A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Akwesasne TV Rep attend Offical Launch in Paris Protect indigenous people's land rights and the whole world will benefit, UN forum declares Thousands of representatives of Indigenous leaders gathered in New York City at the United Nations Permanent Forum in Indigenous Issues on February 1, 2019. The United Nations is hoping to raise awareness of the cultural loss with the launch this week of the International Year of Indigenous Languages, a yearlong project to help protect these ancient mother t...
By Kaniehtonkie On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 the Akwesasne Mohawk Police executed search warrants, simultaneously, on two local businesses located on Kawehno:ke. According to the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne they had not issued an interim cannabis license to either Wild Flower Cannabis Dispensary or AK420 business. Green Chief Naturals, the third dispensary located on Kawehno:ke, was not raided. On Wednesday they stated on their Facebook page, "Green Chief Naturals remains open after yesterday's...
Lawyers representing Nick Sandmann, the teen in Trumps’ signature ‘Make America Great Again’ hat seen smirking at Native American activist Nathan Phillips just after Indigenous Peoples March in January, sent preservation letters out on Friday. Sandman is a student at the all-boys school - Covington Catholic School. A preservation letter ‘is a written directive advising custodians of certain documents and electronically-stored information (“ESI”) to preserve potentially relevant evidence in anticipation of future litigation. Also called “pre...
By: Jaclyn Hall Mohawk Council of Akwesasne's Environment Division, along with St. Lawrence River Institute, hosted this year's World Wetlands Day event. The event was held at the Anowarakowa Arena on February 2, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Community members were invited to come and check out all the wonderful things that make wetlands so unique. There were several activities for families to come out and enjoy together. Iakwa'shatste Youth Fitness provided snowshoes for an excursion outsid...
(February 5, 2019) In mid-January, Dr. Stanley Patrick Weber was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison on several counts of sexually abusing Native American boys in his care on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana. ‘In Predator on the Reservation’, airing Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 10/9c, on PBS, FRONTLINE and The Wall Street Journal collaborate for the first time to investigate the decades-long failure to stop Weber, a government pediatrician, who moved from reservation to reservation despite warnings about his beh...
Jerry Lazore and his friends Francis Arquette, Wilfred David Sr. & Alex Arquette enjoying themselves at a Local 33 Union Meeting in Rochester. Greatly missed. Barbara & Family... Full story
"The Broken Chain" We little knew that morning that the Creator Was going to call your name In life we loved you dearly In death we do the same It broke our hearts to lose you You did not go alone For part of us went with you The day the Creator called you home You left us peaceful memories Your love is still our guide And though we cannot see you You are always at our side Our family chain in broken And nothing seems the same But as the Creator calls us one by one The chain will link again. It... Full story
“Kanonsisakhe” Valerie Francis Terrance, Mohawk Nation – Snipe Clan, 67, entered back into the Spirit World on her journey to the Creator on Saturday, February 2, 2019. Kanonsisakhe was the daughter of Mary Herne Francis and the late Michael H. Francis.... Full story
Niawnkowa/thank you to all who helped with the fundraiser for Randy Cook. We would especially like to thank the Caring Hearts group for sponsoring and advertising the delicious luncheon, and Brass Horse for hosting the event. A special mention must be made of the many family and friends who donated items for the Mohawk Auction and all those who came and bought tickets in support of Randy. Niawenkowa to family and friends who organized the Mohawk Auction, sold tickets and delivered items to the lucky winners. We are blessed to live in such a...
By: Jaclyn Hall Recently, more information has been shared regarding the Dundee/Tsikaristisere Settlement Agreement. I would like to thank Cactus Cook-Sunday for taking the time to read my article and provide more information. As a reporter I wrote an Editorial last week which included the statements of the two main applicants on the class action appeals. Going into the whole topic is not easy, and we try our best to share correct information, which is subject to our interpretation. When...
Here’s a breakdown of the 5 lawsuits filed against Trump that challenge his cuts to 2 Utah national monuments: Bear Ears National Monument and the Grand Staircase-Escalante. Bears Ears National Monument is a United States national monument located in San Juan County in southeastern Utah, established by President Barack Obama by presidential proclamation on December 28, 2016. The monument’s original size was 1,351,849 acres (547,074 ha; 2,112.264 sq mi; 5,470.74 km2), which was controversially reduced 85% by President Donald Trump on Dec...
By: Jaclyn Hall During the month of January, the Akwesasne Library has been host to a new "Brainy Baby Book Club" organized by the Akwesasne Zero 2 Six program. Once a week, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the Akwesasne Zero 2 Six program makes the Akwesasne Library baby friendly. The Brainy Baby Book Club gives parents and caregivers an opportunity to allow their babies and toddlers to interact with children their age. Activities such as art, songs, snacks and more are a part of the experience,...
For anyone wishing to learn more about special training in trades or to improve their craft, they have a chance to do so this coming February 13th, at the Iohahi:io Adult Education Center. This event will include a panel of local tradespeople who have completed their journey and are now professionals in their chosen field. According to Dan Garrow, AAMB, “The purpose of the Information Night is to inform the youth the path to become a journeyman tradesperson. Each panel member has a unique story how they became a tradesperson. There is a s...
