A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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On March 23, the Alzheimer’s Disease Assistance Center (ADAC) through its affiliation with the Eastern Adirondack Health Care Network and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Office for the Aging held a free Mood and Memory Clinic and lunch presentation on “Growing Old Mindfully” with Dr. Sally White, M.D., at the Seniors’ Center in Hogansburg. The ADAC is located in Plattsburg, NY and they hold satellite clinics at least once a year in all three counties, including Akwesasne. These clinics offer fre...
On March 25, the Cornwall Regional Art Gallery, located at 168 Pitt Street, Cornwall, ON, held their first annual juried photography exhibition. Over 132 original photos were put on display: from digital images to classic film, simple black and white to explosive colors and in categories from landscape to the abstract. There is something for everybody. During the awards ceremony, a panel of experienced judges were assigned the difficult task of selecting five of their top favorites to receive...
1. Tsiskóko aoká:ra The Robin’s story 2. Tsiskóko sa’o’nikónhrhen ne tsi naká:iere ne taka:ten. The robin forgot how to fly 3. Iakón:kwe ie’ní:khons A woman was sewing 4. Né:k tsi wentó:re. But it was difficult 5. Tsítsho wató:rats ne tsiskó:ko. A fox was hunting the robin 6. Tsítsho ka’wà:raks. The fox eats meat 7. Onté:ko ne tsiskó:ko. The robin ran away 8. Tsiskóko ontáhsehte iakón:kwe iehsón:ne. The robin hid behind the woman’s back 9. Konwahretsiá:rons ne tsiskó:ko taka:ten. The woman en...
Continued from last week THE HIAWATHA WAMPUM: From what we know ... the Indians had a tradition of law and the Iroquois are our surviving example of it. The Iroquois possessed a tradition of law, and that tradition of law is what has created them as a people. That part is definitely true, but the Iroquois tradition is not a tradition of law, exactly. The Iroquois tradition is a tradition of responsible thinking. It is not something written in paragraphs and lines because it doesn’t matter whethe...
What’s happening in Haudenosaunee country: The Haudenosaunee Documentation Committee (HDC) meeting that was scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 2010 in Six Nations territory was canceled until a later date. The Cayuga Longhouse was scheduled for a ceremony so the HDC was bumped. A Haudenosaunee Peace and Trade meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at the Onondaga Longhouse at 10:00 a.m. The majority of the meeting will be the work to be done to get ready for the United Nations 9th Session on Indigenous Rights scheduled for April 1...
Front row-L-R Joe Dingle, Ben Kelly, George Bero, Clarence Thompson, Jim Bero, J.D. White Back row J. Powell,T. Black, M. Cook, Coach J. Correnti, D. Barlow, J. Lantry, R. Ryan Photo provided by Larry White Do you have any old photos that you’d like to share with our readers in Blast from the Past? Bring them in! Our offices are located on Hilltop Drive in the same building as CKON Stop letting your photos gather dust in the basement and bring them in for us! All photos are returned to their o...
Sophie Kinsella is one author that will always deliver with her witty English dialect and her use of words. She may be from across the Atlantic but her stories of love and life stand true all throughout the world. Chloe has been an independent talented woman; she is content with her two kids and a man that she loves. She could not be happier that soon she will be going on a long and much needed and anticipated vacation. With her family problems and work stress she needs nothing more than to just forget and be away for a while. Hugh, a...
This week I was trying to piece together Little Brother’s baby book. I thought about Big Brother’s baby book and how writing about what the kids do weekly kind of helps out in the memories department. If I ever forget what happened when, due to aging, the column is my own little timeline. It got me thinking about how long it’s been. I mean I miss a week here or there for various reasons but it has been over four years since I began this column. This month Little Brother is the exact age that Big Brother was when this column was created. That...
Name: Cody Richard Gray Born: Monday, March 22, 2010 Parents: Cheynne Sunday & Jason Gray Grandparents: Jamie & Dick Oddo, Lisa Gray & Darmen Terrance Great-Grandparents: Betty & the late Jiggy Sunday, Gladys & John White, Abe Sr. & the late Gertrude Gray, Ann & Eddie Terrance...
Name: Galiana Marie May Boots Quiroz Born: Monday, March 22, 2010 Weight: 6 lbs. 15 oz. Length: 19 inches Parents: Krystal Boots and Gaston Quiroz Maternal Grandparents: Larry David, Sandra Boots Paternal Grandparent: Mary Terrance Great Grandparents: Pauline and the late Jonas Boots, Lenora and the late Moses David...
Good luck to Alanna Herne and the U14 Buffalo Bison Tier I girl’s hockey team as they travel to Wisconsin for the National Tournament on April 6. The Buffalo Bisons are New York State Champions after defeating Rochester, Syracuse and Long Island in the State playoffs in March....
SUNY Cobleskill - The SUNY Cobleskill Athletic Department announced today that freshman Shane Francis, Akwesasne Territory, Salmon River High School, a member of the men’s lacrosse team has been named the athletic program’s Fighting Tiger Athlete-of-the-Week. The freshman attackman was the team’s offensive catalyst on their annual spring trip scoring 16 goals to go with five assists and 12 ground balls as the Fighting Tigers split four games. Francis blasted Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA wi...
AKWESASNE, NY -- Mohawk International Raceway (MIR) will wrap-up the 2009 racing season and kick off the upcoming 2010 season on Friday, April 9th with its annual awards banquet and race party. MIR management has also announced that season tickets for the 2010 season are now available--they may be purchased through the MIR track office and at the banquet. The Championship Banquet will be held at the Brass Horse Grill, Route 37 in Akwesasne, on Friday, April 9th, with festivities beginning at...
Last year you might remember that the Mohawk Chicks finished in 2nd place in the B division at the Canadian Cuesports Alliance Nationals, Canadian 8-Ball Championships. They qualified to play in this tournament by playing in the American Cuesports Alliance sanctioned in Akwesasne known as the Akwesasne Billiards Club, League #425. All the top players from around Canada showed up at the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel in Toronto and the Mohawk Chicks were on the scene as well as a couple of...
Are you tired of the same old workout routine? Zumba is a new fitness idea revolutionizing the way you work out. Zumba is a type of Latin dance aerobics influenced by dances from around the world proven to burn 1,000 calories in one hour. And, it is being offered right here in Akwesasne. Zumba classes are instructed by Tai Martin, a representative of Malone Greater YMCA. She is a certified Zumba instructor and does her own choreography for each class. She teaches Zumba Gold for beginners to...
During March Break a group of young volleyball players were busy working hard at improving their volleyball skills at the Soaring Eagles March Madness Volleyball Camp. The camp was held from March 15-18 at the Kana:takon School gymnasium and was hosted and instructed by the Soaring Eagles Volleyball Club and sponsored by A’nowara’ko:wa Arena using funds they appropriated from the NCB Reinvestment Fund. March Madness was designed for girls in grades 5-12 interested in improving their vol...
