A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The Arquette Family, Phillip and Donna, are fighting to keep their home. In a dispute with Akwesasne Housing Authority, the Arquette family was evicted over a past due balance of over $2000, but feel they were unfairly removed from the home they have lived in, and paid for, for over 22 years. This is especially relevant as hard times have hit us all, and some of us are more susceptible than others to financial strain. In attempts to come to an arrangement with the Akwesasne Housing Authority,...
At the Ontario Power Generation Visitors Center, on Thursday, March 14, IBM Canada along with SNC Lavalin, Bank of Montreal, and Engage Learning held the Ignite Camp. The Ignite Camp is an initiative in partnership with other organizations aimed at exposing aboriginal youth to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Careers. SNC Lavalin representatives worked with children on the topic of potable water availability. Using a water filter kit, each group represented a different country...
On Saturday, March 9, the Native North American Travelling College held a Children’s Powwow at the Akwesasne Mohawk School. With the intention of holding a yearly event that will occur every March, children ranging from infants to 13 participated in the event. According to Russell Roundpoint, the event was mildly competitive, but the focus was to have all the participants come away winners. On hand were craft venders situated in the hallway beside the gym. Also, Koi Express was there serving t...
Heart to Heart, Akwesasne’s fitness center held an open house on Wednesday March 6, running all day. In the morning CKON did a remote broadcast and throughout the day there were demonstrations, which included 30-minute spin classes, Zumba, and a “functional boot camp” which focuses on bodyweight exercises. Speaking about the open house, Roger Allen, Heart to Heart’s General Manager said, “this is to promote health and wellness, and we try to do two a year.” In addition to the classes off...
On Sunday, March 3, the St. Regis Recreation Center had a corn washing class taught by Sandra Fox. Families attended, and all adults were accompanied by a child, at the request of class organizer Johanne Jackson. Jackson would be sure to advertise for the class first before letting anyone put their name in to sign up, to ensure fairness. “A lot of adults called and I said sure, you can sign up, but you have to bring a youth,” Jackson said, adding, “It’s so nice too! The adults are teachin...
At the Tsi Snaihne Recreation Center on Sunday, a dodgeball tournament was held to benefit the Little NHL Team, which will be heading out soon for the Little Native Hockey League Tournament in Mississauga, Ontario. The tournament consisted of six teams for dodgeball and eight teams for the volleyball tournament, which was held on Saturday. There was an Indian Taco Sale as well as concessions sold, with all proceeds going to benefit the team. In addition, there was a raffle for an iPad Mini, and...
On Monday, February 25th, the Personal Development and Employment Program invited Indian Time down to their office to get a good look at what they are doing there. The program, led by Linda Lalonde, teaches many skills aimed at getting people working. Key to the goal of securing work for the people who are participating is personal enrichment, or development. In the course, the students learn skills like how to budget for clothing, and how to market themselves. Tina Lazore, a student in the...
On Sunday, February 24, the Char-Lan Rebels were able to hold on and bring the series between themselves and the Akwesasne Wolves to game seven. Char-Lan played well taking an early lead, scoring two of their three goals during the first period. Tyler Filion scored a goal from Quinlin MacDonell and Matt Gregoire to put Char-Lan on the board. Char-Lan scored a power play goal late in the first from Lawson MacDougall. Michel Lefebvre and Thomas Lang got the assist. Continuing their run into the...
On Wednesday, Seaway GM President Andre Lapointe presented a check for $1000 to the Akwesasne Minor Hockey Association. The Akwesasne Minor Hockey Association will be sending seven teams, along with their families, to the Little Native Hockey League Tournament hosted by Six Nations Minor Hockey Association, and taking place in Mississauga, Ontario. The tournament runs between March 10-14, 2013 and will be in the round robin format. Mark Terrance, who is president of the Akwesasne Minor Hockey As...
Archery is a skill that kept us alive and thriving for many generations, and Bennett King is going to bring that skill to a new generation. King is starting The Aimmo Archery Club, which takes his sister’s nickname and is a way of honoring her memory. King said he is just starting out and is getting the feel for things, and while all the details are still being worked out, he intends to start within two weeks. In the meantime, parents interested in getting their children involved should look t...
An Akwesasne youth is missing, and the family desperately needs your help in finding him. Timothy John Benedict-Leaf was last expected to be headed to Cornwall to go out with friends. According to his mother, Tina Benedict-Leaf, Timothy has been missing since January 31, and “it’s like he just disappeared, he just vanished.” Timmy is approximately 5’ 4” tall with brown eyes, and wavy brown hair that goes past his shoulders. His mother said that Timmy looks just like his brother Frank Jr. Timmy...
Saturday at the Anowara’kowa Arena, the Morrisburg Lions, playing just for pride after having not made the playoffs this season, and the Akwesasne Wolves playing their last game of the regular season, squared off and Akwesasne was in top form. In a near shutout, the Wolves beat the Lions 6-1. The first period saw goals from the Wolves at 13:18 from Dillon Barr from Teilen Celentano, again at 11:59 from Oakley Thomas with help from Alex Conroy-Terrance and Dominick Coyle, and the third goal c...
On Thursday, Mike Thompson was honored with a dinner at Sticks Restaurant. Accompanying Thompson was the Mann Cup, which people in attendance were allowed to see. The cup, which predates the Stanley Cup, harks back to 1910 and is said to be made of solid gold. Thompson signed his jersey, which will be displayed in Sticks, as well as a painting that was given to him for his achievements by the Burns family. Surrounded by his friends and family, the event marked a local hero being recognized at...
