Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an official apology on behalf of the State of New York on Tuesday morning at the William Seneca Building on Seneca Nation land for the “atrocities” committed at the Thomas Indian School. P-J photos by Braden Carmen Governor Kathy Hochul issued an official apology on behalf of the State of New York on Tuesday morning at the William Seneca Building on Seneca Nation land for the “atrocities” committed at the Thomas Indian School.

J. Conrad Seneca, President of the Seneca Nation, spoke to a crowd of hundreds Tuesday morning before introducing Governor Kathy Hochul, who issued an apology on behalf of the State of New York.

Pictured are participants during an old style Seneca War Dance to honor Indigenous culture on Tuesday morning.

Hundreds gathered at the William Seneca Building for Governor Kathy Hochul’s visit to the site of the former Thomas Indian School.