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Caring for someone suffering from Alzheimer’s can be overwhelming. The anxiety and fear of them walking away can directly impact a caregiver’s physical, mental and emotional well-being. Being able to speak with others facing the same situation might ease the anguish caregivers feel by realizing they are not alone. Massena Memorial Hospital is co-sponsoring an Alzheimer’s Support Group with the Alzheimer’s Association’s Central New York Chapter. Support group facilitators Tanya Bolia and Ellen Wilson will lead the group in sharing and discussing...
Date: Saturday, April 15, 2017 Time: 1:00 to 3:00 pm Where: The Nature Center, 19 Robinson Bay Rd., Robert Moses State Park, Massena Free! Kids ages 6 – 12. Do you know what the official New York State amphibian is? Did you know that some frogs can freeze solid and still live? Join us and experience first-hand the amazing plants and animals that are the first to wake up every year after the long winter ends!! Wear rain boots and dress for the weather! Sponsored by NYPA....
This belt was formerly held by Donehogawah or General Ely S. Parker. It means "Five Council Fires" or "Death Belt" of the five Iroquois Nations, the Confederacy of the Iroquois. The Death Belts were in the custody of The Keepers of the East and West Door of the Haudenosaunee. This one was always held by the Donehogawah, the Keeper of the Western Door, the watcher and army guard of the Confederacy. (The Mohawks of the Eastern Door likewise had their copy of this particular belt.) This belt...
Easter festivities got underway last weekend at Snye Recreation. A Pie Bingo was held Saturday with meat pies and apple pies stacked and ready to go in the kitchen. During the intermission, an Easter Bonnet judging was held with the gang from Iakhihsohtha making the trip and joining in on the fun. Later that evening there was a Trivia Contest and the following day there was the popular Easter Egg Hunt and Kids Easter Bonnet decorating contest....
The Cornwall Quilters Guild Presents, Quilts on the Seaway. This is a quilt exhibit and sale taking place on Friday April 21st from 10am - 6pm and Saturday April 22nd from 10am - 4pm at St. John Presbyterian Church located at 28 Second Street East, Cornwall, Ontario. Admission is $6.00 and is open to the public....
Last week's heavy rain caused a few high water areas and Beaver Meadow Road was partially run over. However, in Hogansburg, last summer's removal of the Dam prevented a similar flood in the area in front of the St. Regis Mohawk School. Photo by Derrick Lafrance....
Overeaters Anonymous Support Group meetings are offered at Massena Memorial Hospital every Thursday. Meetings begin at 7 p.m. in the Massena Memorial Hospital Community Education Room. Overeaters Anonymous (OA) offers a program of recovery from compulsive overeating, binge eating and other eating disorders using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. OA is not just about weight loss, weight gain, maintenance, obesity or diets. It addresses physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. It is not a religious organization and does not...
The St. Regis Rec Dance Club put on a big performance for one of their own. Last weekend the Club held the third Lip Sync Battle to raise funds to help Jordan Reese with medical costs. They raised over $3800 and the battle was co-sponsored by the St. Regis Recreation Committee. Generous donations were from Dr. Daniel, Cass Terrance and Mary and Philip Gray. Community members put up challenges to friends to lip sync and a few community members accepted the challenge to perform to the theme of...
Submitted by Mae Green This year's activities started out with the Pie Bingo on Saturday, April 8th at 2:00 p.m. We had over 100 in attendance. Our Adult Bonnet Contest took place during intermission and our lucky winners were Gloria Cook, Laura Cree, Sarah Mitchell and Cecelia Jacobs. Winners received $30.00 Walmart gift cards. Thanks to our judges Penny Peters, Leigh Ann McDonald, Sesi King and Arvella Thomas. Our winners of our Special Games were Lucille Peters and Judy Cole winning $50.00...
Submitted by Nanci Ransom The Akwesasne Tri-District Elders hosted five nights of basketmaking classes with instructors Delia Terrance and Thomas Terrance. The classes began on April 3rd for two hours and continued each evening until April 7th. Delia has taught several classes for children and really enjoys her work. There were 10 community members that took part in the class. Many of the class members have expressed an interest in attending any future classes. This event was an excellent way...
Submitted by Pathfinders Consulting The 12-week pre-employment training program held at the Akwesasne Area Management Board & facilitated by Pathfinders Consulting, is designed to increase a participant's employability and improve their chances of acquiring meaningful and gainful employment by providing six weeks of in-class training and six weeks of on-the-job experience. The objective is to improve the quality of our local workforce and to connect industry to our qualified job seekers. The tra...
Reprinted with permission from Indian Country Media Today April 7, 2017. Top Senate Democrats are questioning whether the builder and manager of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) had a permit to construct a controversial stretch of the project near tribal land and water sources. In a letter dated April 3, Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Tom Carper (D-DE), the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, took the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,...
