A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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On Thursday, December 4, the Polar Express pulled into the station at the St. Regis Mohawk School under the direction of the Akwesasne Coalition for Community Empowerment. The conductor was punching pajama wearing kids' tickets, which got them popcorn, drinks and a viewing of the movie "The Polar Express." The multipurpose room was filled with families spread out on blankets to enjoy the show. There were elves, the nutcracker, reindeer and of course Santa and Mrs. Claus....
On Wednesday, November 26, Koi Express Japanese Hibachi held its grand opening in the food court of the St. Lawrence Centre in Massena. The ribbon cutting was at 4pm and Koi was joined by members of the Massena Chamber of Commerce. Koi's soft opening was on November 13. "We've been very busy and they have welcomed us with open arms," said owner Karen Adams. Koi offered free appetizers during the grand opening and had drawings for several prizes to celebrate, like t-shirts, gift certificates,...
On December 1, World AIDS Day, MCA Community Health Program hosted a community presentation "Living with HIV/AIDS" at the St. Regis Recreation. There was a corn soup dinner at 5:30pm, which included fried bread, fruits and veggies, and speaker Rene Boucher at 6pm. About 24 people attended to event. MCA Community Health staff Abraham Francis, Representative, Misty Lazore, RN Community Health Nurse, and Diane King, RN Community Health Nurse, organized the event. "It's about promoting HIV/AIDS...
On Tuesday, November 25, the 17th annual Celebration of Life Conference was held in the Winter Ballroom at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort. The event was put on by the Akwesasne Family Wellness Program, whose staff were all on hand wearing ribbon shirts. MC was Lacey Herne and the conference featured two excellent speakers, Dr. Reef Karim and Charlene Renaud. Reef Karim, known as Dr. Reef, is a double board certified psychiatrist, addiction medicine physician and relationship therapist, as...
Truckstop # 9 held a kids coloring contest in November. Kids were encouraged to pick up a coloring sheet, color it and bring it back to the store for the chance to win some great prizes. There were three age categories and one from each category was picked. The winners were: Age 5 and under: Lauryn Moore Age 6-9: Iohehtiio Peters-Martin Age 10-13: Mason Pearson It is the first time Truckstop #9 has done a coloring contest. "We wanted to do something that focused on the kids," said Danielle...
On Thursday, November 20, in celebration of National Childs Day, a Talent Show and Art Gallery was held at the St. Regis Mohawk School. The event was sponsored by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne's Akwesasne Child & Family Services, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne's Economic Development Program, Akwesasne Chamber of Commerce and the CHASE Committee (Wholistic Health, Community Health Representatives, ACFS). In the gym was the art show, where vendors sold their goods. There was quite the variety, from...
On Friday, St. Regis Mohawk School students wore their ribbon dresses and ribbon shirts to school and celebrated Native American Day with storytelling, singing and dancing. In the gym, Kanienkehaka Ratirennenhawi hosted a social, doing round, stomp and alligator dances, among others. Not only did the students learn the steps, they were also taught the purpose and meaning of each dance. In the multipurpose room, the morning featured Dave Fadden. He told the kids the history and importance of...
On Thursday, November 20, the Diabetes Center for Excellence was the spot for the 7th annual Diabetes Extravaganza, put on by the Let's Get Healthy Program. The events started at 12:30 with a welcome from Let's Get Healthy Program Coordinator Heather Garrow. Throughout the day there were educational sessions, fitness classes, blood pressure and sugar screenings, and food for all who attended. Sessions included Diabetes 101 with Jessica Martin, Foot Care and Diabetes with Helen Lazore,...
On Tuesday night, Emmy Mitchell brought some visitors from Labrador to Akwesasne. Evelyn Winters and Nympha Maria Byrne are from way, way up north, Goose Bay, and their first stop was at the Homemakers in Snye, where they were treated to a corn soup dinner. Later in the evening, elders sang the ladies Mohawk hymns, and kids sang them traditional songs. Evelyn, Nympha and Emmy work in the same field. Evelyn is a social worker, more specifically a Resolution Health Support Worker for Residential...
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe held a Drug Paraphernalia Forum on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at the Office for the Aging. The forum addressed concerns about the sale of drug paraphernalia in the community, but its main focus was on education, the roots of addiction and local resources regarding where and how to seek help. The meeting was hosted by Carrie Benedict from SRMT Compliance, and Chief Beverly Cook, who started the meeting. Cook said the reason for the meeting is to have dialogue about the sale of drug paraphernalia and to discuss...
On Friday, November 7th, the St. Regis Mohawk School had its Student Achievement Assembly for the month of October to recognize students that showed excellence with the trait "Acceptance." A few students from each grade were chosen by classroom and special area teachers on not only acceptance, but also exemplifying the schools motto: Sken:nen Ratiha:wi. Principal Thomas emceed the event. To promote college and higher education, the St. Regis Mohawk School features a college each month. Harvard...
The multipurpose room and cafeteria at the St. Regis Mohawk School was packed last Thursday night for the first ever Academic Carnival. Principal Sharlee Thomas said, "We wanted to have a night where parents could come in and talk about the common core curriculum and we wanted to make it fun. We have teachers on hand to answer questions." There were tons of carnival style games with great prizes to be won along with food and popcorn. The ever popular Belly Buttons the Clown supplied the long...
