A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The Ceremonial fires throughout the Haudenosaunee Confederacy will come together from September 30 to October 4, 2012 to put though the Kariwi:io Ceremony for the leadership and people of Akwesasne. This will start on a Sunday around 2:00pm with the host Nation (Mohawk Nation) greeting all the other delegates from the other Nations throughout the Confederacy. The visitors will sit on the Wolf and Turtle side of the longhouse. Akwesasronon will sit on the Bears and other clans side of the house. The host Nation ask for the invitation wampums to...
It was another successful year for the Native Earth Environmental Youth Camp (NEEYC) that was sponsored by SUNY ESF, MCA-Thompson Island Youth Camp and the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force (HETF). The purpose of the NEEYC is to bring together Native students across the Northeast region to teach them about Traditional Environmental Knowledge (TEK) and using western science and integrating the two to help mother earth and sustain our environment for the future generations. This year we had...
Introduction As Onkwehon:we (Native Peoples), we have a special relationship with the small plants and grasses. This relationship goes all the way back to the time of Creation. In this chapter, I will express our thanks and appreciation to the small plants and grasses by using the Thanksgiving Address (ohen:ton Karihwatehkwen). I will explain why the grasses are important and discuss their relationship and value to all of creation. I will also talk about why we need the small plants to sustain life on Mother Earth. By starting with the people...
On March 30, 2011, different families across the confederacy attended the Haudenosaunee Seed Exchange Workshop in Ohsweken (Six Nations) that was sponsored by Deyohaha:ge (two roads), Indigenous Knowledge Center, Joint Stewardship Board, Six Nations Farmers Market & Community Planning, Brantford Native Housing/Community Support Services, and Six Nations Health Promotion & Nutrition Services. About 75 people attended the workshop and got to exchange many Haudenosaunee seed varieties with the...
