A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The Haudenosaunee Art Club at Salmon River was given a glimpse of what goes into creating beautiful pottery pieces. Last Monday, local Artist Natasha Smoke-Santiago gave a demonstration on smoking pottery – the final step in pottery. After the students create their pots or whatnots they are kiln fired, and after a period of time, they are put back into the fire. The pot is filled and covered with cedar branches and then covered altogether with wood chips. They are then set afire for a few m...
The Akwesasne Wild are a perfect 6-0 in National Capital Women's Hockey following a 4-0 win last weekend on Kawehno:ke. Their latest victim – the Russell Senior B club – put up a good fight throughout the first period, which ended 0-0. In that opener both sides had excellent chances as Akwesasne had four point blank chances to get on the board. Even when the Wild were shorthanded they kept the Russell team in their own end. Then, an early second period goal by Alicia Thomas started the sco...
In action last week, the Akwesasne Wolves upped their record on the year at 4-2-1 as they won their recent game last Sunday 5-0 over the Lady Devils. Vanna Thompson led in the shutout with two, while Taylor Armstrong, Amanda King and Haley Cree scored one each. Another rezz team – the Stars – were defeated by the undefeated City Ladies team, 3-1. Taylor Francis scored that lone goal. That came in the second half as there were three City Ladies players in the packed crease and Francis nudged the...
It was a close finale for the girls in the Cornwall Tournament. The Akwesasne Wolves Bantam girls skated side by side with the visiting team from Colbourne in the Kinsmen Hockey tournament held last weekend at the Benson Center. In their tournament finale Saturday they fell to Kanata 3-1. After a scoreless first period Kanata got on the board with a minute remaining in the second period. With eight ticks left in that middle period Akenhiio Lazore tied the game. There was no recorded assist but...
With 45 days left, the Snye Recreation is starting to look a lot like Christmas. The Annual Christmas Enchantment is this weekend and this past week the Snye Recreation Hall is taking shape for the big event. Starting last Monday individuals and organizations began setting up their colorful displays with many large ticket items up for raffle. There will be a sofa set, hot tub, power tools, vacation package, just to name a few, as well as smaller Christmas gifts. The viewing begins today,...
It was windy and cold and later raining, but that didn't dampen the spirits of students of the St. Regis Mohawk School as they held their annual Halloween Parade on Halloween Day. In addition to the march to show off their costumes, the school held a giant pumpkin contest and the kids guessed how much it weighed. There was a three-way tie and the winners were Heavon Thompson, Cecelia Conners and Kaydince King. The actual weight of the pumpkin was 613 lbs. and the closest guess was Mrs. Clark...
It was a couple of tough losses for the Wolves hockey program. Last Monday on Kawehno:ke the Charlan Rebels defeated the Akwesasne Novice B team 6-3. Teiowisatenion Herne scored twice in the loss, with Roman Castell scoring the other goal. Wade Francis picked up two assists. Herne's first goal came on the breakaway late in the opening period and was that period's only goal. The second period belonged to Charlan as they held the Wolves scoreless while netting four straight. Each team scored...
The Ice Pigs added another win to their undefeated season with a big 7-0 win over The Club. In an earlier game the Chiefs defeated Open Net/Ole Smokehouse 2-1. In the first game of the season for both clubs they were scheduled to play each other, but the Chiefs forfeited. The Ice Pigs now sport a 4-0 record for first place in the league while the Chiefs are 3-1-1....
The Akwesasne Wild won their game last weekend on Kawehnoke over Rockland 3-1. Denise Thompson opened the scoring in the first period as she tipped in a blast from Krystal Peters taken from the face-off circle. Near the halfway point Rockland’s Jenyka Brondon scored their only goal after a wild goalmouth scramble in front of the Wild net. Akwesasne had a big chance to pull ahead toward the end of the first period as they buzzed all over the Rockland net. Tia Mitchell grabbed the loose puck and circled their net twice holding onto the puck while...
The CISL now has more representation from Akwesasne as the Stars and Lady Devils are joined by the Akwesasne Wolves. That new team is composed of former Lady Devils and Stars players as well as local women who had joined Cornwall teams in the past. The Stars and the Wolves had already met in the first game of the season on October 1 and that ended in a 1-1 tie. Also that day the Lady Devils had tied their game 2-2 against Dr. Bosse Dental. A week later all three Akwesasne teams lost their games...
Akwesasne was well represented at last weekend's 34th Annual tournament. The three-day event was held at the Benson Center in Cornwall and one Cornwall team made it to the championship with Akwesasne players in their ranks. The Novice B team defeated Kemptville in that final with Anastasia Terrance scoring two. In the second period Cornwall led 2-1 but halfway through the third period Terrance's second goal was the insurance marker and they held on for the win....
Third time was the charm for Canyon Laughing. The NF Squirts player had two breakaways in last Saturday's game against Tri-Town. His first two were stopped by Tri-Town Timberwolves goalie Ethan Gibson. His third attempt came at the end of the third period as he connected to tie the game at two and that is how it ended. The game was played at Salmon River Central. Tristan Russel and Erin Landry started the scoring for the visitors with their goals coming on top of each other two minutes into the...
