A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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By Mahlon Smoke American Legion Post 1479 – With so many people fighting against or have lost their battle with cancer, families, friends, and patients themselves need lots of support. Through the collaborative efforts of Tina's Pride, Akwesasne Cancer Support Group, and Caring Hearts money was raised for cancer research and to help people who battle it now. The Jamboree was held June 8th at the American Legion from 11am till closing. Full of music, food cooked by Jonathan Lazore, and a M...
By Mahlon Smoke Chairperson: Chief Beverly Cook Previous Action Items • Charging Business for Water - Completed. “At this time, the Tribe is fortunate to fund the Water Department fully. Council wishes to avoid passing a water cost onto the consumer and community. The Tribe will not be moving forward on this action item. However, if the Tribe’s financial position changes, Council may look into it again in the future.” • Request to find out how much of the NYS Department of Transportation money was spent on maintaining reservation roads - I...
By Mahlon Smoke Route 37 - A new ice cream shop has opened in Akwesasne that offers plenty of sweet treats for everyone and with summer just around the corner the thought of cold, sweet ice cream comes to mind: to share with the family or by themselves, ice cream will always be a sweet frozen treat. Sugar Bebe's has been a catering business for all types of sweets; like cotton candy, candies, snow cones, and more at events throughout Akwesasne, this new venture will be an exciting next step for...
By Mahlon Smoke Tewathahita Walking Trail - Many statistics over the years have uncovered how many people suffer from sexual assault. In the United States alone, one in three women and one in six men experienced some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetime. But with so many lost and confused, what is one to do? Since April was Sexual Assault Awareness month different programs from around Akwesasne joined together once again, to bring awareness, inform, educate and encourage people abou...
By Mahlon Smoke A`nowara`ko:wa Arena. One of the first domesticated animals that humanity used for farming, milking and more were goats. While often referred to as “the poor man’s cow,” goats are multi-purpose animals, used for milk, meat, and fibers; thus making goat farming a profitable business. Goats are easy to herd, easy to carry, and can be trained similar to dogs. This is why Norma Winters went into goat farming. On a trip to Vermont Winters fell in love with the goats she saw there and decided to start farming them with her famil...
By Mahlon Smoke Kawehno:ke Rec. Center. Earlier this year, the Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) introduced a machine-readable zone (MRZ) for Secure Certificate of Indian Status (SCIS) cards. This is to help simplify the ports of entry between the Canadian and United States borders, especially for the community of Akwesasne. In order to answer any questions and concerns that community members might have about the new Status Cards, the new MRZ, and how it will affect traffic; representatives from Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) presented a compr...
By Mahlon Smoke Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club - Rain drizzled down as young children watched Teiohontsiakwenhte Skidders set up a trap in a demonstration of how he catches skunks. One of the children poked a stick into the trap and laughed when it went off, denting the stick and showing them how dangerous it is - but effective for capturing skunks. Skidders displayed a dead skunk and would go on to explain how to cut it up, drain the fat, and make skunk oil. Saturday's demonstration is part of...
By Mahlon Smoke St. Regis Tribal Building - The opening of the new St. Regis Administration Tribal building Ionkwakiohwaroron has awed and amazed almost every community member who has entered it. A large and spacious building decorated along the walls with stone tiling, checkerboard floor tiles, and open, yet still barren, display cases. This hasn’t gone unnoticed by the staff at the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, with communications, Executive Directors, and Tribal Council teaming up with 3Feathers Design to ask the community what they wish to see i...
By Mahlon Smoke Old IGA Building – With the seasons soon to change and the sun melting the winter snow away, the Annual Children's Powwow begins with everyone gathering at the old IGA Building filled to the brim with vendors, food, raffles and fundraisers. Registration went from 10:00am to 12noon for all children dancers from fancy dancers to jingle dancers to hoop dancers and more. Many have practiced for weeks for this moment to show their moves to hundreds of proud parents, family members a...
By Mahlon Smoke IOHAHI:IO ADULT EDUCATION CENTER – For any recent high school graduate, finding a career can be a difficult thing to do and is sometimes overwhelming. With so many job options and choices, one that might slip under the radar is the Trades. Welding, ironwork, plumbing, and more are all important jobs that many people may not consider when looking for their career. Trades are a demanding, yet rewarding, career choice. Promoting these careers is the Akwesasne Area Management B...
By Mahlon Smoke ST. REGIS RECREATIONAL CENTER – Akwesasne has a variety of talented fashion designers all of who draw influence from the traditional Mohawk clothing. To support and showcase the many talents of these designers, the Akwesasne Winter Carnival hosted a Traditional Clothing Fashion Show. Models of all ages (from children to elders) showed off designs from ribbon skirts, to shirts, to jewelry and modern takes on traditional Mohawk dresses and more. The designers of this fashion s...
By Mahlon Smoke ST. REGIS RECREATIONAL CENTER – The importance of self-defense is something that can be taught to anyone young or old in order to defend themselves from attackers. So, to get some people started, Phillip White of the tribal police was asked to teach a class on basic strikes and ground fights. Each technique is meant to help the students how to best protect themselves if someone is trying to attack them. White also helped some of the younger students by teaching them cross jabs a...
By Mahlon Smoke ST. REGIS RECREATION CENTER – On a beautiful night, a bonfire was started, and everyone gathered with snowshoes strapped on their feet for a snowshoe walk along the St. Lawrence River. From handmade snowshoes to more modern shoes, everyone was welcomed to join this event that was being led by Iakwashatsete Youth Fitness, with head lamps and door prizes provided by SMART Akwesasne. Snowshoers followed one of the leaders who wore red lights to indicate where to go. Across the f...
