~ Madeline Schmitt My husband and I first visited the Fadden-family-owned and managed Six Nations Iroquois Cultural Center  [previously named a “museum”] in the northeastern Adirondacks in Onchiota, NY many years ago.  Onchiota is a blip on the map – a hamlet – that has been the home to the Fadden family for generations.  At the time of our first visit, the museum was a small building containing a wealth of primarily Haudenosaunee indigenous and indigenous history-related art

My mom passed away at the age of 95 last May. Born in 1930, she was a child of the Great Depression. Like so many other people of her generation, frugality was of utmost importance. If we didn’t want to clean our plates at dinner we would often hear, “Think of all the starving people in India!” Cutting coupons from the newspaper and magazines was a weekly ritual. She was very frugal about our use of energy also. Electricity was very expensive so space heaters were used scarce

This month’s blog includes reflections from PARA members about art and its role in their lives, in resistance efforts, and in building a sense of community with others. As I've been watching the indescribable resistance by the people of Minneapolis, I've been touched particularly by the many ways that art has been used to mobilize and inspire and express outrage and passion for justice. Images of thousands of people coming together singing protest songs has sparked engagement

On January 20, 2026, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney offered a stunning speech  to political and economic world leaders at the Davos World Economic Forum. He brought a courageous dose of truth and clarity to a world bedeviled by a situation some — not he —would describe by an aphorism attributed to Thucydides, “ The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must. ”   Not one to be stuck in despair, Carney addressed the “mid-level countries,” (like Canada), no