A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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By: Jaclyn Hall The City of Cornwall was host to a one of a kind event, 'SacRED Songs, Singing for the Silenced' and organized by the Akwesasne Family Wellness Program and Seven Dancers Coalition. The first ever fashion showcase of its kind, the SacRED Songs, Singing for the Silenced was aimed more towards awareness than fashion. Beginning on Friday, May 3, 2019 red dresses were hung by Cornwall City workers outside of the Port Theatre. The red dresses symbolize all missing and murdered indigeno...
By: Jaclyn Hall The Center for Research on Health and Nursing (CRHN) organized and held a free youth paint night, on Friday April 26th. This was CRHN's way of giving back to the community and allowing them to come and do research in Akwesasne in regard to the high cancer rates in the community. Delia McDonald, one of the researchers who is from Akwesasne, stated "We had money in our funding to host this event, as a way to give back to the community. We did a little presentation on research,...
By: Jaclyn Hall The long-awaited Seed and Tree Giveaway took place on Saturday April 27th at the Office for the Aging in Hogansburg. Beginning promptly at 9:00 a.m., community members lined up outside of the Office for the Aging. The annual event has become more popular as the years go on. Organized by the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment, the event intertwines education on invasive species, recycling and gardening techniques among many other topics. All of the information shared during...
By: Jaclyn Hall Mohawk Council of Akwesasne held their monthly General Meeting at the Kawehno:ke Recreation on April 25th. The General Meeting was moved to a different district due to a community member passing in Kana:takon where the meeting was originally set to take place. The meeting began at 6 pm with a call to order and council attendance. A moment of silence then took place in honor of the community members who have recently passed away. Once the moment of silence was concluded, Council went on to accept the Agenda for the current...
By: Jaclyn Hall Throughout the week of April 21st to 27th, two artists, Bruce Boots and Victoria Ransom, put on a week-long art sale. The art sale took place at the Akwesasne Mini Mart, inside the vacant store front located on the right side of the building. Both of the Artists are from Akwesasne and have built quite the reputation for themselves as talented artists. Although many know who they are, not many have the opportunity to come and check out all of the individual's artistic work. To be...
By: Jaclyn Hall The Akwesasne Coalition for Community Empowerment outdid themselves once again, organizing this year's Masquerade. This year's annual Me and My Guy and Me and My Gal Dance took place back to back, on Saturday April 27th. The Masquerade, which was a free event for children from Pre-K to Grade 5 and the special someone in their lives. This is the 2nd Annual Me and My Gal Dance, and the 6th Annual Me and My Guy Dance. Having the Me and My Gal Dance is relatively new, but needed...
By: Jaclyn Hall The Snye Recreation Committee outdid themselves once again; hosting one of the most highly anticipated Easter events in Akwesasne. The festivities went on throughout the two-day weekend on Saturday, April 13th to Sunday, April 14th. The first day of festivities consisted of pie bingo at 2:00 pm and the Adult Bonnet/Cap Contest, which took place during intermission. On Saturday evening the Family Trivia event took place at 6 pm. There was plenty of fun to be had by people of all...
By: Jaclyn Hall On April 4th, representatives from several agencies and businesses were present during the most recent "Grasse River Remediation" meeting. The meeting took place at the Office for the Aging - Senior Center, from 6 pm to 8 pm. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be the agency overseeing the Grasse River Remediation Project, with involvement from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the New York State Department of Health, and the...
By: Jaclyn Hall A handful of tiny lions and ferocious felines graced the ice over the weekend at the Anowarakowa Arena. This year's Learn to Skate Ice Show debuted on Saturday, March 30th at 11am, with plenty of parents and fans of the young skaters showing up to watch. For the last 6 months youth throughout Akwesasne had the opportunity to learn to skate. Children ranging from toddlers to teens participated in the learn to skate program, practicing their hearts out to be able to perform for...
By: Jaclyn Hall Mohawk Council of Akwesasne's, Child and Family Services hosted their 6th Annual Empowering Families Conference. The two-day conference began on Wednesday March 20th, with keynote speaker Melanie Ward presenting throughout the day. The conference began at 8am with free morning snacks and registration. Vaughn Phillips opened the conference with the Thanksgiving Address and gave introduction of presenters. During breaks, participants used their time wisely and networked among each...
By: Jaclyn Hall The Ontario Power Generation has hosted their first "Women in Science Conference." The two-day conference, which took place on March 6th and 7th, was filled with remarkable women from the surrounding areas. Several women from Akwesasne made quite the impression on all the young women lucky enough to attend the conference. With the main goal of the conference being, "Inspiring young women to pursue a career in science," successful women practicing in the field of science gave...
By: Jaclyn Hall and Kaniehtonkie Mohawk Council of Akwesasne held their monthly general meeting, on March 7th at the Kana:takon School. The meeting was scheduled to take place in Tsi Snaihne, but the location was changed due to a community member passing. 1. Beginning at 6 pm, a call to order and Council’s attendance was announced. Immediately after, a moment of silence took place to honor community members who have passed away since the last general meeting. 2. Council Agenda Acceptance: accepted by Council. 3. Rules of Order: ‘General Mee...
By: Jaclyn Hall One of Akwesasne's best hoop dancers, Feryn King, has embarked on a new journey. King will be travelling abroad, doing what she does best, preform. King recently signed on with Cirque Du Soleil's "Totem", which is based in Montreal. Totem is a touring show by Cirque Du Soleil, that premiered in Montreal back in 2010. The show was written and directed by Robert Lepage. The theme of "Totem", is the evolution of humanity, from its primordial, amphibian state to its aspiration of...
