Category: Health & Wellness
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Daygots
ABOUT THE ARTIST Daygot Leeyos is from Oneida Nation of the wolf clan. A multimedia artist, emcee/poet, music producer, performer and gardener, she is halfway through a bachelor’s degree in cinematography. She studied music production at Dubspot in Manhattan and audio engineering at The Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, Ohio. She has traveled around the world…
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Seneca Scientific Solutions+
ABOUT THE FOUNDER Dean S. Seneca, MPH, MCURP, is considered a national expert on indigenous health disparities and teaches a course on the subject at the University of Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions. He is CEO of Seneca Scientific Solutions+, a public health and urban and regional planning LLC that provides capacity…
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Canoe Woman Herbs
ABOUT THE ARTIST Master-Traditional Medicine Life long experienced traditional healer by ceremony and knowledge of herbal protocols.Studied to be a nurse and found she needed to get to the root of problem so she meshed knowledge of the body with herbs and now provides clinical services in community. Natures bounty keeps her on her toes…
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Angelina Marie Hilton
ABOUT THE ARTIST Angelina Marie Hilton is an enrolled member of the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska and a descendant of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. She is a multimedia artist with a passion for photography and storytelling. In 2007, Angelina graduated from the Art Institute of California–San…
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Native American Community Services
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Native American Community Services (NACS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1975 to provide quality health and social services to the off-reservation Native American population in Erie and Niagara Counties. In keeping with our “Tradition of Caring,” we have since grown into a full-scale human services agency committed to helping the entire…
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Indigenous Health Coalition
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION The Indigenous Health Coalition honors the wisdom and knowledge of our Indigenous elders and our traditional healing legacies. We bravely cultivate and nurture a compassionate movement that sows seeds of health and well-being, while reaping fields of strength that ignite high quality holistic wellness opportunities for all Indigenous voices. We are transforming…
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Schenandoah Arts
ABOUT THE ARTIST Born on Onondaga territory, and the homelands of her father, Diane Schenandoah holds the responsibility of Faithkeeper for the Oneida Nation. She was born into the Wolf Clan and her mother, Maisie, was a Wolf Clan Mother for Oneida Nation. As a young woman, with the support of her artistic family, she…