A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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On Saturday, November 17, Lead Horse and Neddie Thompson showed a documentary they made about their past two trips to Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A third trip is expected to be made shortly, as well. The DVD was shown on the Smart Board at the Seniors Center, and after just minor technical difficulties, the presentations went off without a hitch. Choosing to focus on the villages that typically receive the least support, because often the supplies start out in Pine Ridge and each stop the best...
On Friday, a puppet show was held at the St. Regis Recreation hall. The show, about Hiawatha as a young man before he follows a vision quest, was told using puppets by Catskill Puppet Theatre out of Oneonta, New York. John Potocnik and John Ryan performed the show for the crowd of families gathered. There was food and snacks for all those who came, as well as activities for the young ones like coloring pages and crayons alongside the big bowls of snacks. In the one act play, Hiawatha is...
Sunday’s game between Akwesasne and Morrisburg was marred by a steady parade of penalties. In spite of all that Akwesasne topped Morrisburg 6-1. The game ran about 45 minutes longer than usual, just due to the sheer number of penalties. This game follows the loss of Morrisburg co-owner and president, Ron Casselman, who passed away a few days prior, on Tuesday. Morrisburg was able to score their only point in the first period with 7:24 to go. Grant Cooper scored the Lions only point with help f...
Versatile artists Filfred Tahy and his wife Shirelle are located on Cornwall Island and own Tahy’s Fine Art & Design. Filfred is from the Dine’ Nation, and Shirelle is from Akwesasne. Both Filfred and Shirelle are artists, with Shirelle working on painting, beadwork, moccasins, and sculpture. Filfred, who is self taught, works in a variety of mediums as well, ranging from acrylic, pencil, charcoal, ink. He is now focusing more on his graphic design work--which has his artwork on merchandise, lik...
On Friday November 16th, SRMT Environment Department’s Solid Waste Management Program will be holding an event to celebrate and raise awareness of National Recycling Day. This will be the Solid Waste Management Department’s first Recycling Day, and the event will run from 10am-2pm. There will be information and displays on what the program does, like the waste lamp and e-waste initiatives. You can bring down that old TV with you on Friday and have it disposed of. The event will showcase all the services the program offers. There will also be pr...
On November 9th through the 11th, the St. Lawrence Arts Council held its 25th annual Studio Tour. The tour ranges from Parishville to Akwesasne, and includes some 20 sites along the way. In Akwesasne, artists and crafters gathered at the Seniors Center to display and sell their goods. By my count there were about 12 vendors there Saturday for the studio tour. There were prints for sale by artists like Jordan Thompson and Natasha Smoke-Santiago. Lois Thomas showed off six of her paintings on her...
On Thursday, November 8th, the Cornwall Regional Task Force RCMP Detachment held an open house to introduce the public to what the task force does. Const. Jean Juneau is the Crime Prevention and Media Relations Officer, and gave the presentation Thursday evening. Beginning at 6:45 Juneau began his presentation, which introduced the duties of the Regional Task Force, as well as who is involved and what the purpose of the Task Force is. “This is the first time the RCMP has opened their doors f...
Akwesasne’s goalie Cam Turcotte was bulletproof on Saturday getting his second shutout of the season. The Akwesasne Wolves topped the Brockville Tikis on Saturday at the A’nowara’kowa Arena with a score of 7-0. Akwesasne took more shots on goal with 38 to Brockville’s 27. Scoring came in all three periods for Akwesasne. The first period saw goals from Dillon Barr at 10:48, Hiio Herne at 14:34, and Marc Kamel with 2:42 left. Barr received help from Dom Coyle and Teilen Celentano. Derik Dionne...
On Friday, November 2nd, at the Ft. Covington Seniors Center, a presentation about the War of 1812 was given. The presentation was given by Author Jack Bilow, and comes after the completion last fall of his second book, A War of 1812 Death Register: Whispers in the Dark. Finger foods and refreshments were provided. The content of the presentation pertained to the casualties from the area during the War of 1812, of which Ft. Covington had most succumb to cholera. Bilow said, “Ft. Covington p...
On Saturday, November 4th, at the Methodist Church in Hogansburg, there was a coat give-away, craft sale and food sale. When you first walked in there were several donated coats hung over the pews in the church, which were available for those who needed a good warm jacket. The rest of the goings on were found in the lower level of the church. In the basement, there were several tables and chairs arranged giving a place to sit and sample some of the food available. They had goulash, chili, and...
On Saturday November 3rd, a Power Wheels Racing event was held at the Akwesasne Mohawk School. Kids drove the power wheels around a track made out of small orange cones. The kids did laps around the track in one direction and then they were turned around and did the course in reverse. The race started a little late because they got into the building later than they had wanted to, but by 2:30 the kids were just about finished. The event was for children 3-8 years olds. The event was organized by...
The community will get its first peek at the long-awaited expansion of the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino starting soon. The newly renovated Cascades Lounge, expanded gaming floor, and high limit room will be open to the public beginning November 8th at 2pm. This opportunity is keeping with tradition at AMC, as a soft opening gives the community time to see the new facilities before the grand opening on November 15. For November 8th, you can expect to see all the machines from the current Cascades...
