A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Health and Wellness were the theme at this year’s Wellness Day at the Senior’s Center in Hogansburg. Thursday’s event featured many departments from within the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and Mohawk Council of Akwesasne. There was information about leading a healthy lifestyle as well as the environment, and other services in the community and outside. The event was organized by Deylin Jacobs and Lacey Peters, with help from Craig Fuller from the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino and Resort, who donated all t...
For residents of Akwesasne, meeting the needs of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other neurological disorders can be a daunting task. However, even more challenging is living on the northern portion of the territory, where access to services is limited. As it stands, families who reside on the northern portion of the territory are required to seek treatment outside of the territory, either in Cornwall, or in the US. With funding cuts on in the US, the ability for the Saint Regis Moha...
It’s summertime and one thing you can always expect to see are beautiful classic cars lined up beside the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino and Resort. On Saturday, July 27, AMC held its second annual Classic Car Show and had around 50 participants from New York, Vermont and Canada. The event was free for all to see, but participants had a $10 entry fee giving them a shot at either $100 or a $500 Best in Show prize. Entry was free if participants registered early. The day began at 11am with r...
If you were looking for good food and good music, then this year’s Ribfest was the event to hit. The annual event, held in Cornwall’s Lamoureux Park, was free for all and had many bands play, including Recording Artist Hoyt Hughes, and local artists like Switchgear. The real draw though, was the ribs! Teams from across Canada and the US brought their secret recipes for succulent ribs to Cornwall for the second time, and with more than 25,000 people coming through the gates each day, it’s clear...
The second annual Tsikionhet Onkwawen:na tanon Tsiniionkwariho:ten youth camp was held on Thompson Island last week, from July 22-26. The event featured workshops led by local agencies aimed at providing the youth with healthy messages and skills. The camp was open to youth ages 14-17. This year’s camp, which was the second year it was offered, was a joint venture of the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service and the Community Justice Program, with sponsorship provided by the Holistic Health Program. A...
On Friday and Saturday, July 19 and 20, Cornwall’s NavCenter hosted the Inaugural Canadian Golden Gloves Championship. Boxers, trainers and their families from all over Canada descended on Cornwall to participate in the first event of this kind for Boxing Canada. Better than that, the championship featured participants from Akwesasne! Isaac Benedict and Robbie Cook fought in the tournament representing Akwesasne fighting for Champs Eastside Boxing Club. The tournament ran from July 16-July 20 w...
The Human Rights Tribunal of Fallan Davis V. CBSA continued Friday at Nav Canada Center in Cornwall. Testimony was given by CBSA witnesses and Davis was not present due to continued illness and stress. Proceedings will continue August 26-29. The Tribunal is in response to a complaint made by Davis following a 2005 incident at Cornwall Port of Entry. Davis was selected to have her SUV scanned by a gamma ray imaging machine, and Davis alleges she was treated very poorly. Davis has concerns about the exposure to radiation she endured during the...
On Thursday, July 18, a presentation was held to show the film Flames of War, which is a 45 minute film about the war of 1812. The event began around 8:30 after some warm ups, and it opened up with an exhibition of traditional dancers and singers. The dancers and singers were from the Hotinonhson:ni Youth Group, and with 15 singers and several more dancers, it was quite a large group. The exhibition completed after a few songs. After the dancers and singers finished, local historian and writer...
On Friday, July 19, friends and family gathered to help Emily Tarbell by holding a benefit lunch and auction for her. The benefit lunch was $5 and included your choice of hamburger or hotdog and sides. In order to raise more funds for Emily, there were at least 45 items donated and they were auctioned off in a Silent Auction. As you may recall, Tarbell has been undergoing treatment for Breast Cancer in Valleyfield. She has completed 10 of 12 chemotherapy treatments, and once those are complete...
In a meeting held in the middle school library at Salmon River Central, the fate of Principal Alison Benedict was decided in a special executive session of the Salmon River Central School Board. Benedict’s ordeal has been spread out over the last month and finally the question of whether her tenure would be approved was answered during this special session on Thursday, July 11, 2013. The first portion of the meeting allowed community members to speak on behalf of Benedict, supporters, which i...
In an age of increasing uncertainty, one can count on death entering their lives at some point as surely as anything else. Even though we know it is there, and likely will befall someone we know at some point, often we are still caught off guard by a loved one’s passing. Even more often, the financial burden is the unexpected part of death, and funeral expenses seem to be only climbing. To help with this burden, community members aim to reinstate the Akwesasne Community Death Benefit. Emmy Mitchell explained that origins go back to the 1...
In a ceremony held on Thursday June 27, Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School graduated the Class of 2013. Due to the size of the graduating class, the ceremony needed to be split in half, with last names starting with letters A-K at 10 AM, and letters L-Z had their ceremony at 2 PM. This year’s celebration was a little different than previous ones, in that it had a first for Akwesasne: it’s first Valedictorian in Quinlyn Jacobs. Jacobs is the daughter of Julie Phillips-Jacobs and John Jac...
On Thursday, June 27, the Akwesasne Coalition for Community Empowerment hosted its Super Family Fun Day at Generations Park. There were families all having a blast in a drug and alcohol free environment, which was the aim of the whole event. The Super Family Fun day was the end of the summer bash for all of the groups involved, who will now pull back and take some time before their next event. The theme for many of the events put on by the ACCE over the last several months has been superheroes;...
