HODI:TA:’ HAYA’ DAHA’
Tradition meets contemporary Seneca Art on common ground with Jamie Jacobs, Tonawanda Seneca Nation and G. Peter Jemison, Seneca Nation of Indians.
The words following artist’s talk are in the Seneca Language repeating the heading above. Our Language is Onondowagah Gaweno “The Language of the People of the Great Hill”.
Jamie Jacobs, is Turtle Clan and Tonawanda Seneca G. Peter Jemison, is Heron Clan and Seneca Nation of Indians. The Seneca are a matrilineal society Clans and Nation are passed along through the mother.
Jamie is the assistant curator for the Rock Foundation Collection housed at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. He is a highly skilled traditional artist, a speaker of the Seneca language and an orator for Seneca oral traditions and ceremonies.
Peter is the Historic Site Manager for Ganondagan State Historic Site, an artist, a curator, author, filmmaker and a Faith keeper.