A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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On Thursday, August 17th, 2017 Tsiionkwanonhso:te held a social dance in honor of their 23rd Anniversary. The Native North American Travelling College was present to sing, dance and explain some of the history behind the social dances to everyone in attendance. The residents were all brought out to the main lobby where they were seated and ready to enjoy themselves. The social began at 10:00 am with Tina Square introducing herself and the group from the NNATC, along with Ryan Hill who helped...
On August 7th, 2017 the Peace Tree Trade Center celebrated its 25th anniversary with the community. The Department of Economic Development hosted the celebration, while the participating businesses located at the Peace Tree Trade Center also made it fun for everyone. The celebration began at 11 am, with bounce houses and a BBQ free to the community. Victoria Ransom was also on site, doing free face painting and temporary tattoos. Community members were invited to do a scavenger hunt around the P...
On Tuesday, August 1, 2017, the 6th annual breastfeeding walk took place at the Generations Park. This year was different, as it was a breastfeeding poker walk. Registration took place at 5:00-5:30 pm, with a meal provided at 6:00 pm. Participants had the opportunity to visit the different programs that were set up. The programs that were set up at the event were Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Dental Clinic, WIC, ECDP, DSS's Foster Parent Recruitment Program and Healthy Families NY. Participants...
On Friday, August 4th, 2017 the Korean Cultural Exchange hosted their final banquet at Generations Park. The event was the final presentation and gathering after a full week of activities and festivities. The Korean Cultural Exchange arrived in Akwesasne on Monday, July 31st, and stayed the entire week. The group visited the JOM summer program several times throughout the week in the morning. In the afternoon the group would visit the Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club and in the evenings they would...
On Saturday August 5th, 2017 the American Legion Post 1479 held their 3rd Annual Homemade Raft Race. The day started with registration beginning at 11 am, at the old cheese factory area with a $10 registration fee to participate. Rafts had to be homemade with no motors. The homemade rafts were either racers or floaters, the racers had to have a team of 4 individuals 21 or over. There were several pit stops along the river with games for the teams to play. There was an adult drink provided at...
On August 6th, 2017, the Native North American Travelling College held their Annual Friendship Day. The day began at 11am with musical entertainment and food and craft vendors set up throughout the NNATC grounds. The event was a family friendly event, with games and activities for children and storytelling in between the musical line up. The Friendship Day turned out to be a beautiful day with an almost feeling like fall out. Many came out to enjoy themselves on their day off and community membe...
On July 25th, 2017 Salmon River Central School invited press and media to come and check out their new and improved auditorium. The tour started in the auditorium itself, with William "Bill" Seward, the audiovisual technician giving the tour. Natasha Jack, the School Business Executive and Angie Robert, the Assistant Superintendent accompanied Mr. Seward. Mr. Seward shared his journey to become Salmon River Central's Audio Visual Technician. When Mr. Seward first decided to come back to Salmon...
Swamp's Performance held their 5th Annual Cruisin' for Kids Car & Bike Show which took place at the old IGA parking lot, on July 22nd 2017. The event began at approximately 10 am with the car and bike registration. There were also a number of vendors set up for the event. Each vehicle had to pay a $5.00 registration fee, which allowed the owner of the vehicles to be entered into a contest for top 10 cars or top 3 bikes. The vendors also paid a $20.00 registration fee to be set up at the event....
MCA’s July General Meeting was held at the Anowarakowa Arena on July 20th, 2017. The meeting began at approximately 6:00 pm. The meeting began with a call to order by Grand Chief Abram Benedict, followed by a moment of silence in respect to members of Akwesasne who have recently passed away. Council attendance was noted, and because District Chief Troy Thompson was not present the Ionkwakwenion- Honouring of Taylor Francis, Iakokwenienstha Porter and Jenna Thompson did not take place. The MCA Council Agenda acceptance was followed by the r...
On Tuesday, July 11th, 2017, the Akwesasne community along with the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne and the Native North American Travelling College welcomed a group of walkers and canoers, who are raising awareness for river and water protection by walking around the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. This is the 14th journey for some, like Josephine Mandamin, founder of the Mother Earth Water Walk. Josephine along with others, began their journey in Minnesota with relay style walking and a carava...
On Monday July 17th, 2017 the Ontario Power Generation Center hosted an unveiling event on behalf of the mural painted by John B Thomas of Akwesasne. The mural was completed last year and has been on display since. The event was the official recognition of the artist who created such a beautiful piece of art for everyone to enjoy. The mural itself tells Akwesasne's side of the story when it come to the St. Lawrence River. A great deal of time and energy was spent on details that Thomas used in...
The beginning of Wellness Week started off with activities held at the Generations Park on Monday July 10th, 2017. One of the first community events on Monday held was a Family Kickball Tournament sponsored by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police and the Akwesasne Child and Family Services. Darius White and 2445 Organics was also set up during the day, giving out free Green Drinks for everyone to try. 2445 Organics had their grow trailer set up alongside Darius White to showcase their...
On Wednesday July 12th, 2017 the Akwesasne Wellness Week held the Pathway to Healthy Families Relay Race at the Generations Park as part of Akwesasne Wellness Week. The community event began at 4:00 pm with sign-ups for door prizes and at the end of the week, grand prizes. The Intensive Preventative Program, Traditional Support, Akwesasne Group Home, Preventive Services, Foster Care Home Finder, Child Advocacy Center and the Social Services Division sponsored the event. The relay race was set...