Saturday, November 15 was National Recycling Day and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Solid Waste Program held its 3rd Annual Akwesasne Recycling Day at the Transfer Station. Larry Thompson, Recycling Coordinator and Community Education and Outreach, said, "We wanted to show everyone what we do and what's available to them. People can save money by recycling." There were informational displays and handouts, and people had the chance to tour the facility. Organizers invited the Adirondack Wildlife...
Kirsten Thompson has been a Make-up Artist since 2011, when an event that changed her perspective of life made her realize it was too short. She decided to do what she loved, which was to become a Make-up Artist. Kirsten applied and got into Make-up Designory, the Harvard of make-up schools in Los Angeles, California. She has learned from the best, as all the teachers are required to work in the industry, which allows them to provide contacts for jobs for students, and also guarantees they are...
It was packed in the Winter Ballroom at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort for the Fall Bridal Show on Sunday November 9. Almost 40 vendors filled the ballroom and even spilled into the hallway. There was taste-testing, displays of cakes and table-scapes, and dresses galore. Make-up artists and hair stylists, limo services, photographers and flower shops completed the show. The bridal show offered everything one would need to plan the perfect wedding. It was the first annual fall show,...
On Saturday, November 8, the Akwesasne Basket Drive hosted a Turkey Trot, a 5K walk/run/stroll, at Generations Park. The trot raised money through registrations or participant pledges, and all the proceeds went to the Akwesasne Basket Drive. There were raffles, door prizes and refreshments; a shout out from organizers to Dunkin Donuts who donated coffee and donuts for the event. It was the first of many events to fundraise for the basket drive which also doubled as a toy drop off, basket sign...
The Personal Development and Employment Program is planning an alumni gathering titled "Journey Together," and all past Personal Development and Employment graduates are invited to attend. The free event for alumni will be held on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the St. Regis Recreation from 6pm to 10pm. There will be dinner and entertainment, starting with the Opening Address and song and dance, along with games and, what will probably be a crowd favorite, a Roasting of Linda Lalonde. It is the...
On Saturday, October 25, the Indian Bowling Association held its Fall Tournament, which was hosted by Akwesasne. Bowling took place at Lucky Strikes Lane in Malone in two shifts during the afternoon. There were 105 bowlers. The banquet and awards took place at the Brass Horse Grille on Saturday night. There were lots of raffles and awards, a great dinner was served, and DJ Roger Mitchell got everyone dancing. There were prizes for senior men, senior women, men and women divisions. The top two...
Last week was Fire Prevention Week and on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, students from the St. Regis Mohawk School travelled to HAVFD Station 1 to get educated on fire prevention, safety and much more. Those who made the valuable fire prevention education possible include Dick Laffin, Jason McDonald, Frank Lacerenza, Richard Phillips, PJ Burns, Alyssa Lazore, Cam Mitchell, Jory Tarbell, Ernie Cree and Paul Sawatis. Each session started with an age appropriate video on fire safety. It focused...
On Tuesday, MCA staff and volunteers had a busy morning getting together October's Green Food Box. The program has been around for a few years now, and anyone can sign up to get fresh fruits and veggies for $10. The Green Food Box is a year-round program run by MCA Community Health. Along with produce comes different information like pamphlets on immunizations, recipes for the boxes' contents and themed information. For October, they had recipes and information on pumpkins. Some things to...
On Friday October 10, the St. Regis Mohawk School held its annual Fall Fest put on by the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). Students roamed through tons of tables with games and activities munching on free popcorn. Belly Buttons the Clown was there along with Tribal Police, Jreck subs, who had a game and free cookies, and the ACFS mobile unit provided great music. Students could purchase a variety of fall goodies, from sweets from Divalissa's to pumpkins from Bonesteels. There were hayrides,...
On October 10, from 2pm to 4pm at Student Commons at Algonquin College, 3rd year students in the Child and Youth worker program set up a table to spread the word about child abuse awareness and the Purple Ribbon Campaign. The Purple Ribbon Campaign is a provincial campaign that the Children's Aid Society (CAS) organizes to promote child abuse awareness. Students in the Violence and Abuse class, one of which is Akwesasne's Tracie Cook, were given an assignment to create something that would...
The St. Regis Mohawk Senior Citizens Club Annual Food and Craft Show was held on Saturday, October 4, at the Seniors Center. The Center was jam-packed with craft tables, food and bake sales like a variety of soups, including corn soup, fried bread, all sorts of pies, and a silent auction. There was also a quilt and painting raffle to benefit the Seniors Club. The club has been hosting the event for around 20 years. Money raised from the craft show goes to many things. Building maintenance and th...
On Friday, the St. Regis Mohawk School had its Student Achievement Assembly for the month of September to recognize students that showed excellence with the trait "compassion." A few students from each grade were chosen by classroom and special area teachers on not only compassion, but also exemplifying the schools motto: Sken:nen Ratiha:wi. Principal Thomas emceed the event. Before the awards, Maintenance and Cafeteria staff were thanked for their hard work by the school, because as Principal...
On Saturday October 4, the Pamoja International Cultural Exchange Inc., or PICEI, held its annual "The Last Shall Be First" 50/50 raffle and dinner at Scotty's Diner in Moira. There were heaps of items up for grabs including a lottery tree, tons of kitchenwares, a wine basket, a Godiva chocolate mug and some beautiful paintings. And of course, everyone was waiting for the big drawing of the First Shall Be Last tickets. PICEI's seeks to coordinate and provide a common place for all cultural...
