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Philip P. Arnold is an Associate Professor of the Department of Religion at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, as well as a core faculty member of Native American and Indigenous Studies. He is the Founding Director of the , which repurposes the site that formerly celebrated the Jesuits coming to Onondaga Nation Territory in 1656-58. The new Center now tells the ancient story of the formation of the Longhouse tradition known as the Great Law of Peace at Onondaga Lake and its influences on American culture. The Skä·noñh—Great Law of Peace Center is a collaborative enterprise between the Onondaga Nation, Onondaga County, the Onondaga Historical Association, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and 4 other educational institutions in the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ area.

His books are Eating Landscape: Aztec and European Occupation of TlalocanÌý(1999);ÌýSacred Landscapes and Cultural Politics: Planting a TreeÌý(2001);ÌýThe Gift of Sports: Indigenous Ceremonial Dimensions of the Games We Love (2012) and Urgency of Indigenous Religions (University of New Mexico Press, forthcoming). He is a member of , an organization of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Peace Council. In 2007 he organized the  to discuss the legacy of Christianity in the destruction of Indigenous peoples. He is the President of the , which is a non-profit organization to support the work of the Skä·noñh—Great Law of Peace Center and other organizations and initiatives to educate the general public about the indigenous values of the Haudenosaunee.