A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The Akwesasne Storm Midget 1 Lacrosse team has qualified for an "A" ranking. The Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA) released the list recently, and out of at least 60 teams, Akwesasne comes in at 15th. Head Coach Troy Lyons said, "I want to thank my assistants/trainer Ryan Jacobs and Nick Sunday. I also want to thank all the parents, especially Cheyenne Lewis and Minnie Garrow. It wouldn't have happened without the parents. I've been trying to build a strong foundation for minor teams, and I...
On Saturday June 28, Swamp's Performance Automotive held the 2nd annual Cruisin' for Kids Car and Bike show. The fundraiser benefits the Akwesasne Freedom School and the Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club. This year the event expanded adding vendors, power wheels races and DJ Lauzon. The parking lot at the former IGA was packed despite the heat! John Francis and the firemen cooked up a chicken barbecue that was for sale and the Akwesasne Freedom School and Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club both had booths...
On Thursday, June 19, 2014, the St. Regis Mohawk School held their graduation ceremonies for the Pre-Kindergarten and 5th grade classes. It was a beautiful day for the occasion and the ceremonies were held outside under a large white tent. Pre-K was up first at 9:30am. They walked in to "Pomp and Circumstance" as family and friends beamed with pride. They sang three songs for the crowd beginning with "I Like You, There's No Doubt About It," "I Wish I Had A Little Red Box" and "It Is Time To Say...
On Tuesday June 24, the St. Regis Mohawk School held a Talent Show for students. Several students took advantage of the opportunity to show their talent to their classmates and teachers. Master of Ceremonies was student Talynn Wylie who kept a steady flow of performers going for the crowd. Staff that volunteered to make the event a success were Ellen Cook, Justin Hahn and Warren Potter. Everyone did a great job!...
On Saturday, the 2nd annual Music 4 Miracles fundraiser was held at the Brass Horse and there was something for everyone. The day started for the volunteers, and the Border Eagle Riders doing a poker run fundraiser, at about 8:30am. Rider Ron Garrow said the Border Eagle Riders do about two runs a year to help kids with medical expenses like traveling and lodging. He said, "You think you're equipped financially, then you travel a couple times and realize you're not. If people bring us the right...
"I am Appreciated" was the theme on Thursday June 19, as the St. Regis Recreation committee hosted a Bus Driver Appreciation Dinner at the St. Regis Recreation. The main organizers were committee members Laura Thompson and Charity Brad Lazore. The dinner was open to current and retired bus drivers from Salmon River, Massena and AMBE schools. About 60 drivers attended, who were also allowed a guest, to total about 90 attendees. They were treated to a delicious traditional meal that started with...
On Tuesday June 17, Oneida Elders Program seniors came to visit the Seniors Center in Hogansburg. About 29 people came according to Program Coordinator Jane Rooney. She said it's been about 4 years since they have come for a visit. About 50 Akwesasne seniors recently took a bus to the Oneida Wellness Conference and visited them. Rooney explained how the conference has grown over the last 14 years that they have put it on, and how it has built friendships between the different tribes that...
On Friday June 6th, the St. Regis Mohawk School held its annual Student Appreciation Day. The event acts as a big thank you to the students for working hard all year. The SRMS PTO hosted the event for students and parents. There was so much going on, the school was surrounded by vendors and fun things for the kids to do. There were five water slides, wagon rides, mobile fishing, and Belly Buttons the Clown. Inside was a Scholastic Book Fair and "The Magic of Science" assemblies. Kids were also...
The Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort said they would bring entertainment to the North Country and on Thursday night they delivered with a Darryl Worley concert. The Winter Ballroom was done up for the occasion complete with a rustic wooden backdrop and mason jar lights to set the mood for a night of great country music. Johnny Taco from Wild Country 96.5 introduced Darryl and the concert began. Not only is Darryl an amazing singer he is a storyteller and comedian. Worley is a traditional country...
On Friday June 6th, the Kanatakon School held a their annual Powwow in the gym. Aboriginal Experience, from Ottawa, came again this year and gave the kids powwow dancing lessons. Each member focused on different dances such as male and female traditional, grass dance, jingle and fancy shawl. Lance Delisle was MC and Bear Nation, from Golden Lake, Ont., was the drum group. They did the Flag Song and Veterans song and there was also a round dance and a couple inter-tribals. The event is held to...
"We are up and running!" Cst. Rob White, creator of Kanikonhr'i:io i:wa ne Ona':ke, said on Tuesday. Kanikonhr'i:io (good minds) i:wa ne Ona':ke (in the canoe) is a non-profit Canoe and Kayak Club, affiliated with Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service, that encourages people to get spiritually connected with the waters of Turtle Island in traditional and cultural ways. Last Thursday, 10 community members got their big canoe training from Paddle Canada. "We exist, we're trained and we can start...
On Thursday June 5th, the St. Regis Rec Dance Club held their "Welcome to the Jungle" 2014 spring dance recital at the Snye School. It was jungle themed with plenty of leopard print, zebra stripes and cheetah patterns, and the dancers have been practicing for weeks. The Dance Club is divided into three groups; Little: ages 3-4, Middle: ages 5-7 and Big: ages 8-10. Each group danced to a couple of songs at the recital and there were also a few guest performers. The Little Group danced to the...
