A Voice from the Eastern Door
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(January 3, 2017) Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, unveiled the 1st signature proposal of his 2017 agenda: making college tuition-free for New York's middle-class families at all SUNY and CUNY two- and four-year colleges. New York's tuition-free college degree program, the Excelsior Scholarship, is the first of its kind in the nation. Under this proposal, more than 940,000 middle-class families and individuals making up to $125,000 per year would qualify to...
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(January 3, 2017) Native American Night has become a staple of the Rochester Knighthawks' schedule. Each season, fans can learn about the roots of the Creator's Game, see beautiful dancing and listen to Native American music on the designated night. This year, however, the Knighthawks will honor a local hero to usher in the festivities. On Saturday, Jan. 7, the Knighthawks will recognize 92-year-old Louis Levi Oakes, who is the last surviving WWII Akwesasne Mohawk Code Talker. Seventy years afte...
For the month of December, Salmon River Middle School National Junior Honor Society worked on making Christmas Care boxes for local students in need. As one of their community service projects, advisor Kelley Patneaude asked the members to bring in some small inexpensive items to compile into gift boxes. Each National Junior Honor Society member made their own boxes, and included items such as hairbrushes, chapstick, mittens, candy, and other small gifts. Together the group made around...
Before Massena Central High School (MCHS) let out for Christmas break the Mohawk Club hosted their annual Native American Day Celebratory activities took place on December 20, 2016 and were expressed through the sharing of language, art, food and dance. Robin Logan, Native Resource Teacher, said, "Native American Day takes many months to coordinate and organize." Current student officers of the MCHS Mohawk Club include: Taylene Hall, President, Kaeliana Smoke, Vice President, Amanda Rourke, Secr...
AKWESASNE – After a lengthy illness, Mr. Alex Arquette, 73, of 29 Arquette Circle, peacefully passed away Wednesday evening, December 21, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. Alex was born July 30, 1943 in Akwesasne, son of the late Louise A. and Ethel D. Cook Arquette. He attended Mohawk Schools and Salmon River Central School. On September 1, 1962, he married Diane Wood at St. Regis Catholic Church. The marriage later ended in divorce. Alex was an ironworker with Local # 33 in Rochester. H...
AKWESASNE - Mary "Mae" Thompson, of 41 Recreation Road, Akwesasne, peacefully passed away at her home early Thursday morning, December 22, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. Mae was born October 19, 1913 on Kawehno:ke (Cornwall Island), daughter of the late Mitchell and Christie Mitchell Phillips. She attended schools on Kawehno:ke and married Michael B. Thompson, who predeceased her on March 4, 1995. Mae was a communicant of the St. Regis Catholic Church and a member of the Kateri Circle,...
BRASHER FALLS – Mr. Donald Raymond Mekeel, 74, of 1385 State Highway 11C, peacefully passed away Saturday morning at his home, where he had been under the loving care of his family and the Mattice Family. Donald was born October 31, 1942 in Queens, New York, the son of the late Roy E. and Elizabeth Wilhelm Mekeel. He graduated from Carey High School in Franklin Square, NY and later from Farmingdale University and in 1997 he graduated from Columbia University with his BA Degree. Donald served h...
On December 16, 2016 at 7:30 in the morning I pulled into McDonald’s Parking Lot in Gouverneur, N.Y. wanting a hot cup of coffee on my way to Syracuse. I am a 74-year old male who was dressed very warm. I shut my van off and went inside to get my coffee which was a stupid mistake on my part, as it was 22 below zero with a wind speed of 8 miles per hour. When I came back outside to start my van it wouldn’t start. I opened the hood to check things out and found a loose battery cable so I leaned in and tightened it up and tried to start my van aga...
The Akwesasne Holiday Helpers gives a huge Niawen ko:wa to all the donors and volunteers that helped throughout the many days it took to fundraise, sort food, count toys and gifts and put together over 1,000 holiday baskets that were distributed to the community. Not one food item, toy or gift was left over. Everything was needed and handed out. Fundraising and volunteering are gentle arts of teaching the joy of giving...we had a great time working with everyone, from youth teams to a few...
JANUARY Vo. 34 #1 Tribal Minimum Wage Increased Mid-Winter Ceremonies Begin January 14 Project Sticker Shock Hits Akwesasne TMG Donates to Akwesasne & SLC Cancer Support Groups Vol. 34 #2 HAVFD Ice Rescue Training SRMT Signs Agreement with Seaway Valley Ambulance AMPS Still Seeking Stolen Goods from HAVFD #2 Whitesboro Votes to Keep Offensive Town Logo Vol. 34 # 3 AFN Chief Bellegarde Visits MNCC Midwinter Kawehnoke Man Facing Almost a Dozen Charges Sabrina Sunday Awarded 2015 Girls Section 10 Player of the Year Vol. 34 #4 Clean and Organic...
Community beatification projects are initiatives that help improve and maintain a community's overall appearance for the enjoyment of local residents and guests. A community's attractiveness also supports local economies by instilling a positive feeling and impression for tourists and others - resulting in repeat visits. For Akwesasne, there is along history of efforts to enhance our community's beauty by implementing measures aimed at safeguarding our local environment. Whether it be ridding...
