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Article: CHIEF REBOUNDS FROM STROKE; IRVING POWLESS RESUMES A SPEAKING ROLE AT TONIGHT'S LECTURE ON NATIVE HISTORY.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2006
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Byline: Mike McAndrew Staff writer
Onondaga Nation Chief Irving Powless was a driving force for four decades behind the nation's efforts to prepare a land claim lawsuit against New York.
But last winter, Powless suffered a stroke at home that left him paralyzed on one side and unable to speak.
When the Onondagas sued New York just weeks later, the absence of the hospitalized Powless at that historic moment caused other Onondagas to choke up with emotion.
Tonight, after a year spent relearning to speak and walk, the chief, 76, will step back into the spotlight when he gives a public lecture at Syracuse Stage on the Onondaga Nation's ...