Presentation on Seneca Nation at SBU

Gerald “Pete” Jemison, an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation of Indians, will give a presentation titled “A History of the Seneca Nation & Current Issues” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, in Doyle Dining Room on the St. Bonaventure University campus. The program is free and open to the public.

Jemison is a member of the Heron Clan and a Faithkeeper of the Newtown Longhouse. He is the site manager of Ganondagan (ga·NON·da·gan), a State Historic site located in Victor, N.Y. Ganondagan was a village that at one time was the Seneca capital of the Iroquois Confederacy. This site was once occupied by 5,000 Seneca people in the 17th century.

Jemison has worked in the area of education, serving as the Seneca Nation education director in the 1970s. He is also an accomplished artist.

More information about Ganondagan State Historic Site is available at www.ganondagan.org.

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