In Jr. B Hockey Saturday, the Akwesasne Wolves beat the Alexandria Glens with an overtime goal by Dillon Barr at 2:49. Barr was helped by Dom Coyle and Teilen Celentano. The Wolves got a massive oppurtunity in OT to keep them in it, and allowed them to go on to score. Barr also opened it up for the Wolves by scoring the first goal of the game at 2:26 in the first. Marc Kamel and Dom Coyle got the assist. The Wolves scored two in the second period. The first goal came 27 seconds in and the...
On Saturday, the Snye Recreation Hall held its annual Halloween Party. The gym at the rec. was full of families with their costumed ghoulies. On the way in, tickets were given for door prizes. Sweets, snacks and other refreshments were for sale. Ahead of the costume contest there was a contest to pick the new faces for SRMT Environment’s Spokes-characters, Tiio and Kwis. In the role of Kwis, Dallas Caldwell was selected in the 18 and over category. Nolan Jacobs was picked as the new Tiio. A y...
On Thursday night, at the Snye Recreation hall, Dr. Neil MacDonald gave a lecture on the Indian Act, which was sponsored by the Entewatatha:wi Program. A dinner, including desert, was served preceding the lecture. Healthy conversation amongst the community members present was had around the tables before the lecture started. Dr. MacDonald, a leading Canadian Educator in the field of Aboriginal awareness, spoke on a variety of matters, all having to do with the Indian Act. The main subjects were...
On Thursday October 25th, Victim Services of Stormont, Dundas, Glengary, and Akwesasne held an open house. In a joint open house with their neighbor’s Sani-sol, a cleaning company located below Victim Services, the agency saw some 60 people attend. A barbeque with refreshments was offered to attendees, as well as door prizes. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness. According to Kayla Dumoulin, Volunteer Coordinator for Victim Services, “we wanted to promote services and get our nam...
On Saturday, October 27th the Akwesasne Wolves squared off against the Westport Rideaus at the A’nowara’ko:wa Arena. The Wolves kept a close game but Westport topped Akwesasne at home with 6 goals in the third period to Akwesasne’s one, winning 9-5. The Rideaus scored two and a half minutes into the first period to put the score at one, but Mark Antoine Kamel answered nine minutes into the first period to tie it up for the Wolves. The second saw goals from Alex Terrance, Dominick Coyle, and O...
This Saturday, the Tarbell Management Group held its annual Halloween party at Bears Den West, the location of Tim Horton’s and Papa Johns. According to Director of Retail Operations, Brian Printup, about 90 children came to the event because “we went through all of our door prize bags.” Originally scheduled to run until 8pm, the kids dictated the speed that the activities were completed and the event wrapped up a little early at 6pm. Activities included the mummy wrap, where one child stood...
On Monday, families gathered at the St. Regis Recreation Hall to compete in a family pumpkin-carving contest. This was the fifth annual family pumpkin-carving contest. There were at least 19 families who participated, and even more arrived after I left. The parking lot was nearly full. Those attending were busy carving up their orange canvases to make something frightful and hopefully win one of three prizes. All three gift baskets were filled to the brim with family friendly activities like...
It’s that time again, Cooking Up Fun With Families is gearing up to hold a winter series. Classes will start on November 6th at 5 PM. As before, the classes will be held every Tuesday and the classes will be spread over 7 weeks. Each class will deal with a nutritional or food safety issue like knife safety or healthy meal planning. As before, classes will be held in the same location, the Saint Regis Mohawk Health Services Lounge. According to Kim Lauzon McElwain, “children ages 7-12 are wel...
On Saturday, an event 400 years in the making took place-Kateri Tekakwitha was made a saint, along with six others that were also canonized at a ceremony at St. Peters Square in Vatican City, Rome. A number of Akwesasronon traveled to Italy to see the ceremony and be part of history in the making, but many more were unable to make the trip for a variety of reasons. For those that could not travel, the ceremony was broadcast for anyone to see at different locations including the Akwesasne Mohawk...
Friday evening at the St. Regis Recreation Hall, teenagers were invited to come out and try their wills in the Zombie Fear Factor. Competitors had their choice of 10 different dishes, some marked puke, brain chunks, cat food, snot, toenail soup, zombie hearts or even zombie guts. The youth competed in a three round elimination with the last round being the Fear Factor Garbage Plate, and as I write this I am having a hard time imagining eating all that awful stuff. The garbage plate contained...
“Got Your Back,” an album by Alex Jacobs and Janet Rogers, is now up for consideration ahead of nominations at this year’s Native American Music Awards Show on November 30th. Jacobs is from Akwesasne, and now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) and the Kansas City Art Institute. Jacobs works with fabric to create quilt fabric on canvas pieces, which invoke social and familial elements from his life, and blend techniques harke...
Last Thursday, the Akwesasne Sky Warriors had a presentation of a movie showing the progress the Sky Warriors have made. The Sky Warriors are the first team from Akwesasne and the Northeast to play stickball, a medicine game popular in the South. To coincide with the film, dinner was served, which consisted of baked ziti, fry bread, cake, candied apples, and strawberry drink. In addition to the film presentation, the purpose for the evening was to award new pairs of handmade sticks to the...
Heart to Heart Fitness had a harvest celebration, which took place Tuesday. Heart to Heart’s harvest celebration is an open house with the theme of harvest day. The purpose of the event is to showcase the services that Heart to Heart Fitness has to offer. During the celebration on Tuesday only, people could come use the gym for free, all classes were free, and they were eligible for a reduced membership deal where 3 months membership only cost $99. Also as part of the celebration, there were H...
