Stephen Henhawk (Gayogohó:nǫˀ/Cayuga)

Research Associate, American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program

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About

Stephen Henhawk is a first-language Gayogohó:nǫˀ (Cayuga) speaker, historian, and faithkeeper who grew up on the Six Nations Reservation in Canada. Many Gayogohó:nǫˀ people settled at Six Nations after being forced out of their ancestral homeland around Cayuga Lake. He now lives in Ithaca, and has been teaching language and culture classes at Cornell and with the Gayogohó:nǫˀ Learning Project. Steve is a Research Associate with Cornell’s Department of Linguistics and American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program.

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Stephen in the news

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News

October 4, 2023

Coming home: Gayogohó:nǫˀ language programs expand reach

Four Cornell-funded projects are expanding efforts to preserve and highlight the Gayogohó:nǫˀ (Cayuga Nation) language and culture, in western New York and throughout the country.

American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program