“Once a Tree: Continuity, Creativity, and Connection” explores the multiple ways in which trees are deeply woven into Haudenosaunee/Iroquois culture, tradition, thought, and creative expression. The project showcases the work of 42 artists and over 100 fancy and utilitarian baskets, cradleboards, snowshoes, ladles, lacrosse sticks, toys, instruments, carvings, and sleds selected from the Museum’s extensive collection. Curatorial consultants: Terry Chrisjohn, III (Oneida); Preston Jacobs (Mohawk); and Shelia Ransom (Mohawk).
“Separated but Unbroken: The Haudenosaunee Boarding School Experience,” focuses on Thomas Indian School, once located on the Cattaraugus Reservation south of Buffalo and The Mohawk Institute near Branford, Ontario as a large percentage of their respective students were Haudenosaunee. Co-curated by Erin Keaton (Mohawk).