Indigenous Peoples’ Day is on the second Monday of October each year, and this year SUNY Brockport has placed a special emphasis on Indigenous history, experiences and voices. SUNY Brockport sits on land that once belonged to the Onöndowa'ga Nation, or Seneca, so the events held on October 17 were meant to meaningfully address this fact.  

On October 17 in the Seymour Union Ballroom, Damian Webster of the Tonawanda, Seneca, Turtle Clan and Program Director for Honöta:önih Henodeyësdahgwa’ on the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, described his experience growing up on the reservation and what Indigenous Peoples' Day means to him.