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Thank you @canoewomanherbs for a wonderful Medicine Walk and for sharing your knowledge. by @iroquoismuseum

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Come on down today if you’re wild about nature! Alicia Cook (Mohawk) Medicine Walk at 1pm! 🍂🌼 taken in Iroquois Museum by @iroquoismuseum

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Todays features from Sa:gwáyoˀ Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ/Cayuga People, We Returned explore Gahswga:Ɂ hogyaɁdawíhdǫh and Stone Sculptures.

Gahswga:Ɂ hogyaɁdawíhdǫh, or Stone Giants (literally “Stone Coats”), populate Hodinǫhsǫ́:nih teachings. Some accounts relate that these giants may appear human at first glance and are distinguished by their stony scales and clothes. In these accounts of Gahswga:Ɂ hogyaɁdawíhdǫh, Hodinǫhsǫ́:nih hunters often come face to face with these mighty beings. In such encounters, hunters must rely on their individual ingenuity or their party’s collective talents and wisdom to come out alive—and not all do. Some Gahswga:Ɂ hogyaɁdawíhdǫh perish when hunters remove their scales or set them up to drown. Other Gahswga:Ɂ hogyaɁdawíhdǫh become friends and allies with their Hodinǫhsǫ́:nih neighbors.

Image 1:
Tom Huff (Seneca-Cayuga Deer Clan)
From the Hands of the Creator
Alabaster (calcite) sculpture
1986
Courtesy of New York State Museum, Albany, NY

Image 2:
David Greene, (Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ Wolf Clan)
Council Fire
Soapstone sculpture
1991
Courtesy of Iroquois Museum, Howes Cave, NY

The exhibit closes on Saturday, September 19 with a Curators’ Talk from 2 - 4 PM at the Cayuga Museum and @schweinfurthart - join us!

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@nysmuseum taken in Cayuga Museum of History and Art & Case Research Lab by @iroquoismuseum

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Howes Cave, NY – The Iroquois Museum is hosting a fall series of talks addressing the Haudenosaunee and America's 250 anniversary

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#Iroquois #Haudenosaunee taken in Iroquois Museum by @iroquoismuseum

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Social Dancers: Allegany River Indian Dancers

Saturday, August 22, dances at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. taken in Howes Cave, New York by @iroquoismuseum

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Artist Talk, Saturday, July 18 at 1pm. With Mohawk artist Iakonikonriiosta.

Iakonikonriiosta will discuss the significance of the symbols on her quilt

‘Sken:nen Tsiotensawe/A New Beginning ', which is part of the Iroquois Museum’s current exhibition “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution: A Haudenosaunee Response to the 250th”. The quilt depicts the eclipse that was foretold by the Peacemaker as an indicator of the strength of the Great Law of Peace. Established 1000 years ago, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy would come to serve as the basis for the US Constitution drafted in 1787. The US Senate recognized the influence of the Haudenosaunee in a resolution by the Senate on Sept 16, 1987.

#iroquoismusem #iroquoismuseum #visitschohaire #visitschohairecounty by @iroquoismuseum

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Time is running out to register! ⏳ Join celebrated Seneca-Cayuga sculptor Tom Huff for a day of creative, 3-dimensional experimentation. Learn easy, beginner-friendly soapstone carving basics using rasps, chisels, and hand tools.

Register by July 26th. by @iroquoismuseum

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A new 6 episode narrative podcast series premiering on June 22, 2026 by Critical Frequency and Pushkin Industries: www.FirstAmerica.info

This summer, as our country celebrates the 250-year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, First America will tell the true story of how the United States came to be. And how our current political moment is 250 years in the making.
#visitschohairecounty #middleburgh #Schoharie by @iroquoismuseum

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Waiting for you! by @iroquoismuseum

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