By Shelly Palmer, The Palmer Group April 2, 2017. There has never been a reasonable expectation of online privacy, and there never will be. Regardless of what you may have recently heard about joint resolutions or nullifications, nothing has changed. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have always had the right to use your data as they see fit, within a few Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) parameters. This has not changed. And you have given FANG (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) the right to use...
By Matt Stewart There’s a new generation in town and it’s one that employers better get ready for, because it’s 23 million strong and will be flooding the workforce by the end of the decade. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Generation Z; a confidence-filled group that doesn’t want to miss a thing, has the shortest attention span of any generation and isn’t quite as open as its predecessors – the millennials – from whom they learned that not everything needs to be shared online. “If you try to treat those in Generation Z (born in the mid to late ‘90...
Date: Sunday, April 23, 2017 Time: 1:30 p.m. Where: Cornwall Public Library This beautiful film “Intelligent Trees” will astound you with the latest science about how trees actually communicate with each other, learn from and protect each other. We tend to take trees for granted yet they provide the very air we breathe and are a source of building material for our homes, provide shade and beauty on our streets and are even a source of inspiration for artists. Trees are proving to be ever more important as we confront climate change, and fac...
David Totkennion George (center), SD&G Highlanders, 3rd Canadian Division, Europe, 1945. Niawen to Doug George for sharing this photo with our readers. 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 Communications Building. Stop letting your photos gather dust in the basement and bring them in for us! All photos are returned to their owner....
St. Regis Mohawk Tribal police blotter, March 31-April 5: On March 31, police ticketed Melinda M. Rafter, 34, of Brasher Falls for second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, uninspected motor vehicle and unlicensed operation. Tickets are returnable to Bombay Town Court on April 25. On March 31, police charged Christopher R. Phillips, 30, of Pennellville for driving while ability impaired by drugs and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, both felonies, a misdemeanor count of false personation and unlawful possession of marijuana, a...
Project Coordinator to implement the Kanien’kéha Owenna’shón:ah Signage Project Salary: $15/hour x 35 hours/week from May 2017 to December 2018 Responsibilities: The coordinator will identify and work with community artists, craftspeople, businesses and organizations in order to develop materials, brochures, signage, mini-lessons on language, and a website up-date. The project will include close coordination on with other museum staff and the funders, Akwesasne Cultural Restoration (ACR) - Áse Tsi Tewá:ton. Consultation will be provide...
ACFS is sponsoring a coupon class! Chelsea Oakes will be teaching her beginner coupon class where you will learn how to reduce your grocery budget, use coupons the right way and become a pro at saving money! Coupon class will cover: • Where to find great coupons and how to use them • Organizing your coupons the easy way • What stores save you more • Secrets to couponing the right way Class will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Kawehno:ke Recreation Center from 5-7PM. Dinner and child care available. Call Jhazmayn Jacobs at (613) 5...
The Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education (AMBE) will be dismissing students early on Thursday, April 13, 2017. • All students will be dismissed at 11:31 am. • There will be no after-school programming on this day. AMBE staff will be participating in professional development. AMBE strives to provide professional development opportunities throughout the school year to their teaching staff. AMBE schools and offices will also be closed on Friday, April 14, 2017 and Monday, April 17, 2017....
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne is notifying the community that all offices will be closed on Friday, April 14, 2017 in observance of Good Friday. Offices will also be closed on Monday, April 17, 2017 in observance of Easter Monday. Essential services and 24-hour care facilities will remain operational. Offices will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, April 18, 2017....
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne is inviting community members who may have been affected by the Sixties Scoop to attend an information session on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, from 1PM until 4PM at the Kawehno:ke Recreation Center. The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne is hosting this session, which includes a presentation from Jessica Braude of Wilson Christen law firm....
Benefit to assist the family with travel expenses. MOHAWK AUCTION Friday, April 21st @ Snye Recreation Centre 10:00am to 7:00pm Tickets-$5.00 MEXICAN SPAGHETTI MEAL Friday, April 21st @ Snye Recreation Centre 11:00am until all is sold $10.00 per dinner Includes: Mexican spaghetti, homemade dinner roll, salad, dessert and a drink LIGHTNING BINGO @ SNYE RECREATION CENTRE Friday April 21st @ 6:00pm Entry fee-$5.00 Concession stand will be open. For more information or to make a donation contact Guzzy @ 315-705-8618....
An Akwesasne based fiber optic broadband system is expected to have numerous benefits. It will help address economic leakage. It is expected to lead to as much as a 5% economic growth in the community. It is expected to lead to direct and indirect employment in the community. It is expected to lead to distance learning opportunities, the delivery of tele-medicine, support for creating a micro-grid electric utility and smart metering, and improvements to telecommunication within the community. Please take a moment to complete this survey to...
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 @ 6:30pm 2nd Floor of Akwesasne Business Center Contact - [email protected]...
