Indigenous Affairs Beat

May 5 is the annual day set aside to raise awareness and remember the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and two spirit people.

The amendments passed centered around the Seneca Nation's judicial branch and requirements for "elected officers." However, voters rejected extending term lengths in the executive branch.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center will provide holistic resources to Indigenous nations across the U.S., Canada and Pacific Islands for lung health and early cancer detection.

The Seneca Nation called the restricted fee status approval from the Department of Interior "a significant step forward" in their 200-acre land acquisition on Grand Island.

Previous guidance advised that First Nations people could "freely" enter the United States.

A capacity crowd filled the Seneca Nation Council's last meeting, where citizens called for the repeal of an agreement due to concerns of "over-policing" and consultation.

Indigenous organizations along the Niagara River deepen cross-border partnerships in health and social services, reconnecting Haudenosaunee culture.

Native American Community Services in Western New York is one of several New York and Ontario-based service organizations collaborating for an educational, outreach and social event centered around the Haudenosaunee observance of Midwinter.

The 207-acre piece of land on Long Road was sold for $1 to the Seneca Nation by the leaders of Acquest Development.

Last month, Seneca President JC Seneca accused law enforcement and government officials of breaching their soverignty for suggesting criminal charges could be laid in the nation's enforcement of exclusion orders.