By Mahlon Smoke AKWESASNE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB – February is considered by many to be the month of love. As well, February is also called 'Teen Dating Violence Awareness' month. The Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club celebrated this month by hosting the ABGC Teen Dance during the 2019 Akwesasne Winter Carnival. The Teen Dance provided games and activities that promotes awareness and safe dating practices for teens who are entering the 'dating age'. The night started with a very informative p...
By Mahlon Smoke ST. REGIS RECREATION CENTER – At 12:30 pm, the Akwesasne Winter Carnival held a race between three babies to see who is the fastest baby crawler in Akwesasne. The race would have one adult at one end of the 'race track' with another adult calling to the baby and encouraging the baby to crawl to them. Once the race began, the winner was quickly declared as Kingsly Lazore who became the fastest baby crawler in Akwesasne. Afterwards, toddlers from ages 1 to 2 years old were c...
By Mahlon Smoke AKWESASNE CLUBHOUSE – Every Wednesday from 5 pm to 8 pm, Akwesasne youth come to the Akwesasne Clubhouse with different beading projects: from pendants to tobacco pouches, to beaded lanyards, or a pair of earrings. This is open to not only clubhouse youths but team members as well, but just coming in and beading is not the only plan. Recently, Leanne Hill came in to teach students how to make a rope lanyard, an event that allowed students to learn a new skill or a jumping p...
By Mahlon Smoke Call to order was declared at 10:00 am with Chairperson Chief Michael Conners Jr. The meeting was held in newly opened St. Regis Mohawk Tribe building: Ionkwakiohkwaro:ron. Previous Action Items Removed: Tribal Council backing a candidate to run for seat in town of Bombay. The Franklin County Board of Elections is holding a public meeting on Thursday, February 7th at 5pm at HAVFD Station #1 to discuss the 2019 county and town elections. In Progress: Student who was reportedly disciplined for speaking Kanien’kehá at Salmon Ri...
By Mahlon Smoke Kaniehtiio Horn (Kahnawake) has done a lot of great things in her career, be it actress, model, or now a podcast host. She shows pride for her people and heritage as an Indigenous woman by sharing stories. With her new podcast "Coffee with My Ma", Kahntineta Horn, she talks to her mother about her long life and all the stories she has to share. From meeting Marlon Brando, to her activist undertakings through the '60s and '70s, to confronting a journalist at the Toronto Times abou...
By Mahlon Smoke Akwesasne Business Center. A long-standing New Year's day tradition within Akwesasne is to help usher in a year of good health and prosperity, celebrating a new start by visiting relatives and to having a nice warm bowl of corn soup. The general theme is to share food with family and friends! It's this tradition that the crew at Akwesasne TV honored this past week by hosting their First Annual Corn Soup Cook-off. Seven contestants entered their best Corn Soup recipe for local...
By Mahlon Smoke Action Items In progress: the Director of Education and Tribal Council is looking into a report about a student who had been disciplined for speaking Kanien’kehá at Salmon River; They will be meeting with Superintendent Harper. In progress: The Director of Education Stephanie Cook is investigating the food quality at Salmon River. They are still awaiting a response from the school; an update will be provided when available. In progress: Request to look into charging businesses for water In progress: Request to look into ne...
Iehiá:tons Mahlon Smoke Karihwatákie kanatakwé:kon tsi nentewákiere nón:wa nikahá:wi tenhotíhkwa'te ne tahatikonhsatákie ne tsiá:ta nikanakerahtsherá:ke. Tsi nahò:tenk kí:ken kanakerahtsheratákie enhonnonhtónnionhwe tsi ronatehiahrónkie tánon enhatikwatá:ko ne kaná:ta. Tsionkwè:ta ne iakoió'tens tsi ierahstánions tánon ne akoio'ténhsera Sydney Jacobs iontákiats. Tsi niiakiónhnhes shiierahtstánions tánon iéhsere ierahstánions iéhsere ne sénha aiakoianeráhsten. Nahé:'a iohseratákie iakohníson...
By Mahlon Smoke Kawehno:ke Recreation Center - Around Christmas time, when its blistering cold outside and the roads are slick, it's good for a community to come together for some great food, family, and maybe a visit from Santa. Thanks to both the Mohawk Government and Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Chiefs, they served a large turkey dinner with freshly made hash, stuffing, and plenty of sides and festive desserts for families to enjoy. When entering the Kawehno:ke Recreation Center they were met...
By Mahlon Smoke December 8th will be the last monthly meeting that will be held in the old administration building before the move into the new administration building. As such, there was corn soup and fry bread served in honor of this. Previous Action Items • Discussion on cigarette allocation: as of right now current reports show that New York State will not release the allocation until a decision has been made. • Tribal Council will back a candidate to run for a seat in the Town of Bombay. Communication department is working with the Fra...
By Mahlon Smoke ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION – Two years ago, the Environmental Division was given a budget by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to start an agriculture program. Within those two years, various programs were created with goals to help Akwesasronon become much more self-sustainable. This started with a student chicken summer program, which allowed students to learn how to raise chickens, pick and sell eggs, and were even able to raise chicken coops with the help from the SRMT Environment employees. This led to the creation of Mother E...
By Mahlon Smoke November 27, 2018, was the first of three Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Open Houses and it was held inside the Kana:takon School gym. Every table was covered with information from each department and program and what services they can offer to the community. At the beginning of the Open House, each guest was given a Passport listing every department that was there. For every table a community member stopped and learned about their services, they got their passport stamped. After...