Reprinted with permission from Traditional Teachings by the Native North American Travelling College Before the time of the Peacemaker and Hiawatha, and at a time when the Onkwehonwe were without spiritual beliefs and had no laws to guide them - the origin of the Four Sacred Ceremonies took place. Twelve boys were born at the same time. Eleven of the children had fathers. The one who did not have a father was born with a special power. Because all their sons were born at the same time, the mothers of these children felt a bond with each other....
1. Shaià:ta rón:kwe - One man 2. Thó:ion - He is middle aged 3. Akiarèn:ta niwahsohkò:ten rononhwaró:ron - He is wearing an orange hat 4. Oronhiakó:wa tehotháhsteren - He is wearing jeans 5. Kahòn:tsi niwahsohkò:ten teha'niá:nawenks - He is wearing black gloves 6. Athehsahòn:tsi niwahsohkò:ten ne raóhta - He is wearing dark brown work shoes 7. Iotá:nawen tekontshiseratónnion tekanéntshes kariseronnià:ton rokia'tawí:ton - He is wearing a thick plaid long sleeved wool shirt 8. Tehotkahráhnhen -...
By Mahlon Smoke AKWESASNE CLUBHOUSE – Every Wednesday from 5 pm to 8 pm, Akwesasne youth come to the Akwesasne Clubhouse with different beading projects: from pendants to tobacco pouches, to beaded lanyards, or a pair of earrings. This is open to not only clubhouse youths but team members as well, but just coming in and beading is not the only plan. Recently, Leanne Hill came in to teach students how to make a rope lanyard, an event that allowed students to learn a new skill or a jumping p...
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Lheidli T'enneh elder Mary Gouchie died on Friday, January 24, 2019 at the age of 97, leaving a challenge to the preservation of her Lheidli dialect of Dakelh. The death of one of the last fluent speakers of a northern B.C. First Nation dialect will leave a hole in efforts to preserve the language, but her legacy continues in Prince George, B.C. schools. "She was a keeper of the language and she would do everything that she could to help preserve that language," said her granddaughter Kym Gouchi...
By: Jaclyn Hall If you have been to the Akwesasne Cultural Center lately, you would have noticed the storage containers and construction going on. In 2018, the Akwesasne Museum was a recipient of the Akwesasne Community Trust Fund allowing the museum to undergo renovations. Thanks to the Community Trust Fund, IMLS, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Akwesasne Cultural Center and Strong Roots, the Akwesasne Museum was able to obtain enough funding to redo the entire museum. Beginning in October 2018,...
BOZEMAN, Montana. American Prairie Reserve is proud to announce that Kiowa novelist, essayist, and poet N. Scott Momaday, Ph.D., has been named the recipient of the 2019 Ken Burns American Heritage Prize. The award will be presented May 1, 2019, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The evening’s festivities will include remarks by Ken Burns, Dr. N. Scott Momaday, Meryl Streep, the 2019 Chair of the National Jury Dawn Arnall, and American Prairie Reserve CEO Alison Fox. Named in honor of America’s revered visual his...
AKWESASNE — The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Court is notifying individuals that amnesty is being provided to drivers who received traffic tickets prior to Tsiothohrkó:wa/January 1, 2018. Traffic Ticket Amnesty is the result of Tribal Council Resolution 2018-57 that implemented the Tribe’s Good Standing Policy on January 1, 2019 following two years of community consultation. In 2016, three community consultation sessions were held to discuss the financial impact of delinquent payments on tribal programs and services, such as unpaid traffic fine...
Reprinted with permission of Indian Country Media The destruction of the Indigenous world has been chronicled ever since Bartolomé de las Casas wrote “A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies” in 1552. He even described “more than thirty other islands in the vicinity of San Juan are for the most part and for the same reason depopulated, and the land laid waste. On these islands I estimate there are 2,100 leagues of land that have been ruined and depopulated, empty of people.” Now a new study adds hard data, documenting the global c...
By: Jaclyn Hall The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne’s elected officials hosted their first meeting of the year. The meeting was originally set for the January 24th, but due to the winter weather, it had to be postponed. The meeting was rescheduled to January 31st, at the St. Regis Recreation. The General Meeting began at approximately 6:00 pm, with Grand Chief Abram Benedict calling the meeting to order then beginning with council attendance and announcing absences. Following was a moment of silence, in respect of the many community members who h...
Ahkwesáhshne TV Ronwaia'tarákwen Iehawenónhne Kaianerenhserà:ke Wa'thonnónhetste Onhwentsiakaión:ne Nonkwá:ti O'serón:ni Tsi Thatinákere Paris Konwá:iats Taséhnhe thiionkwehonwehseraténion onkwehshón:'a raononhwéntsia aianerénhsera tánon ne onhwentsiakwé:kon tenhotíhshnie, UN ronakia'tarò:ron iehatiia'taié:ri wahonnì:ron Teiohsénhseronte ne ronwatihshennakaratá:ton ne Thiionkwehonwehseraténion ratiia'takwení:io ratinenhrí:ne wahonkia'tarò:roke Kanón:no Kaná:ta ne UN Teká:neren Kioteróhon Kanake...
