In this Episode the First Episode of 2025 I sit down with Christine Abrams (Tonawanda Seneca, Beaver Clan) and Grandell "Bird" Logan (Tonawanda Seneca, Snipe Clan) we discuss the challenges of The Science, Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) in Genesee County as and Economic Development Zone that borders the Tonawanda Seneca Territory. STAMP promises to bring High-Tech Manufacturing to Western New York. This site in being built with only a 400' buffer between the Tech-Site and the "Big Woods" The site poses potential runoff, explosive, noise and light pollution risks to the Territory. Should a spill occur the ground water would be contaminated thus polluting the water table, All of the households on Territory are on wells and rely on well water.

About the Tonawanda Seneca Nation:​

The Tonawanda Seneca Nation, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee, is currently located on a 7,500-acre reservation situated in western New York, near to the towns of Alabama and Basom and roughly between Buffalo and Rochester. The Tonawanda Seneca Nation is a federally recognized Tribal Nation and is governed by a traditional Haudenosaunee leadership structure consisting of a Council of Chiefs as well as Clan Mothers.
Against all odds, and in spite of decades of effort by the State of New York and the United States to remove the Senecas altogether, the Tonawanda Seneca Nation has successfully fought to preserve its small, biologically diverse reservation territory, to continue to practice its traditional form of government, and to maintain its cultural and spiritual ways in accordance with the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace. The Nation views the protection of its homelands as one of its highest responsibilities, and prioritizes its obligation to future generations in all aspects of life.

To learn how you can support the Tonawanda Seneca Nation and allies in their struggle to stop STAMP, please follow us on social media and check out our website for more information:FacebookInstagramAllies of TSN websiteFacebook groupLinktreeTo be added to our low-traffic email list and to get more involved in the campaign, please fill out this form. We have a WNY Allies group that meets regularly on zoom, as well as a newly forming group in Genesee and Orleans County.