A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 43
Following what they called an act of “betrayal” by Empire Resorts, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe announced this week that they will no longer be pursuing a Sullivan County casino. The announcement was made a week after the Empire Resorts development company sent the SRMT a letter stating they were dropping plans to help build a Mohawk owned casino at the Monticello Raceway, would no longer be funding the SRMT’s predevelopment costs, and would be closing their own predevelopment office for the project in Monticello. Empire Resorts informed the t...
The Salmon River girls had a nice payday for a seasons worth of hard work under first year coach Jim Barnes. The Salmon girls traveled to Oswego, N.Y. for the Final Four and met their nemesis, the Oswego Buccaneers, in the Semi-final Round on Saturday night. While Oswego played on home turf in front of family and friends, Salmon held nothing back handing the Bucs a devastating and embarrassing loss of 7-1 in front of the hometown crowd. Salmon lit the lamp early in the first period only to have...
On Feb. 10, 2008, at 8:00 p.m., officers from the Canada Border Services Agency seized Oxycodone pills and marijuana from a young Akwesasne male. Customs agents at the Port of Entry on Cornwall Island conducted a secondary vehicle inspection on a vehicle traveling from the United States into Canada. During their search of the vehicle officers located and seized 43 oxycodone pills and 7 grams of marihuana. Oxycodone is a prescription narcotic used to treat pain with effects similar to morphine. It is sold under the brand names Oxycontin and...
AKWESASNE- The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe has announced that it will hold a referendum on April 5th that asks community members if they approve of changing the Three Chief System to a new Six Chief Tribal Council. The Tribal Council passed TCR-2008-08 on February 12, 2008 that directs the Tribal Election Board to make preparations to hold a referendum on the following referendum question: “DO YOU APPROVE OF CHANGING THE CURRENT THREE CHIEF SYSTEM TO A SIX CHIEF SYSTEM?” YES [ ] NO [ ] Several education sessions have been sche...
Fifty years ago this week, students from Fort Covington, Bombay, Westville and Akwesasne walked through the shiny new doors of the Salmon River Central School for the first time. “It was a pretty snazzy place,” said Irving Papineau, who was a 6th grader when the school opened. He is now principal of the district’s St. Regis Mohawk School. Since 1958 thousands have graduated from the district and moved out into the world to have careers and families. Now, they’re being invited back. The school...
Mr. Timothy J. “Sose” Papineau, Jr., age 27, of 62 Rourke Road, Hogansburg, died unexpectedly Wednesday morning (February 13, 2008) at Massena Memorial Hospital. He was born February 10, 1981 in Cornwall, Ontario, the son Timothy J. Sr. and Carol Rourke Papineau. He graduated from Salmon River Central School in 2001 and had taken Software Engineering courses through college correspondence online. Tim enjoyed playing video games and was an avid Caroline Hurricanes hockey fan. He also enjoyed...
Never thought it could be you, never wanted it to be. The other half of me just disappeared. Darkness came as fast as you got your angel wings, my tears will never go away, my heart feels like its been thrown away. When I heard the news, I fell to my knees. Not wanted to get up, I heard you say it’ll be okay. Memories running through my heard not believing my brothers life was gone. When the time came I sat there looking at all your pictures wondering if you were really gone. There...
No farewell words were spoken, No time to say goodbye, You were gone before we knew it, and only God knows why, If love could have saved you, You would have lived forever. by your nephews Kyle & lil’ Norm...
Brian, I was gonna have someone help me write something for you, but it’s better I do it myself, it’s coming from my heart. It won’t make sense to some, but I know it will make sense to you. You know how I am. My son, I miss you so much. You’ve been gone 1 year today, February 14th. My world came to a stop that day, but for you, I’ll move on. I know you would want me to! It’s hard without you here. I find myself always waiting for you to walk in. But I know you’re gone to a better pl...
We cannot believe that it has been a year already we will always love you. No matter where you are, you will always be with us, you are the air, wind and the sunshine. Your memory will always be in our minds, dreams and in our hearts forever until the day we can be together again. We loved you so much we can’t explain it, there is nothing that we could want more then to have you with us again. You were so special in your own unique way if there was anything that we could trade to have you back with us we would trade it for you, but we kn...
The PATS Program and NCSTEP Program would like to thank Mr. Bing Thomas for speaking to our students at the Massena Central High School on Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008. Bing did an awesome presentation on Iridology and natural foods with grade 9-12 students. Thank you so much Bing for all the useful information you gave to our students. Everyone loved your presentation! From Becky Perkins, Shannon Hall, and Danielle Greene....
The Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club would like to thank Mitchell’s Construction for their kind donation to the club. Left to right: Dante and Destiny present a donation to Club Kids Keely and Blade. Photo courtesy of The Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club...
Thank you to everyone in Akwesasne who donated clothes and purchased 50/50 tickets for our family who lost everything in a house fire. It was greatly appreciated. Niawen, Wayne & Colleen Laheche and family from Kahnawake...
