A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Tattoo artist and Rez Ink shop manager Lloyd Pierce started the business to support his family, and survive and gain recognition as a tattoo artist. He has been an artist all his life and started out as a painter whose work can been seen throughout the community. He has been tattooing for 16 years and owned the shop for the past 2 specializing in black and grey tattoo work but can do everything. He runs the shop along with girlfriend and shop manager Sherri Lazore and tattoo apprentice of 2...
Classes for Salmon River Central High School do not start until Sept. 3. But, this past Aug. 26 incoming grade 7 students were given the opportunity to practice their first day of school at the grade 7 orientation. Orientation activities were optional. But, very important for grade 7 students because they are moving from 2 different buildings and will experience a significant change in their day to day from grade 6. The purpose of orientation is to calm fears about starting grade 7 for both stud...
Last Thursday was a gorgeous day with the sun shining and a cool breeze blowing. It was the perfect day to end the golf season at the Senior Ladies Ryder Cup Golf Tournament at Cedar View in Massena for the wonderful ladies who have been golfing all summer long. The tournament brought out a total of 32 players made up of mother-daughter and grandmother-granddaughter teams for the 9 hole contest. The tournament activities also included a visit from Amanda Garrow and Diane Durant from the Let’s G...
Numerous running/biking enthusiasts met at the new Generations Park and Senior Center behind the Tribal Police Station Aug. 19. to take part in the first annual Hogansburg Run/Bike/Run Duathlon. Participants consisted of 14 individual men, 6 individual women, and 2 teams starting at the center running 1.5 miles to Cree Road and back, an 8 mile bike down Helena Road, and then another 1.5 mile run. There was also a 1 mile fun run for the 6 younger participants who completed 5 laps around the...
Anybody on-the-go knows how important quick and convenient meal choices are. And nobody understands this better than Lynn Brown, the lunch counter clerk at Kanienkehaka Convenience and Gas on Route 37. Convenience is the main motivation at the lunch counter that has many grab-and-go options, including: salads; sandwiches; pizza; burgers; and hot dogs. “The most important thing is quick ideas,” said Ms. Brown, who also used to run a restaurant. When she notices that people are buying a lot of...
These days video games and fast food restaurants make it more difficult to lead healthy life styles. That is why it is so important for youth to develop healthy habits now in order to ensure longer, healthier, happier lives. This is exactly the type of education that has been provided for the past 3 years for Akwesasne youth living in the 3 districts by the week long program Camp Discovery held at the St. Regis Recreation Center in Kana:takon (St. Regis). This year, Camp Discovery was held on...
Joe Barnes is an accomplished artist and he has hosted an art show outside Lt. Dan’s shop on Route 37 every Saturday this summer, weather permitting. He has 15 years of painting experience and works primarily in airbrush. His artwork is vibrant and bright with images that seem to pop off the canvas and come to life. Other works are whimsical with hidden images that reveal themselves in black light. He draws his inspiration from all sources, including: Iroquois culture; music; and movies, with t...
Members of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe participated in the first annual Racquette River Awareness Week this past Aug. 1-9. The event is sponsored by the Racquette River Blueway Corridor Committee, a coalition of groups working together to promote and sustain the beauty and health of the Racquette River ecosystem. The purpose of the event is to bring awareness of the existence of the Racquette River as an important ecological, cultural, and recreational resource. The Racquette River provides many...
The journey for expecting mothers is full of challenging decisions, including the decision to breastfeed. For a group of dedicated Akwesasne mothers, they found that it was easier make the decision and commit to it when they came together to share their experiences. Second time mother Chelsea Sunday and first time mother Tracy Cook, along with help from lactation specialist and mid-wife Joyce Leaf, decided to form a breastfeeding support group, the Akwesasne Breastfeeding Circle (ABC), as a way...
The Akwesasne Cultural Museum is home to the history of the Mohawk people at Akwesasne and this past Aug. 10 - 14 paid homage to the living culture by hosting an annual Smoke Dance Class. The class is taught by Cheyanne Doxtador and Frank Phillips, who have been teaching Smoke Dance at the museum now for the past three seasons. Mr. Phillips recently placed first in Kahna:wake Powwow and Ohsweken in teen men’s Smoke Dance. The class is designed for all ages and all dance levels. Some students i...
The sun was beaming and so were the seniors at the annual Senior Picnic this past Friday outside the lawn of Tsi Tetewatatkens (the Office for the Aging) just off route 37. The event was organized by activities coordinator Tina Tarbell and included many games, contests, music, and of course a barbeque provided by the office and food which everybody in attendance helped bring. “It was quite awesome,” commented Leona Thompson, “it was nice that everybody was able to sit under the tent this year....
Wellness Day is a day to provide education on disease prevention and to promote healthy activities and habits for the wellbeing of Akwesasne residents. This year’s Wellness Day celebration was held for the second time at the First Americans IGA on Route 37. Festivities included a barbeque, karaoke contest, balloon animals and inflatable jumping houses for the kids, many raffles and games, as well as a variety of complimentary health screenings. Many tribal health offices and hundreds of c...
