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The next University of Rochester Department of Psychiatry Summer Brown Bag Series presentation features Diane Schenandoah, artist and Wolf Clan Faithkeeper of the Oneida Nation. Join the department for "Creating Our Peace Within," a discussion on living in gratitude and our responsibilities to the natural world.

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CEUs and CMEs available.

About the speaker: 

Born on Onondaga territory, and the homelands of her father, Diane Schenandoah holds the responsibility of Faithkeeper for the Oneida Nation. She was born into the Wolf Clan and her mother, Maisie, was a Wolf Clan Mother for Oneida Nation. As a young woman, with the support of her artistic family, she pursued her love of the arts at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in ABQ, NM or “SIPI” and later the prestigious Institute of American Indian Arts/Santa Fe, where she was mentored by Chiricahua Apache sculptor Allan Houser/Haozous.  

Diane is an artist with many talents: creative writing, singing, and of course, sculpture and carving. Her art practice centers on a respectful and loving relationship with her materials of choice such as natural woods, clays, stone, and bone, all worked with a sense of care and attention that comes across to the viewer. Her sculptures of women, always tenderly depicted, bring focus to the significant roles of women as mothers, nurturers, wisdom keepers, and life-givers. And, her art is grounded in teachings and philosophies of Haudenosaunee people which she generously shares with all of us, granting an opportunity to learn more about ourselves and Haudenosaunee knowledge.  

In addition to being an artist and a leader within her family, Clan, community, and Nation, Diane currently serves as Honwadiyenawa’sek (One Who Helps Them) at the Barnes Center at the Arch, Syracuse University, supporting students by sharing Haudenosaunee principles and philosophies on wellness and well-being.  

Her art is represented and she  has won numerous awards in the collections of the Heard Museum, Iroquois Museum, Castellani Art Museum, Fenimore Museum/Cooperstown, and of course the New York State Museum