A group of local middle and high school students spent a day this summer at Skä•noñh—Great Law of Peace Center in Liverpool. They were there to learn about a new curriculum that highlights scientific and ecological knowledge of the Haudenosaunee. The program is the fruit of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant to help teachers and students understand the importance of Onondaga Lake. The topic is close to the heart of religion department chair and Skä•noñh director Philip Arnold. “We’re talking about the indigenous origins of democracy, the origins of women’s rights, lacrosse, the indigenous food movement. All these things are important to understanding the past and creating a future based on indigenous values,” he says. Read more at A&S News.