Haudenosaunee Seed Workshop 2012
Ganondagon Seneca Historic Site hosted the Haudenosaunee Seed Workshop on March 24th of this year. It was well attended from farmers and seed growers across the Confederacy. The workshop started with Pete Jemison doing the Ohenton Kariwahtekwen or Ganiono in his Seneca language since it was hosted by the western door. Our main mission is to share the knowledge and keep our main food source growing like Hegowa, the main corn needed for our ceremonies.
Pete wanted to share with everyone what is happening at Ganondagan. They have an herb garden and a three sister’s garden. They also inherited all the equipment from John Mohawk’s White Corn project so now they are set up to wash, roast dry and grind flour corn grown from our own Haudenosaunee farmers. They want to encourage as many people as they can to grow our white corn to sell so they can keep producing flour corn for people who are willing to buy it. They have 2 and half acres put aside just to grow white corn at Ganondagan. He also is encouraging us to plant more for the tough times that are coming and we are nowhere near ready for the catastrophes that are coming.
Northeastern Tribes benefit from National Fish and Wildlife Service’s Generosity
On August 28, 2011, Hurricane Irene caused the waters of the White River in Bethel, Vermont to spill over its banks and flood the White River National Fish Hatchery contaminating the “closed well water” hatchery. This contamination was to the well water and not the fish. The hatchery rears Atlantic salmon brood stock for restoration efforts in the Connecticut River, lake trout for stocking in the Great Lakes, and native brook trout to support recreational fishing in some Vermont rivers.