By: Jaclyn Hall The long-awaited 2019 Akwesasne Children's Traditional Powwow is fast approaching. The Children's Powwow is set to take place on March 9th at the former IGA building on Route 37. This year the Native North American Travelling College has organized workshops for the children who would like to learn and participate in this year's Children's Powwow. Beginning on Monday February 11th, the "Boys Traditional and Smoke Dance" workshop took place at the Kawehno:ke Recreation. The...
By: Jaclyn Hall Many community members in Akwesasne have become more active ever since the close of the referendum for the Dundee Settlement Agreement. One community member, Marlon Johnson, decided to put together petitions for each current MCA district chief. Each petition has the name of the district chief and how many signatures it needs to remove that particular council member. According to Johnson, he is going by MCA's rules and the MCA election law which states there needs to be one more s...
By: Jaclyn Hall The 2019 Akwesasne My Sweet Valentine Senior Prom hosted by the CHASE Committee was held on February 14th. The event took place at the Office for the Aging from 12 pm to 5 pm. A light lunch was provided before the festivities began. DJ Jared Gray played all the greatest hits and some of our elders' favourites. The crowning of the 2019 Akwesasne Winter Carnival King and Queen took place at 1 pm. The lovely lady who was nominated Queen was Esther David, Abe David was announced...
By: Jaclyn Hall On a cold and windy night community members gathered in the St. Regis Recreation to listen to legends and stories with Dave Fadden, a seasoned storyteller. The event began at 5:00pm on Saturday, February 16th. The storytelling event was part of the 2019 Akwesasne Winter Carnival and was sponsored by the Akwesasne Tourism Working Group. Originally, the storytelling was set to take place outside by a bonfire, but it was a little too cold and windy. The event was moved inside where...
By: Jaclyn Hall Saturday, February 16th, was a night to remember. The long-awaited singing contest hosted during the 2019 Akwesasne Winter Carnival brought out some of the most talented singers in the community. This is the 4th year the Snye Recreation has organized "The Voice" singing contest. This year it was held at the St. Regis Recreation. The event coincided with multiple activities taking place indoors and outdoors, giving community members plenty of fun things to do. The Voice kicked...
Iehiá:tons: Jaclyn Hall Ne 2019 Ahkwesáhshne Aktsikhè:ta Ionkenorónhkhwa Rotikstenho'kón:'a Wa'thatinónniahkwe wa'thatirihwáhshnie ne Chase Raotikióhkwa wahonterihwahténkia'te ne Enníska 14 shískare. Ne Ratihiatónhkwa ne thotí:ions wahonterihwahténkia'te énkie tsi niió:re ne wísk niiohwistá:'e o'karahshnéha. Ohén:ton shontahontáhsawen wahonwatí:nonte. DJ Jared Gray wahaterennatónnion tsi niká:ien aonhá:'a ratirennanòn:wes ne thotí:ions. Tsi wahshakotinontí:iohste ne 2019 Ahkwesáhshne Akohserà:...
Iehiá:tons: Jaclyn Hall Tsi nikahá:wi iothó:re tánon iaó:tehkwe niwahsonto'ténhne onkwe'tà:ke raononkwe'ta'shón:'a wahonkia'tarò:roke ne Kaná:takon Tsi Ionten'nikonhroria'táhkhwa ahontahónhsatate ne iokarakaión:seron tánon okara'shón:'a skáthne ne Kanietakè:ron (Dave Fadden), ne tsi niwakenhnhò:ten rakaratónhkhwa wísk niiohwistá:'e tontáhsawen wahonterihwahténkia'te Entákta Enníska 16 shískare. Ne ontkaratónnion onterihwahtén:ti í:kare ne 2019 Ahkwesáhshne Akohserà:ke Ronten'nikonhrori...
By: Jaclyn Hall Many community members in Akwesasne have become more active ever since the close of the referendum for the Dundee Settlement Agreement. One community member, Marlon Johnson, decided to put together petitions for each current MCA district chief. Each petition has the name of the district chief and how many signatures it needs to remove that particular council member. According to Johnson, he is going by MCA's rules and the MCA election law which states there needs to be one more s...
By: Jaclyn Hall With the recent raid on local cannabis dispensaries on Kawehno:ke, community members have formed a “Peoples Meeting, which is open to all Akwesasronon. The meetings actually began the week before the raids at Wild Flower and AK420. On the day of the raid on Wednesday, February 6th, a meeting took place at the Wild Flower Dispensary at 4 pm and later in the evening, community members gathered at the Peoples Meeting at 7 pm. The meetings were well attended by community members giving their input and voicing their concerns. S...
By: Jaclyn Hall Mohawk Council of Akwesasne's Environment Division, along with St. Lawrence River Institute, hosted this year's World Wetlands Day event. The event was held at the Anowarakowa Arena on February 2, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Community members were invited to come and check out all the wonderful things that make wetlands so unique. There were several activities for families to come out and enjoy together. Iakwa'shatste Youth Fitness provided snowshoes for an excursion outsid...
By: Jaclyn Hall Recently, more information has been shared regarding the Dundee/Tsikaristisere Settlement Agreement. I would like to thank Cactus Cook-Sunday for taking the time to read my article and provide more information. As a reporter I wrote an Editorial last week which included the statements of the two main applicants on the class action appeals. Going into the whole topic is not easy, and we try our best to share correct information, which is subject to our interpretation. When...
By: Jaclyn Hall During the month of January, the Akwesasne Library has been host to a new "Brainy Baby Book Club" organized by the Akwesasne Zero 2 Six program. Once a week, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Akwesasne Zero 2 Six program makes the Akwesasne Library baby friendly. The Brainy Baby Book Club gives parents and caregivers an opportunity to allow their babies and toddlers to interact with children their age. Activities such as art, songs, snacks and more are a part of the experience,...
