Museum & Science Center
Indigenous Peoples Day 24
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day at the RMSC. Learn about and celebrate contemporary local and global Indigenous cultures.
Activities will feature Indigenous-created content and activities. Learn about local changemakers from indigenous communities and their activism.
Event Highlights Include:
- Story Corner: explore a self-guided story corner featuring Indigenous authors. (11am, noon, 1pm, 2pm)
- Land Acknowledgement display
- Sensory Room: Experience low sensory input with a coloring station made up of Indigenous-created coloring sheets.
- At the Western Door: Discover the rich history and culture of the Hodinöšyö:nih (hoe-dee-no-SHOW-nee) people. Connect with their story from the past to present.
- And more!
Why do we spell it Hodinöšyö:nih?
haudenosaunee > Hodinöšyö:nih change
The RMSC has updated our current spelling of Haudenosaunee with Hodinöšyö:nih. The word translates to English as “People of the Longhouse.”
The spelling of “Haudenosaunee” is a version of the spelling that derives from its first use in English by Lewis Henry Morgan as “Ho-dé-no-sau-nee.” There are a multitude of different spellings, pronunciations, and translations within regional communities. The spelling that we have decided to use for the time being is a result of our consultation and ongoing work with Seneca communities.
how do you pronounce it?
Hodinöšyö:nih contains diacritical marks (e.g. ö) that help the reader pace the spoken word as “ho-dee-noh[long]-sh-oh[long]-nee,” which is closest to the current spoken language version of the groups we work with.