Local schools got into the dress up spirit a week before Halloween to support Red Ribbon week, an initiative to tell the kids to say no to drugs. Every day this week students are encouraged to wear red one day, wear funny hair the next and to wear their favorite jersey with other themes to follow throughout the week. On Tuesday those wishing to go trick or treating dressed as their favorite superhero, got a chance to break in their costume by participating in Superheroes day....
The school year is a little over a month old and the students were awarded for their hard work so far. Last Friday the Kawehno:ke School held their monthly attendance awards and to get the school year started they started the Student Council proceedings. The students who were running in the Primary and Middle school each gave speeches telling their classmates why they should elect them as class representative and Secretary. The common theme among them was bullying and what they would do to stop...
"Someday I wanna drive this big truck." That was the theme of the Touch-A-Truck event held last weekend at Generations Park as the children were invited to climb aboard various construction and rescue vehicles. The Holiday Helpers sponsored the event in the hopes of raising money for their campaign and the Fire Department, United States Border Patrol Services, St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police Department, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Ambulance and Lazore's Construction all chipped in to help. The...
The Akwesasne Wolves Bantam girls team were edged out by Ottawa 1-0 last Sunday in Cornwall. Despite several good chances throughout the contest including a big breakaway by Rayne Arenovich in the final two minutes the Wolves couldn't solve the Ottawa goaltender. Players for the Bantam Wolves include: Hailey Lafrance, Abigail Pennell, MacKenzie Lalonde-Shane, Emily Betourney-Kuhn, Miranda Richer, Kahrakwas Mitchell, Arielle Bisonette, Amy Betourney-Kuhn, Emily Eldredge, Rayne Arenovich, Riana...
The Akwesasne entry in the National Capital Women's Hockey league held their home opener Sunday at a foggy Anowarako:wa Arena. Some of the players had just come from a tournament in Massena and if they were tired after playing at least three games they did not show it. The Arnprior Aces were in town and got on the scoreboard early but that was their only lead of the contest as the host Wild scored three straight from Tia Mitchell, Jenna Merpaw and Olivia Cook, to go on for the 7-2 win. Cook...
It was a big night for the Salmon River Lady Shamrocks. They held their Senior Night and they swept their games of the night over Chateaugay. Fawn Jacobs, Tristan Cook-Hasty and MacKenzie Thompson were honored for the evening. Fawn Jacobs is the daughter of Josh and Fallon Jacobs and is pursuing a career in Psychology and has been playing varsity for 4 years. Tristan Cook-Hasty is the daughter of Shane Hasty and Carissa Cook, is planning on early childhood education and has been on the squad...
The two Akwesasne based teams in this tournament made it to the Championship game in their respective division in last weekend's Massena tournament. The FastBreakers girl's team made it to the championship game; however, some of their players skate for the Akwesasne Wild of the National Capital Women's Hockey League. Their season opener was at the same time so they were forced to withdraw so players could run to the Anowarako:wa Arena. The other Akwesasne based team in the Massena Dropping the...
The Can-Am Krush women's lacrosse team is taking a big step in showing the world our female lacrosse skills. Last weekend in one of their fundraising efforts for this trip to Hawaii the team held a softball tournament at the American Legion in Hogansburg. The teams were the Great Lei's, Deep Fryers, Warriors, the Gramblers, Dacobras and Multiple Scores. When it was over, the Gramblers won the championship and second place went to DaCobras. For most of the team this was the first tournament they...
Helping people finding a way to better health and enjoying some great local music talent. This was all at the American Legion last weekend. There was a music festival of sorts held and local musicians played original material and cover versions of famous artists. The event was to kick off the start of Garden Greens Organics – a healthy alternative store located at the Peace Tree Mall. The new store is owned by local entrepreneur Darry White. As soon as he gets some more capital going he will h...
The Anowarako:wa Arena was freezing cold as the ice is in the process of being installed for hockey. Outside of the arena it was crazy hot as the women took to the field for lacrosse. Ottawa U was in town last week as well as McGill University to take part in a mini-tournament with the CAN-AM Krush Women's field lacrosse club. The Ottawa area team is not sanctioned by the university and they are a club without a league. They travel around and play whoever is available. The two closest teams are...
The temperature was hot last weekend as were the bats at the Second Annual Tournament. In the end, the Snye Bums were crowned champs. The weekend was dedicated to Mitchell Sunday, one of the original Snye Bums, who passed away last week. In his honor a collection was taken up and the proceeds were given to the family....
Last weekend's temperatures in the high 80's meant the giant hog wasn't the only thing roasting. The ONKWE group held a benefit Hog Roast at the Tsionkwanatiio Heritage Center in Hogansburg. There was live entertainment by Ionawiienhawi Smoke, Theresa "Bear" Fox and DJ Hightower from CKON 97.3 FM. Sue Ellen Herne provided language lessons and there was a Horseshoe contest and a Vegetable Exchange and Giveaway. The featured event was the Hog Roast which was done up by Tyler Bucktooth and...
Fans of the Harry Potter movies and books got a taste of their favorite character and his world last weekend at Generations Park in Tekasonkarorens (Hogansburg). The event was sponsored by the Akwesasne Coalition for Community Empowerment. Various agencies got together and put on a themed festival of the popular character and they set up booths around the Walking Trail. Participants got a map and visited each booth which contained games and arts and crafts. These were relating to the series and...