Dylan Adams is a grade 9 student at the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame School in Saskatchewan. This is Dylan’s first year at the school and he plays hockey for the Hounds. He wanted to show his photos to family and friends in Akwesasne. Anyone wishing to write Dylan can send a message to [email protected]. Dylan is the son of Theresa Adams and Antoine Delormier Jr.; grandson to Angus & Veronica Adams; Leona Delormier and Antoine Delormier Sr. If you have any questions, please do n...
The family of John Benedict, who is the son of Harry and Doris Benedict, has been diagnosed with a life threatening disease known as Amyloidosis. This disease is an abnormal build up of proteins in the blood that settle into the major organs causing organ failure. Treatments include aggressive chemotherapy and stem cell transplant. He must make multiple trips to Boston University Medical Center to receive these treatments. There will be a benefit dance to be held in his honor on February 23rd at the American Legion Post 1479 from 9 p.m....
On behalf of the Native American group and myself, I would like to express our gratitude and thanks to you and all the staff of Indian Time. The basis for saying Nia:wen is for sending Sakokwenionkwas (Tom Porter) copies of the Indian Time so that he could circulate them throughout all the Native American groups in the New York prison system. I, along with the Native American group here at Bare Hill Correctional facility in Malone, New York, greatly appreciate the kindness and the heart of yourself and all the staff at Indian Time for all t...
On Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 6 p.m., The Ahkwesahsne Community was invited to attend the first organization meeting of our local contractors. 21 members showed their support and ideas were exchanged. - A commitment to work together. - A commitment to hire native contractors - A commitment to invest in Ahkwesahsne. These commitments are examples of just a few of the topics that our group discussed. The next meeting will be held at the Hogansburg Volunteer Fire Hall at 6 p.m. Thursday, February 21, 2008. All concerned community mem...
Dear Editor: Monday, January 14th, 2008 I am writing you this letter because I want to let everyone know that I’m getting my poems published in a book by Publish America. I have been working with them on this book since June of 2007 and took a little break after my surgery. Now that my book is complete and ready for print and I should know when it’s going to be out some time soon. Maybe in three months before it comes out to Market. Anyone in the community of Akwesasne shouldn’t b...
On Wednesday February 6th, a donation was made to AMBE from the Ontario Power Generation’s Corporate Citizenship Program, which provides support to environmental, educational and community initiatives in Ontario. The donation, in the amount of $1000, is meant to support AMBE’s after school programs. Representing OPG, was Bob MacLaren, Production Manager of RH Saunders Generating Station. Representing the Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education was Barry Montour, Director of Education. In addit...
The Committee members for the Racing Against Drugs 2008 are pleased to announce that Dayna Green, a grade 6 student in Mrs. Lalonde’s class won the Logo Contest for the Akwesasne Racing Against Drugs 2008. Dayna Green described her logo and why she used certain pictures within it: “I used the Medicine Wheel and Turtle to represent all people on Mother Earth. The Hiawatha Belt represents all of the Six Nations People. My message was to live above the influence of drugs and alcohol and lead a str...
The Diabetes Grant of the Let’s Get Healthy Program is ready for business again. We are excited to reopen with the opportunity to expand many of our programs. The following staff are located here: Rosemary Bennett-Diabetes Nurse Educator Justin Point, Lead Fitness Specialist Kelly Jackson, Administrative Assistant Janine Rourke, Diabetes Grant Coordinator This site now houses the Active Living Center, providing a supervised fitness program for adult patients of St. Regis Mohawk Health Services. The Active Living Center consists of 3 t...
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne’s Healthy Babies program hosts events and workshops regularly in the community to give parents something extra to learn about. One of their most popular events is an infant massage class. Sherry Laponsee, a registered massage therapist from the Hands on Health Massage Therapy Centre in Cornwall, teaches the one-hour course. Sarah Peters of the Healthy Babies program said they try to hold the workshop four times a year. Infant massage is known to be beneficial t...
The St. Regis Recreation is hosting and sponsoring a twice-weekly yoga class for all community members. The first class was held in January and a group of regulars as well as weekly newcomers have been attending the class every Monday and Friday. Catherine Lelievre teaches the Hatha style of yoga that she learned at the Satnam yoga studio in Cornwall. The class is casual and informal, as well as free to all participants. New members are encouraged to come anytime and jump into the routine. T...
Following a business symposium at the Wolf Clan/LJ’s Banquet Hall Friday evening, a Native American comedian entertained two crowds with racially-appropriate humor. Jim Ruel, an Ojibwe native from Milwaukee, brought laughter from two separate crowds. Ruel started with his best, most-used jokes and impressions, adding in a few he wrote just for a northern crowd, telling a few stories about his own life. Ruel makes fun of his own life as a ‘City Native” where he says he spent more time stalk...
On Friday Feb. 7, a school wide Native Social Dance was held in the gymnasium of the St. Regis Mohawk School. There were three sections for various grade levels throughout the day. At 8:30, grade Kindergarten, Pre-Kindergarten and grade two enjoyed the songs and dances. From ten to eleven o’clock, grade three and four shared the fun and danced their moccasins off. Bear Fox sang her new song,which is a musical Ohenton Karihwatehkwen. This song involved the children in singing the chorus...