"Art, Science and Culture of Lake Ontario," in honor of Salmon Celebration Day, will run from 3 to 6:30 pm on Wednesday, March 25, in the Hewitt Hall Ballroom with renowned Haudenosaunee storyteller Perry Ground and a variety of related hands-on activities.
Co-hosted by SUNY Oswego's branch of New York Sea Grant and SUNY Oswego's Cinema and Screen Studies Department, the event is free and open to the community. Free snacks will be available.
The day will feature several interactive tables for students to create art such as tote bags and block prints, view fish scales under microscopes, read displays and more from 3 to 5 p.m.
Ground, a Turtle Clan member of the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, will share stories from the Haudenosaunee people with a special emphasis on water and fish from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. He has been telling stories for over 25 years as a means of educating people about the culture, beliefs and history of the Haudenosaunee. Ground learned many of the stories he shares from elders of Native American communities and feels that practicing and perpetuating the oral traditions of Native people is an important responsibility.
Professionally, Ground has worked in several museums including The Children’s Museum of Houston, Sainte Marie among the Iroquois and Ganondagan State Historic Site. Also, he worked for the Rochester City School District for many years. He has shared his stories in countless museums, libraries, classrooms and festivals throughout the northeast and has guest lectured at numerous colleges.
Ground served as the Frederick H. Minett Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2021-22 academic year.
Persons with disabilities, needing accommodations to attend this event, should contact deater@oswego.edu in advance.
-- Submitted by Cinema and Screen Studies