A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Bueuno! Thanks to the nice people of Italy, the trip members from Akwesasne were able to add a few Italian words to their vocabulary. Not much, but tourist language. Thanks to a good tour guide, we were able to see spectacular sights. In Venice, participants were able to ride a gondola in the narrow water canals and dine at an outside café. The parts of Venice where there were streets were crowded with tourists, hustlers and beggars. The tour was able to take a two-deck boat to two islands....
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” The picture also confirms that the legend about Snye alligators is real. This unfortunate reptile was confiscated from a residence in Snye. The Conservation Office: Taylor Mitchell (Conservation Officer); Nathan Cole, (Jr. Conservation Officer) and the Compliance Office: Josh Mitchell, (Acting Compliance Officer) and Lelan Clute (Acting Compliance Officer) were involved with the care and control of the juvenile American alligator until it was tra...
On January 13, 2010, Mr. John Maracle, the Native Inmate Liaison Officer, conducted the first Sweat Lodge ceremony in a secure area within the grounds of the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre. Mohawk Council of Akwesasne administers a program for aboriginal inmates at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC). The Detention Centre houses approximately thirty aboriginal inmates, both male and female. Some inmates are from Territories of Akwesasne, Kahnawake and Tyendinaga. The purpose of the...