11/08/2024 @ 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Join us for our annual celebration of our community members during the Red Jacket Awards.

The original Red Jacket medal is one of the most treasured artifacts in Western New York and was repatriated to the Seneca Nation from the Museum in May of 2021. The Red Jacket medal was presented by President George Washington to Seneca Chief Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha) in 1792, the medal bears symbolic imagery of the peaceful coexistence between the United States and Native Americans.

The Red Jacket Award
Honors individuals for unbroken devotion to the civic progress of Western New York

Scott and Kathy Bieler

The Owen B. Augspurger Award
Honors individuals for outstanding service to the cause of regional history

Tyler Bagwell

The Daniel B. Niederlander Award
Honors an organization for outstanding history programming

Buffalo Maritime Center
Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry

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