Alex Hamer Photo

09/08/2026

Last week I went to the NYS Fair and got to see some friends from Ganondagan State Historic Site

Guests can come and shoot arrows or have their speed checked at the lacrosse cage.

09/07/2026

Standing in Oneida Creek with Visit Madison County, NY. As the fall fast approaches the hills of Madison County provides sweeping views as well as ways to recharge away from the lights of large towns and urban centers.

09/05/2026

The Haudenosaunee Village Celebrates at the NYS Fair.

The newly renamed Haudenosaunee Village at the New York State Fair celebrated Native American Day on the last Friday of the NYS Fair. Dancers, friends and families travel far and wide for the annual gathering. For almost one hundred years the Haudenosaunee Village has served as a place for the publi...

08/31/2026

Looking back on the last decade in business we come to August 31 2016. Hickory Edwards, famed Onondaga water way adventurer aboard the Hokulea Polynesian Sailing Vessel.

It would be our second time aboard the Hokulea. The first, earlier that year when the crew came to NYC and a group of Haudenosaunee paddlers rowed out to greet them with a host of other Native people and allies. I had an article in Indian Country Today published from that trip.

This trip was to invite the crew to the Haudenosaunee Village at the NYS Fair that year, which they accepted.

Photo taken in Sylvan Beach where the Hokulea was docked before their trip to Mohawk territory north on an unpublished leg of their journey. The crew went to visit with the Mohawks as they helped the Hawaiian Native Language program decades earlier.

08/30/2026

Still got it, maybe the last time. Maybe.

08/30/2026

Last night Opus 40 hosted a benefit concert for the Akwesasne Freedom School. Among those that performed were the Kontiwenneha:Wi- The Akwesasne Women Singers.

08/25/2026

I Love it here

08/19/2026

Latest review from a client.

08/18/2026

Ten years ago. My life would change privately and professionally more than I could ever imagine.

In August and September I traveled to the Standing Rock Sioux territory to cover the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests. At the time I was covering the event as a photojournalist/corespondent for Indian Country Today. I would go on to cover federal court cases in Washington D.C. in regards to the fight...

08/16/2026

August 15th 2026-Venus chasing the waxing crescent moon to the horizon just after sunset over Oneida Lake.