MCA's Community Health Program held its second cooking class on Thursday July 13th from 11:30 to 1:30 at the Kanonhkwatsheri:io Health facility. The purpose of the classes is to help children gain confidence and skills in the kitchen. Cooking and meal prep can also be turned into quality time with the family. The class promotes healthy habits, because kids are likely to try new foods and eat better. The children involved in the cooking classes are learning about kitchen and benefits that will...
On July 6th an opening ceremony was held at the A'nowara'ko:wa Arena for the 'Sexual Assault: The Roadshow' a travelling, pop-up, participatory art gallery in a shipping container. The Roadshow aims to raise awareness and change conversations about sexual assault. From the outside it just looks like a shipping container with graffiti all over it, but one thing that stands out as soon as you lay eyes on it, is the words drawn across the container "Sexual Assault: The Roadshow". It makes you...
There was another community focus meeting at the Anowarakowa Arena in regards to the Kawehnoke Corridor project on June 26, 2017. The meeting began around 6:00 pm, with a dinner provided to community members who attended the meeting. This meeting was one of many that have been held in the previous months to inform the community on the future plans for the Kawehnoke corridor. The community has been invited to multiple meetings and encouraged to give feedback and to see and hear for themselves what the preliminary plans are. The Federal Bridge...
Team Haudenosaunee and their sponsors put together a Family Fun Day on July 4th at the Kateri Hall from 10 am to 5 pm. The two main sponsors for the event were Hilltop Inflatables and Epic Night Entertainment, who provided inflatables for the family to enjoy and music for everyone to listen to throughout the day. There were also different activities set up like face painting, a mini volleyball court and soccer net to play against the athletes going to the NAIG games. Families were able to bring...
The Cornwall Collegiate Vocational School held its Grade 12 graduation ceremony on June 28th, 2017 at 7:00 pm. The ceremony began with the entrance of the graduates, while all their family members stood. Everyone remained standing for O Canada, which was beautifully sung by one of the graduates. The Masters of Ceremonies Mr. Paul Chisholm and Ms. Jennifer Suggars then got up and spoke some words of encouragement. They went on to introduce Akwesasne Mohawk Board of Education's Director Donna...
This is the first year that Akwesasne has been able to try out for Team Haudenosaunee. Thanks to the help of the Akwesasne Rep's, April Seymour and Denise Homer, for working as much as they have to make sure that more Akwesasne Athletes had the opportunity to play in the Indigenous games taking place in Toronto and surrounding areas on July 16-23. The northern portion of Akwesasne has always had the opportunity to try out for Eastern Door and North. So, it is a big deal that the southern...
On June 20th, 2017 Sheree Bonaparte celebrated the grand opening of her shop, 'Ionkwanikonhriiosne'. The store was a dream of hers for years; it took a lot of patience and determination for the shop to become a reality for her. You can see the pride and effort put into the shop, and the beautiful space itself. It's not just a quilting shop, but will function as a learning center also. Sheree plans on having sewing and quilting classes in the near future. As well as the two main classes that...
On June 22, 2017, a group of individuals gathered at the four corners on Kawehnoke, to raise funds to fix the longhouse that they love. It was brought to people's attention that the roof needs to be fixed. It only took a handful of individuals who attend the longhouse one day to raise over $4,000. Thanks to the generosity of Akwesasne and people travelling through for donating whatever they could to help. Now that the funds are there, volunteers are needed to help and fix the roof at the...
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne held its monthly general meeting on June 22nd, 2017 at the Tsi Snaihne Recreation Center. The meeting started at approximately 6:00 p.m. with a call to order, followed by a moment of silence in respect to the community members who have recently passed away. Next was the Agenda acceptance by council, followed by rules of order. The follow-up items were then discussed, from last month's general meeting on May 25th, 2017. 1. Nation Building will be asked to do a...
On June 23rd, 2017 at 12:00 p.m., the A'nowara'ko:wa Arena celebrated the grand opening of their newly constructed pavilion. The celebration began with a welcome by Tracy Sunday-Cook, and the Ohenton Karihwatehkwen by Kahentaienni. After the opening was finished, Kanastatsi introduced Kahnienkwinehtha and Konwewennarahkwa, who sang to everyone in attendance. The young ladies sang beautifully in Kanien'keha, holding the water drum on their own. The Founders were then acknowledged by the...
On Thursday, June 15th, 2017 the Senior Center held an Elders Appreciation Day. The day started at 10 a.m. with elders having the opportunity to get their blood pressure and blood sugar checked. There were informational booths set up throughout the entire day, some of the booths that were set up were the Seven Dancers Coalition, A/CDP Prevention Program, Adult Protective Services, Three Sisters Program and Stop Domestic Violence Program. At 11 a.m. the elders had the opportunity to sit and liste...
The Akwesasne Museum hosted a class by Alicia Cook, which was about Mohawk names of Medicine. The class was held Wednesday June 14th, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. Several community members took time from their busy schedules to attend the one time class. The class started around 5:30, with Alicia Cook introducing herself and what she does with the Akwesasne Cultural Restoration Program located at Racquette Point. She went on to explain what the importance of what natural medicine means to her and the...