If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency or you are in immediate danger, call 911.
Honwadiyenawa’sek “One Who Helps Them”
Diane Schenandoah ’11 is a Faithkeeper of the Wolf Clan, Oneida Nation, Haudenosaunee Confederacy energy worker, artist and singer. Sharing her work through the lens of the Haudenosaunee teachings and Principles of Gratitude and Peace Within, she helps students recognize and bring forth their own potential and purpose.
Appointments
She utilizes the following techniques and events to further empower students. To learn more or make an appointment, please email Diane Schenandoah ’11 or call 315.443.8000.
- Acupressure points with tuning forks.
- Dream interpretation.
- Expressions Through Clay workshops.
- Group and individual meditation.
- Hands-on energy work.
- Haudenosaunee Principles of Peace teachings.
- Sage and smudging.
- Spiritual advising.
Indigenous Events
Visit the Syracuse University Community Calendar to find upcoming events today!
Full Moon Ceremonies are a time when we gather to pause and offer our greatest greetings and thanks to Grandmother Moon. She is continuing her duties as she watches over the nighttime skies, controls cycles of women and our ocean tides, and determines our cycle of life. As a collective, we will combine our best words and energies to help one another, our communities and our Mother Earth. All are welcome to attend as we sing, dance and celebrate life.
Through good words for a healthy, safe and successful new school year, Haudenosaunee leadership, elders and members of the Six Nations welcomes the whole Syracuse University community into the capitol of Haudenosaunee territories. With food, singing and dancing, we gather upon the aboriginal homeland of the Onondaga Nation.
These are the words that come before all else, reminding us of what is important in our lives and to be grateful for all things. A little booklet is available in the Barnes Center Pharmacy, an important daily reminder to have.
When is the Thanksgiving Address used?
Within the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, we open and close all gatherings, meetings and ceremonies with the Thanksgiving Address.
What is the meaning of the Thanksgiving Address?
During this time, we recite our relationship, acknowledgment and gratitude, giving thanks for all of life. Additionally, we address the Natural World, thanking each life-sustaining energy, and we recognize we are equally connected spiritual beings in this life force. The Thanksgiving Address teaches mutual respect, love, generosity and the responsibility to understand that what is done to one, is done to ourselves.
We rarely learn history from the point of view of the people indigenous to this land, history that has intentionally been hidden. This is a participatory exercise of education to foster truth, understanding and respect between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
How to be an Indigenous Peoples Ally
Highlights include the following. Please email Diane Schenandoah ’11 or call 315.443.8000 for more information.
- Attend events.
- Seek opportunities to learn.
- Share resources.
- STOP Bias and Hate (Recognizing, reporting and preventing bias-related incidents).