On Saturday, the fourth annual Kids for Fishing event was held at the St. Regis Recreation. It was a gorgeous day and the fish were biting! Fifty kids set out in about 20 boats and 5 pontoons with world class fishermen and volunteers. In the morning several presentations were done for the kids. Border Patrol did a presentation on boat safety, A/CDP talked about drug prevention, SRMT Environment discussed environmental issues such as invasive species and Renegade Bass taught the kids about rods,...
On Saturday, the Brass Horse was the site for Meet the Candidates, which was the 10th annual event put on by the Akwesasne Convenience Store Association. There was a free pancake breakfast, several great door prizes and ACSA representatives were providing information on ACSA's "Investing in the Potential" charitable foundation for attendees. There are three people running for chief for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe; Ron LaFrance, Jean Square and Kallen Martin. All three participated in the...
On Tuesday, June 3, the Kanatakon School held its Awards Assembly for the month of May. Principal Alice King emceed the event. The Kanatakon School gives four different awards to motivate their students to excel in different areas. There are Students of the Month, for which students receive a certificate and a Physical Education Award, which earns students a necklace. Showing Good Character gets students a feather and an award called "Caught You Speaking Kanienkeha" gets students a prize if...
The Akwesasne Coalition for Community Empowerment was at it again over the weekend bringing Akwesasne another wonderful drug and alcohol free event to enjoy. On Sunday, Generations Park was full of people for the Akwe:kon Music Festival, an event meant to empower the youth and community through hip hop music. Emcee of the festival was Anthony Tillman. At 2pm Magoo began to DJ and many took to dancing, at 3pm the entertainers took to the stage. The event featured great acts, many of them local,...
The St. Regis Mohawk Elementary Band was outside practicing their marching skills on Thursday, and if you watched the Memorial Day Parade on Sunday, you saw them play. Led by Mr. Justin Hahn, it was their third year marching in the parade. The band is busy this time of year, having just performed their spring concert a couple of weeks ago. Their next move, along with the chorus, is to travel to Watertown to Samaritan Summit Village on June 5th. Mr. Hahn said, "We do our best and have fun." The...
On Sunday, the St. Regis Mission Church Fundraising Committee held a Memorial Day Bazaar at Kateri Hall. There were several vendors and two bouncy houses outside along with concession stands selling hot dogs, hamburgers, sausage, cotton candy, ice cream and much more. Inside, a huge bake sale, as well as a couple of raffles, were set up to raise money for the church. About putting on the event, committee member Minerva White said, "It wasn't hard, we have all these young people on the committee...
Last Wednesday, May 21, 2014, AMBE celebrated its First Annual Community Wide Language Fair at the Kanatakon School. During school hours, students presented their display boards and some classes performed songs and skits for the community. Students from ages 8 to 12 years old were judged and had to provide an oral presentation of their work. Projects were judged on creativity and oral fluency by a panel of fluent speakers and at 2pm awards were given to the winning students. At 6pm the evening s...
On Thursday night, the Closing Reception and Awards Ceremony for the 13th Annual Robideau/Lamitie-King Exhibit was held at For ARTSake in Malone. Turnout for the event was great, as many enjoyed refreshments and some great art. The exhibit featured about 80 middle and high school artists from 6 area schools. Salmon River Central School had 15 entries in the exhibit. Salmon River High school art teacher Jennifer Backus has been doing the show for about 10 years and said, "We did really, really...
Last week was Spring Concert week at the St. Regis Mohawk School. The Kindergarten and Pre-K kicked it off with a concert on Tuesday morning. The Pre-K was up first singing four songs including one called “I Don’t Care for Underwear!” The Kindergarteners followed, singing four songs as well, including one called “No More Pie,” where band director Mr. Justin Hahn took a pie to the face from students. On Wednesday, the first and second grade continued the music celebrations. The first graders started with three songs, and using a spring th...
Last week was Spring Concert week at the St. Regis Mohawk School. The Kindergarten and Pre-K kicked it off with a concert on Tuesday morning. The Pre-K was up first singing four songs including one called "I Don't Care for Underwear!" The Kindergarteners followed, singing four songs as well, including one called "No More Pie," where band director Mr. Justin Hahn took a pie to the face from students. On Wednesday, the first and second grade continued the music celebrations. The first graders...
On Friday, the Association of Senior Citizens of Franklin County held a celebration for National Older Americans Month, which is May. The doors of the Winter Ballroom at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort opened at 10am and the celebration included a hat contest, a Chinese auction and a 50/50 raffle. Over 200 seniors took part in the celebration including members of the St. Regis Mohawk Seniors Club and guest speakers included Sub-Chief Michael Conners Jr. and Sub-Chief Shelley Jacobs. A...
Last week the St. Regis Mohawk School celebrated Spirit Week. Each day students wore something or did something to showcase their school spirit. Monday was jersey day where kids donned their favorite sports jersey. Tuesday was crazy hair day, Wednesday was purple day and Thursday was pajama day. Friday capped the week's activities off with a trip to Salmon River where they held their Class Olympics....
On Saturday, Frenchie's Ford in Massena held a celebration to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Mustang. They invited people to "Get your pony out of the barn!" and Mustangs old and new filled the lot for a car show. There were also several great Mustang memorabilia prizes given away, refreshments, test drives and Ray The Wolfman Knight from 95.3 the Wolf, and Sandy Cook from WMSA were broadcasting live. About 100 Mustangs came throughout the celebration according to General Manager Scott...
