Researching Oren Lyons
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6664 people with the Lyons surname? In that year Lyons was ranked number 614 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Oren means "ash-tree" and is of Hebrew origin.
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Some Famous People called Oren Lyons
Oren Lyons
Oren R. Lyons Jr. (born 1930, Seneca) is a Native American Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan. The Seneca are one of the Six Nations of the historic Haudenosaunee Confederacy. For more than 14 years he has been a member of the Indigenous Peoples of the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations, and has had other leadership roles.
A highly recognized college lacrosse player at Syracuse University during his undergraduate years, Lyons later became increasingly active as an advocate for the rights of Indigenous peoples. He became a professor of American Studies at University of Buffalo.
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