(December 20, 2016) Fort Covington, NY - Salmon River Central School District is the grateful recipient of a $10,000 donation made by East End Convenience in Fort Covington, NY. The donation is designated to benefit needy children in the District, and a committee will convene to allocate the funds. "Thank you to our generous benefactors at East End Convenience for making the holidays brighter for our school district," said Superintendent Dr. Stanley Harper. "This money will go a long way in...
(December 30, 2016) Rooseveltown, NY – The Hogansburg Housing Development Fund Company Inc. submitted an application to the USDA Rural Development Housing Preservation Grant Program 2016 focused on rental property assistance on behalf of the Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation Mohawk River Village Apartments. On September 6, 2016, Washington announced grants to preserve and repair affordable housing for very-low and low-income families living in rural areas. USDA awarded $3.9 million to 107 o...
The Founding Council for the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance (NAFSA) met recently on the homelands of the Santa Ana Pueblo to plan out priority actions and elect officers of the Board of Directors. The Founding Council and Board of Directors are grassroots food sovereignty practitioners who have been working on Native food issues for many years in their home communities. Their vision is “Advocating for and supporting all levels of food security and food sovereignty in local, tribal, regional, national and international arenas.” Practi...
Cornwall, ON - The Raisin Region Conservation Authority (RRCA) is once again proud to offer watershed residents the opportunity to beautify their property with a variety of conifers as well as deciduous trees and shrubs. All seedlings are indigenous species often unavailable at local nurseries. Tree seedlings come in multiples of ten per species and must be ordered before the March 31st deadline. In total, 27 species are available this year and includes conifer trees such as White Spruce and White Pine, deciduous trees like Black Walnut and...
Submitted by Diane King On WORLD AIDS DAY a radio contest was presented to the community by CKON and supported by the Community Health Program. Five questions were presented through the day and 5 community members answered successfully! They were each given a $25 gift card from Tim Horton’s. Our winners were Leah Delormier, Joanna Jackson, Taylor Cole, Inez Cook, and Meena Cook! Congratulations!!!! Thank you to the staff of CKON and all community members who participated or listened to the radio that day!! Call Community Health for info 613-575...
Students at the Salmon River Middle School participate in the Student of the Month Program. The program is based on the featured character trait from the book of the month. The books for each month are chosen based on content that addresses human feelings and encourages the human universal values of empathy and caring. The character trait identified for November was respect. Ms. Ashley Frank from the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Alcoholism/Chemical Dependency Prevention Program awarded students with...
This issue, the first of the year, is dedicated to the following people who left us in 2016. They are all greatly missed O’Donald Bazil “Odie” Laffin, age 28, passed away on January 1, 2016. Son of Debbie Cree and Andrew Laffin “Anjo”. John Bigtree, Jr., age 86, passed away on January 21, 2016. Son of the late John and Marion Herne Bigtree. Michael F. Smith, Sr., age 92, passed away on January 31, 2016. Son of the late Simon R. and Elizabeth McKillup Smith. Freeman J. Lazore, age 103, son of the late Peter and Elizabeth Jacobs Lazore. R...
(Jan. 4, 2017) The American Red Cross has a severe winter blood shortage and is issuing an emergency call for blood donors to make a donation appointment now and help save patient lives. Hectic holiday schedules for many regular blood donors contributed to about 37,000 fewer donations in November and December than what was needed. Snowstorms and severe weather have also impacted donations. Nearly 100 blood drives were forced to cancel in December, resulting in more than 3,100 blood donations going uncollected. Find a blood donation opportunity...
The places that need help most, and all ways to support them. The Black Snake is not yet dead. Far from it. The corporations behind the Dakota Access pipeline made it clear that they “fully expect to complete construction of the pipeline without any additional rerouting in and around Lake Oahe.” The winter camps will stand their ground as long as DAPL construction equipment remains on Oceti Sakowin treaty land. We can all continue to support them by emailing or calling the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at 202-761-8700 to ask when it will ope...
The Akwesasne Cultural Center held two community meetings on December 27 and 28. The December 27 meeting focused on the revitalization of the cultural center and there were 5 people in attendance. The December 28 meeting provided a review of the Citizen’s Institute on Rural Design (CIRD) Workshop and there were 12 people in attendance. Sue Herne led the two meetings. December 27 Community Meeting- Revitalizing the Cultural Center The Akwesasne Cultural Center was awarded an Institute Museum and Library Services Grant for Hawaiian and Native A...
The A’nowara’kowa Arena would like to remind the community that children must be supervised and chaperoned by an adult (18 & over) for all arena activities. This includes Rock N Skate and all other events. It is very important for the safety of children that they are properly supervised at all times. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the A’nowara’kowa Arena at 613-936-1583 or [email protected]....
How to find out if your Netflix has been hacked and easily fix it in under 5 minutes. On Wednesday, Netflix had its Twitter account hacked by the prolific group OurMine. The Twitter account is back under Netflix's control, but the incident reminded me that people routinely have their own Netflix accounts hacked, and many don't know. Just a few weeks ago, a friend of mine noticed some suspicious viewing activity of the TV show "Arrow" on her Netflix, and figured out her account had been...
