ethnology

On Sunday, Mother’s Day, we give respect and love to all who serve in the role of mother everywhere. Mother’s Day in America was created by Anna Jarvi...

HINSDALE — There is a lot of history and lore surrounding the Keller Hill area of Hinsdale and thanks to William Wesler, who lived almost 200 years ag...

ALFRED — A U.S. Department of Education report indicates that Alfred State College is performing well when it comes to graduation rates among all stud...

OLEAN – How cool would it be to be standing on the sidewalk in Olean, and see an Orange County Chopper, designed to look like SpaceX, drive by? Earlie...

Americans should be grateful for Nicholas L. Waddy’s latest column, “Black Lives Matter … Some of the Time.” Waddy points out that the Black Lives Mat...

Editor’s Note: This commentary, the result of a collaboration between the Olean Times Herald and interviewer Marcia Kelly, gives voice to area people ...

WATKINS GLEN (TNS ) — When entering the gymnasium at Watkins Glen High School’s field house, fans are greeted by a mural that reads “Welcome to the Se...

Nicholas Waddy’s column in the Times Herald on June 6 (“Racial Grievance is the Lifeblood of the American Left”) states, “The burden is on each and ev...

I need to preface this column with a clear, straight-forward comment which should be obvious to everyone. There are violent looters, arsonists and thu...

SALAMANCA — The Onöhsagwë:de’ Culture Center, the new home of the Seneca Iroquois National Museum, will celebrate its first anniversary Sunday from 10...

On this day, St. Patrick’s Day, it is certainly worth noting that Olean and the surrounding area have a strong connection to Ireland. Many Irish emigr...

SALAMANCA — Few items in American history symbolize the troubled relationship between the United States and Indigenous Nations more than Seneca Chief ...

SALAMANCA — After nearly three years since its official groundbreaking ceremony, the Seneca Nation of Indians’ Deyonohgë:dë Cultural Center is set to ...

In Friday’s State & Union, we related how a pipe tomahawk, a gift from President George Washington to the Seneca leader Cornplanter in 1792, had been ...

An 18th century Native American tomahawk gifted to Cornplanter, the respected Seneca leader, by President George Washington in 1792 has been returned ...

Christmas is the most commercially successful holiday in the United States. The second-most successful? Halloween. And with young people and adults se...

Remember to “spring ahead” and set your clocks one hour forward tonight for daylight savings time, which takes effect officially at 2 a.m. Sunday. Day...

The race against the clock to find homes for seven dogs at the Newton County (Ind.) Animal Shelter is underway. Iroquois County Animal Rescue (ICARe),...