Help raise $230,000 for critical firefighting equipment to care for lands being returned to Onondaga Nation!

Join members of the Onondaga Nation for a talk and screening of The Good Mind to benefit the Onondaga Nation Volunteer Fire Department. The film chronicles the story of the Onondaga Nation’s fight to preserve their relationships to the land of their ancestors, amid vast environmental degradation and treaty violations by New York State lawmakers.

Appetizers and seltzers will be served. Doors open at 6pm and program begins at 6:30pm. Children welcome!

Covid protocol: Air filters will be in use. Masks welcomed and encouraged. Please take a Covid test at home the same day. We’ll have some masks on hand for those who need them.

Access: the building has a ramp and an elevator to the room. The room is a short distance from the elevator. if you need reserved seating, CART, or other accommodations please let us know by emailing cheyennawebernyc@gmail.com. The film will include subtitles.

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About Onondaga Nation Land Care

Onondaga Nation territory is home to people who live according to their original instructions among the woods, waters, and hills of their ancestors. The Onondaga care for the land as a sovereign nation independent of the United States — including maintaining all the infrastructure and services that New York State provides to settler communities. That includes operating a highly trained volunteer Fire Department to respond to all fires and emergencies on the Nation’s land and to back up the volunteer fire departments in the surrounding settler communities.

As land returns to the Nation as a result of centuries of advocacy and relationship-building, the need for critical land care services like the Onondaga Nation Volunteer Fire Department only grows.

Fighting fires requires special training and equipment — and it’s expensive. In 2024 the Onondaga firefighters must raise $230,000 to cover ten protective suits that allow them to fight fires safely. Without any support from the state, feds, or county, Onondaga firefighters are relying on donations to meet this critical need.