Iroquois traditionalist, orator, artist, and athlete
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Oren R. Lyons Jr.
Born
1930 (age 93–94)
New York, United States
Nationality
American, Onondaga
Education
BFA Syracuse University
Oren R. Lyons Jr. (born 1930, Seneca) is a Native American Faithkeeper of the Wolf Clan. The Seneca are one of the Six Nations of the historic Haudenosaunee Confederacy.[1] For more than 14 years he has been a member of the Indigenous Peoples of the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations and has had other leadership roles.
A highly recognized college lacrosse player at Syracuse University during his undergraduate years, Lyons later became increasingly active as an advocate for the rights of Indigenous peoples. He is the founder of the Haudenosaunee lacrosse team.[2]
He became a professor of American Studies at University of Buffalo.[3]
^"Department of American Studies Faculty: Oren R. Lyons.", University of Buffalo, College of Arts and Sciences.(retrieved 26 Aug 2010)
^Keh, Andrew; Kiehart, Pete (2022-07-27). "How Indigenous Athletes Are Reclaiming Lacrosse". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
^"Oren Lyons - Lacrosse". Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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