The Wampum Chronicles continue with the first part of the Migration from the Mohawk Valley to Kahnawake and Akwesasne. The Mohawks used this area in ancient times for both permanent and seasonal occupation.
Schoharie Crossing will host the first Cinema Sunday of the year at the Enders House on Schoharie Street in Fort Hunter, April 28th at 2pm.
Land Where The Partridge Drums: A History of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation by Darren Bonaparte originally published in the Indian Time, November 12, 1993
Sometimes all it takes is a picture or a story to generate a Historical Society writing series piece. Such is the case with this article.
Fenimore Art Museum Offers After-Hours Tour of New Exhibition with Utica-Based Photographer Joshua Ives on April 26.
The Wampum Chronicles: Nia:wen ko:wa, Tehanetorens | Akwesasne Remembers Ray Fadden by historian and author, Darren Bonaparte.
The Wampum Chronicles: The Wolf Belt, The Covenant Chain of Peace and Friendship Returns to Akwesasne by Darren Bonaparte.
The prelude to the life story of Charles P. Byron begins as one walks through the entrance of the Old St. Mary’s Cemetery.
The Wampum Chronicles: The Two Row Wampum Belt: An Akwesasne Tradition of the Vessel and Canoe by historian and author, Darren Bonaparte.
With a leap year comes the Leap Day, today, February 29. As most are aware, a leap year occurs approximately every four years to accommodate alignment with the astronomical year.
Railway Express Agency employees Al Munger (on left - Al later became Little Falls fire chief) and Jimmy Fitzgerald (on right) pictured with cages of homing pigeons outside of the company office once housed in the Old Bank Building. Photo courtesy of the Little Falls Historical Society.
Genesee Street Window Reflections, Utica, NY, April 2020. Digital photograph.
The Wampum Chronicles by Historian and author, Darren Bonaparte
The Entrance to Old St. Mary’s Cemetery | Archangel Gabriel with Trumpet in Alcove of Mausoleum
Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, Artist. Leap-year / J. Keppler. , 1884. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012645186/.