A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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We are not the owners of the soil or the Earth, but we are dependent upon the Earth for our survival. It is our responsibility for its protection so that successive generations of our People and the other Nations of Creation will continue to receive sustenance from the Earth in the same way that we have. It is our duty to take into account our actions and impacts upon the next seven generations. Each successive generation has that responsibility. It goes on in perpetuity. The responsibility never ends. We need to encourage those whose philosoph...
THE AKWESASNE WOLF BELT: The Land and the People are One Akwesasronen have a very special relationship with the Land and Territory that they call home. Notice of their ownership is conveyed through the Ohkwaho Kaionwi ne Akwesasne, also known as the Ohkwaho:ionwi ne Akwesasne (Akwesasne Wolf Belt). It records the Community Charter created by the Mohawks who formed the Akwesasne Community, within the Traditional Kahniakehaka Territory at Akwesasne. When the Kahniakehaka People at Akwesasne felt that they were safe enough to use this part of...
Earth Names…Naming our Children When we name our children, it is the responsibility of the community to name the child appropriately. Usually only one person at a time holds a particular name. That helps us identify individuals more specifically, and to treat each person with special attention. Numerous Kahniakehaka names that are given to our children celebrate a relationship and our connection with the Natural World. Our children are given names that are the attributes of weather, of seasons, of plants or they reiterate our relationship w...
Within the Adirondack evergreens, the sweet smell of balsam fir lingers in the air, and the raven’s call is all that disturbs the quiet of these ancient mountains. Nestled in the scenic beauty of this Mohawk Territory, there is a museum of great significance and importance to the Haudenosaunee, because it has been the Well-Spring of cultural nurturing and survival for more than six decades. The Six Nations Iroquois Museum in Onchiota, New York was built by the hands of our Great Teacher, Ray T...
