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Seneca Nation Faithkeeper and site manager of the Ganondagan State Historic Site
House Counsel at the Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
November 11, 2019 is the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Canandaigua between the United States and the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois) Confederacy. The treaty established important precedents regarding land transactions and the rights of Native Americans, and it is one of a number of treaties that are applied to Native and non-Native entities. Our speakers, G. Peter Jemison (Heron Clan), site manager of the Ganondagan State Historic Site, and Don Ragona (Matinecock), House Counsel at the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), provided both an overview of these treaties and a closer look at the enduring importance of the Canandaigua Treaty. The treaties establish guarantees and obligations. Have we… do we… can we … live up to them in the 21st Century?
Messenger Post, Treaty of Canandaigua: This treaty is still important
November 11, 2019 is the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Canandaigua between the United States and the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois) Confederacy. The treaty established important precedents regarding land transactions and the rights of Native Americans, and it is one of a number of treaties that are applied to Native and non-Native entities. Our speakers, G. Peter Jemison (Heron Clan), site manager of the Ganondagan State Historic Site, and Don Ragona (Matinecock), House Counsel at the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), provided both an overview of these treaties and a closer look at the enduring importance of the Canandaigua Treaty. The treaties establish guarantees and obligations. Have we… do we… can we … live up to them in the 21st Century?
Messenger Post, Treaty of Canandaigua: This treaty is still important
G. Peter Jemison (Heron Clan), is a Seneca Nation Faithkeeper and the site manager of the Ganondagan State Historic Site in Victor, New York. He is an authority on the Canandaigua Treaty as well as on Haudenosaunee history and cultural vibrancy in our current era. Mr. Jemison is also a world-renowned artist whose works embody “orenda,” the Haudenosaunee belief that every living thing and every part of creation contains a spiritual force.
Mr. Jemison is the representative for the Seneca Nation of Indians on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) as well as an Indian Tribe/Native Hawaiian Representative of the Federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP).
See G. Peter Jemison in PBS Series Native America.
Don Ragona (Matinecock), house counsel at the native American Rights Fund (NARF) in Boulder,
Colorado, is an expert on legal issues facing Native American peoples across the North American continent. From land rights to business law, the non-profit NARF is focused on applying existing law and treaties to guarantee the U.S. federal and state governments live up to their legal obligations.
A graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law and Long Island University, C.W. Post College (magna cum laude), Mr. Ragona joined NARF in 1993. Admitted to practice in both Colorado and New York, Mr. Ragona successfully advocated and developed resources for Native Nations.