On Saturday, February 2, the Franklin County Music Educators Association held their annual All-County Music Festival, which was hosted by Salmon River Central School. The festival, which is comprised of schools from all over the county, included the Salmon River Central and St. Regis Mohawk Schools. SRMS contributed 5 girls, with 4 performing. The girls, prided on their vocal abilities for such a young age, are: Keera Oakes, Macy David, Irelyne Tarbell, and Libbie Tarbell. Autumn Benedict was...
On February 1, the Let’s Get Healthy Program celebrated National Wear Red Day with a local event at the Saint Regis Mohawk Health Services. The goal of Wear Red Day is to raise awareness of women and heart disease. Heart Disease is often considered a man’s disease, but women get it and it is also the number one cause of death and disability in women in the United States. Diabetes plays into this as well, making women twice as likely to get Heart Disease, as those without. Efforts to raise awa...
The Akwesasne Beauty Expo is coming to the St. Regis Recreation Center on February 13, 2013. The idea, according to Case Manager Corrine Johnson, has been in the works for over a year. “Just getting the idea, and the support and running with it,” Johnson said. “I started to think that we need to help our clients in a different way, like in the promotional sense.” The hairstylists came up over and over, and I said let’s support them because there may be some people that want to be hair stylists...
If you aren’t familiar with her, Nina Wilson is as entrenched in the Idle No More movement as the roots are of a tree. One of the original women who founded the movement, Wilson spoke at the National Day of Action Rally for Idle No More in Ottawa on January 28. I had a chance to speak with Wilson at a coffee shop near Parliament on Monday. Wilson hails from Southeastern Saskatchewan and the Kahkewistahaw First Nation. The Idle No More Movement started with Wilson along with Sheelah Mclean, S...
On Monday, January 28, Ottawa saw a march of people united in solidarity. Supporters of the Idle No More movement that has seen support worldwide, gathered at Victoria Island to march on Parliament on the first day that MP’s returned to the House of Commons in the New Year. The rally began in the same way as the previous marches, both starting and ending by crossing the portage bridge from Victoria Island. Continuing up Wellington, Mondays march had a quicker cadence than previous events, n...
On Sunday, a benefit brunch was held for SaraLee Skidders at the American Legion in Akwesasne to help pay for travel to Panama City, Panama to receive continued stem cell treatments. The cost for the procedure is quite high, weighing in at $31,000 dollars, but it is for 4 weeks of treatments and physical therapy afterwards. Skidders received the treatment once before in Germany and the cost was $25,000 for only one week’s worth of treatment and even that was enough to give Skidders the a...
On Sunday, the Akwesasne Wolves fell to the Casselman Vikings 5-2. The Wolves out-shot the Vikings, but couldn’t get the win. After the first period the game was tied 1-1 with goals from Mike Poapst from Dillon Barr for Akwesasne. Casselman got on the board late in the period with a goal from Adam Wensink with help from Jody Sullivan and Erik Just. The game stayed tied through the second period where the only thing to report were a slew of penalties. In the third period Caddelman opened up e...
In a surprising bit of luck, a Hiawatha belt made for the St. Regis Recreation Center and thought to be gone for good, was returned by a good Samaritan recently. The belt, part of a set of two, was made of stainless steel by Ian Seymour, and originally adorned the gazebo outside of the recreation center. The belts were there until one day the landscaper pointed out that they were missing, and that was over two years ago. The thief or thieves even left the bolts that fasten the belts to the...
On Saturday, January 19th, at the Anowara’ko:wa Arena, the Glens fell to the Wolves 4-3. The first period ended tied at one, with Bradley Massia scoring and putting Alexandria on the board first. Massia was helped by Istvan Cyr-Goralsky and Braeden Pearl. Akwesasne would answer with a goal at 6:25 from Alex Conroy Terrance assisted by John Nardiello, tying up the game. The second period was all Akwesasne scoring three goals to Alexandria’s one goal. First up was Michael Poapst at 19:01, all by...
On the Parliament steps, the site of the December 21st Idle No More protest, speakers began to address the crowd. The tone was similar across all speakers, where the overwhelming support was for Chief Theresa Spence, who continues to avoid eating solid food, existing on tea, fish broth, and vitamins. Raymond Robinson and Gene Sock, two men fasting right alongside of Chief Spence, addressed the crowd, as did Danny Matawabin, Spence’s Spokesman. All expressed a need for the meetings being held a...
The Casselman Vikings faced the Akwesasne Wolves at the Anowarako:wa Arena on Saturday, but couldn’t manage to take the game. The Wolves were first to score with goals coming from Alex Conroy-Terrance with help from John Nardiello less than a minute into the first period. Sylvester Bzdyl scored from Marc-Antoine Kamel and Derik Dionne at 5:22 in the first. Falling to the Wolves 5 to 3, the Vikings got on the board late in the first with a goal from Sam McLaughlin at 3:47. Casselman tied it up w...
On Saturday, January 5, both Native and non-Native people marched in what was billed as a peaceful march across the north and south span bridges in the territory of Akwesasne. Most marchers parked at the road beside American customs, and prepared to march. Beginning at around 10:30 marchers crossed the south span bridge, and a second group followed not long after. Both groups merged, and with singers and drummers at the fore, proceeded to march across the north span bridge over to Cornwall, Onta...
