{"id":76489,"date":"2017-01-10T18:41:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T23:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=76489"},"modified":"2017-01-09T19:24:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T00:24:25","slug":"doug-george-kanentiio-gives-talk-at-the-opl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=76489","title":{"rendered":"RECONFIRMED: Doug George-Kanentiio will speak at OPL Jan. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Doug George-Kanentiio is shown here speaking to the Syracuse University community Sept. 22, 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Iroquois prophecies for today\u2019s world”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Journalist and historian Doug George-Kanentiio will present a talk called \u201cWhat Iroquois Prophets Foresee for the World\u201d at Oneida Public Library on Wednesday<\/span> evening, Jan. 11<\/span>, at 7:00 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sparked by the current Native American protests at Standing Rock, N.D., over the proposed building of a petroleum pipeline through Sioux territory, George-Kanentiio will address how the Iroquois or the Haudenosaunee prophets and seers have foretold the environmental disasters that may face the world with carbon-fueled climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Iroquois society there have been prophets such as Skennenrahowi [\u201cHe Makes the Peace\u201d] and Skeniateriio [\u201cHandsome Lake\u201d] who have intervened during times of great social distress, bringing stability and direction based upon moral and political directives,\u201d George-Kanentiio said. \u201cEach prophet\u2019s instructions were meant to effect political action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nowadays, he added, the Iroquois people \u201chave looked to seers who can interpret dreams or perceive the future.\u201d Recent prophecies have concerned the prospect of natural disasters in North America, including massive earthquakes that will divert major waterways, cause tsunamis and sink coastal lands.<\/p>\n

George-Kanentiio, himself an Akwesasne Mohawk, will discuss how the warnings of the prophets, especially those of the early 19th-century Seneca religious leader Handsome Lake, reveal not only impending ecological catastrophes but also the ways and means for the Iroquois people to survive and endure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iroquois take all of [the Code of Handsome Lake] with sincerity and respond accordingly,\u201d George-Kanentiio has written. \u201cEach year those who adhere to his Code recite it in its entirety over the course of many days. Such is the Code\u2019s importance that at every social, ceremonial or political gathering the prophet is expressly thanks for preserving the Iroquois as a people.\u201d<\/p>\n

George-Kanentiio is the author of \u201cIroquois on Fire\u201d and \u201cIroquois Culture and Commentary.\u201d He is also co-author with his wife Joanne Shenandoah of the picture book \u201cSkywoman: Legends of the Iroquois,\u201d published in 1998. A graduate of Syracuse University and the Antioch School of Law, he has been an editor of \u201cAkwesasne Notes\u201d and a contributor to many national newspapers.<\/p>\n

The talk on Iroquois prophecy is free and open to the public. For more information, stop by the Oneida Library, 220 Broad St., or call 363-3050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Iroquois prophecies for today\u2019s world” Journalist and historian Doug George-Kanentiio will present a talk called \u201cWhat Iroquois Prophets Foresee for the World\u201d at Oneida Public Library on Wednesday evening, Jan. 11, at 7:00 p.m. Sparked by the current Native American protests at Standing Rock, N.D., over the proposed building of a petroleum pipeline through Sioux […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-libraries","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}