellbeing #indigenoussuicideawareness #wispc2024 #senecastrong #nativesobriety 

The 48th Annual Seneca Fall Festival was held Sept. 13th-15th 2024, the @originalpeoples_podcast was there setup and was able to speak to a number of community folks. In this Episode we speak with JC Seneca (Seneca Nation, Wolf Clan) JC speaks to us about his role as a Seneca Nation Councillor and a number of other community matters including Sovereignty, Land Back and Seneca Nation Diplomacy  These are important topics that will effect the future of all Seneca People. JC also speaks about the Nicole and JC Seneca Foundation, The Foundation is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to advance healthy living in body, mind, and spirit for the people of the Seneca Nation and surrounding communities. This Episode will be dropped later this evening. #landback #senecanation #sovereignty  #indigenoussovereignty #senecanationofindians #indigenousland #indigenous #indigenouscelebrations #fallfestival #fallfestivals 

New Episode Drop Coming Soon. The 48th Annual Seneca Fall Festival was held Sept. 13th-15th 2024, the @originalpeoples_podcast was there setup and was able to speak to a number of community folks. In this Episode we catch up with Cornell University Professor Rob Porter (Seneca, Heron Clan) Rob speaks to us about a recent community movement #senecalandback project. This is an important conversation that all Indigenous Peoples should be discussing. The Episode will be dropped later this evening. #landback #senecanation #senecanationofindians #indigenousland #indigenous #indigenouscelebrations 

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In this Episode we sit down and learn about Maori Instruments and the soundscape they create. This was one of my favorite podcasts to date!! Such an amazing guest and the subject was engaging and fun.

Te Kahureremoa is multidisciplinary in her art practice. She

https://www.haumanucollective.com/te-kahureremoa-taumata/

We are fortunate to sit and have a quick catch up with our relative from Aotearoa. She is an amazing artist and truly inspiring.

Tāwera Tahuri is a mixed media artist covering a wide range

https://www.taweratahuri.com

Artist, curator and project manager Margaret Aull works in installation, painting and sculpture. Based in Te Awamutu she has exhibited in Fiji, Australia, Morocco, Aotearoa and has been working in the Arts for over 20 years. A strong advocate of the importance of artists and their role in the community, she also facilitates a number of wananga aimed at bringing artists together to support their practice. 'My practice has always been centred around social, political and cultural themes that thread in whakapapa, whenua, ritual and belief systems. I am a multimedia artist in which rangahau informs the exploration of my ideas through installation, sculpture and painting'.

The focus of Derek’s work is first and foremost in his connection to home, to Tairāwhiti, the Marae and in his role as Ahorangi Professor and mentor at Toihoukura, School of Visual Arts Maori, in Gisborne.

Oh By The Way he travels with the Aotearoa (New Zealand) Olympic Rugby Team and has helped them design and perform the HAKA!!!!! HE IS AN AMAZING PERSON.

Professor Derek Lardelli is regarded as one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s finest exponents of the arts and has been prominent in explaining and promoting Māori arts to audiences in New Zealand, the Pacific and around the world. Derek continues to promote language revitalization within an arts context, portraying a future pathway for our youth.

I speak with Ross John Jr. (Cattaraugus Seneca, Snipe Clan) to discuss the celebrating and organizing of the 40th Anniversary Jim Thorpe Longest Run, Ross Jr. did a deep dive into the background of the Longest Run. He found a way to bring the commemoration of this monumental run to the Seneca Nation and he has plans to expand out.

Jonathan Meikle is an Afghanistan war veteran from Norway House Cree Nation, approximately 800 km north of Winnipeg. There, he experienced what it was like to live in a community with the social difficulties that reserves in Canada are faced with, mainly as a result of inter-generational trauma acquired through colonization, the residential school system and the sixties scoop

Jonathan lives Winnipeg where he’s involved in grassroots initiatives including Winnipeg’s Bear Clan Patrol. He’s active in the addictions community, learning about traditional teachings, seeking knowledge in community economic development and advocating for community-based solutions. To stay active, Jonathan is a competitive boxer out of the Stingers Boxing Academy.

World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference 2024

Joe Williams is a (Wiradjuri/Wolgalu 1st Nations Aboriginal man). Having lived a portion of his life as a professional athlete, Joe played in the National Rugby League before switching to professional Boxing in 2009. As a boxer Joe was a 2x WBF World Jnr Welterweight and WBC Asia Continental champion. Although forging a successful professional sporting career, Joe battled the majority of his life with crippling mental health challenges. In 2014 Joe founded mental health & wellbeing organisation, The Enemy Within. It’s time to do things #OurWay #OurWayAcademy @ourway_academy @theenemywithin_

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