Chief Oren Lyons – Pathfinder and Wisdom Keeper
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Loading ...Faithkeeper, Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee, Six Nations, Iroquois Confederacy Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, New York. Member of the Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Oren Lyons is recognized not only in the United States and Canada but internationally as an eloquent and respected spokesperson on behalf of Native peoples. He is a sought-after international lecturer or participant in forums in a variety of areas, including not only American Indian traditions, but Indian law and history, human rights, environment and interfaith dialogue, and has received numerous honors and awards.
Chief Lyons is a tenured professor of American Studies at the State University of New York, Buffalo. Through his educational efforts, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution in 1992 that formally acknowledges the contribution of the Iroquois Confederacy to the development of the United States Constitution. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival, and is a principal figure in the Traditional Circle of Indian Elders, an annual council of traditional grassroots leadership of the major Indian nations of North America.
Chief Lyons has authored numerous books including Exiled in the Land of the Free; Democracy, Indian Nations, and the U.S. Constitution; as well as Voice of Indigenous Peoples (1992), and Native People Address the United Nations (1994).Lyons has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Syracuse University.