On Saturday, June 22, at the St. Lawrence Center Arena, a mixed martial arts fight was held. Kaged Combat, which bills itself as the Capital Region’s premiere Mixed Martial Arts event, is based in Saratoga Springs and features amateur only events in the state of NY. The fights everyone was there to see were local heroes Derek and Brett Hart defend their titles in the 145 and 155 pound divisions, respectively. There were a few last minute changes to the lineup, but it was an action filled n...
On June 20, the Bank of Montreal Peace Tree Mall Branch held a barbeque to celebrate 20 years in the community. They served the usual BBQ foods like hamburger, hotdogs, cake and strawberry drink. The point of the BBQ was to show their appreciation for the community in which they serve. Jason Cameron, Aboriginal Banking Director for BMO said, “We have a long standing relationship between Bank of Montreal and Akwesasne.” As people stopped into the BMO to do their banking they were treated to foo...
On Saturday June 22, the Kawehnoke Recreation Center held their annual Family Fun Day at the Anowara’ko:wa Arena. The weather proved to be a problem but when it cleared up, activities got underway. Activities included an inflatable maze game with Nerf guns, a waterslide, a rock-climbing wall, paddleboats, circus city bounce house, a baseball pitch speed activity, an inflatable turtle, RC car races, and a train that rode around the parking lot. The weather did prevent a handful of activities f...
This year’s Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club End of the Year Bash was held at the AGBC on Friday, June 21. The event grew to include many more activities and saw involvement from more people and children. This year included two racecars belonging to Casey Swamp and Louie John Jackson Jr. They brought an activity this year which was a race car game with matchbox cars. There were also minute to win it games. In one of the games, kids strapped a pedometer to their head and whoever shook their head t...
In a lavish dinner ceremony held at the newly completed Akwesasne Mohawk Casino and Resort’s Winter Ballroom, the 2013 crop of inductees into the Akwesasne Lacrosse Hall of Fame were inducted. Peter Garrow was the evening’s emcee, and organizer for the event. The event began with the Ohen:ton Karihwatenhkwen, which was given by Faith Keeper Richard Mitchell. Garrow, Vice Chair of the Akwesasne Lacrosse Hall of Fame Committee, started off the evening by introducing Steve Thomas, Chairman of the...
Akwesasne’s burden with the border took a new turn, as a meeting between the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs and MPs from the NDP took place in Ottawa on Tuesday June 11, 2013. In attendance for the MNCC was Turtle Clan Chief Eddie Gray, Wolf Clan Chief Howard Thompson, Faith Keeper Richard Mitchell, Thatataho Sidney Hill, and Faith Keeper Rick Oakes, and advisor Phillip White-Cree. For the NDP was MP Anne Minh-Thu Quach, MP Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, MP Brian Masse, a representative for MP J...
At the Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday, an all you can eat pancake breakfast was held benefiting Danielle Terrance in her battle with cancer. Plates were $10 apiece and included the usual breakfast fixings. Danielle is currently battling stage 4 gastro-intestinal peritoneal cancer. Terrance is currently undergoing chemotherapy at the Roswell Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. Beginning at 5:30 in the morning, family and friends came out and began preparing for the benefit...
Another school year comes to a close as the grade five classes at the St. Regis Mohawk School celebrate the end of their elementary career in a ceremony held on Friday, June 13, 2013. This year’s class consisted of 67 students, all of whom looked wonderful as they accepted their awards and honors. The ceremony had guest speakers such as the Superintendent of the Salmon River School District, Jane Collins, and Carrie Garrow who is Executive Director of Center for Indigenous Law. Both addressed t...
On a rainy Sunday, the Bombay Volunteer Fire Department held its annual Field Days on Sunday June 16. There was a chicken barbeque to raise funds priced at $10 a plate. The fire hall was packed with people. There were raffles on items, and drawings for prizes. Even the rain couldn’t deter the community from coming out to support the fire department that serves them. In addition to the chicken barbeque, there were venders and a bouncy house for kids to play in, at $2 per child. Belly Buttons t...
On Tuesday June 11, the St. Regis Mohawk School held a ceremony to induct the first group of children into the National Elementary Honor Society. The gym at SRMS was packed with families and friends of the first 25 students inducted into the merit based society. The children were announced by name and after receiving their certificate, they took their seats on stage. Superintendent of the Salmon River School District Mrs. Jane Collins led the students in pledging an oath to the values of the...
On Thursday, June 6, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service held a situational based training which resembles a ride-along. The situation was two calls, which were staged to represent real crimes that officers see. Due to insurance concerns, students are not allowed to attend real calls, and this situational based training presented the next best thing. The purpose of the event was to give students interested in law enforcement a look into what real officers see by going on patrol with an officer,...
On Thursday evening, June 6, at the Akwesasne Cultural Center a fancy basket class taught by Denise Jock wrapped up its final session. Students completed two baskets from start to finish over the course of the classes. Beginning with cleaning and splitting the splint, all the way through to the finished basket, students learned the techniques to produce beautiful baskets. From the first bundle they were given, students shaved the splints and then split the splints into pieces small enough to...
