A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The A’nowara’kowa Arena floor felt the beat of tiny feet Wednesday morning as the Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education’s Early Years students participated in powwow too big for any school gymnasium. Headstart, Pre-k and kindergarten students from AMBE’s three districts were transported to the arena for the powwow event that brought dancers to their feet. With a drum group performing, the students were anxious to show off their most recent smoke dancing skills. Others were happy to try jingle...
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The Akwesasne Torchbearer Selection Committee announced that it has launched a process for selecting a torchbearer for the Akwesasne leg of the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. Akwesasne residents interested in having the historic opportunity to carry the Olympic Torch in the territory of Akwesasne are being encouraged to submit their interest. Only one community member will be selected to carry the Olympic Torch along a designated route when it comes to Akwesasne in December 2009. The Akwesasne...
Marjorie Skidders and her family have made history recently as they have officially started this area’s first vineyard and winery. Laughing Crow Winery is a completely family-run business that has grown from a small idea into a large production that requires a lot of hard work. Skidders and her children first set out to make their own wine by purchasing grape juice from other vineyards. “We put a lot of work into it before we even bottled one bottle of wine,” Skidders said. The family began...
Mrs. Charlotte A. (Benedict) Cook, age 89, of Onondaga Nation passed away peacefully in the evening of Saturday, April 11, 2009 at the home of her granddaughter, Alicia Cook. She was born May 12, 1919 on Cornwall Island, the daughter of William and Josephine Point Benedict. She was the loving wife of the late Johnson J. Cook of Onondaga Nation. Together they raised his three children, Andrew Cook, the late Horace J. Cook and Geraldine Steeprock; all of the Onondaga Nation. Charlotte enjoyed...
Mrs. Nancy “Kwanentawi” Bova Chaussi, age 70, of 1206 Island Road East, Cornwall Island, peacefully passed away on Friday morning (April 10, 2009) surrounded by her family at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. She was born March 31, 1939 in Cornwall, the daughter of James and Julia Boots Bova. She attended schools on Cornwall Island and St. Lawrence High School in Cornwall. Nancy worked as a receptionist for various businesses in Syracuse before moving back to the reservation. She then began wor...
Mrs. Theresa (Cook) Phillips, age 93, 1083 Drum Street Road, Akwesasne, died Wednesday evening (April 8, 2009) at Cornwall Community Hospital, McConnell Site, where she had been admitted the previous day. She was born July 9, 1915 in Hogansburg, the daughter of Louis and Nancy McDonald Cook. She attended schools in Snye. Theresa married Mitchell Phillips on September 13, 1939 at the St. Regis Catholic Church with Rev. Michael K. Jacobs, SJ, officiating. Mr. Phillips predeceased her on December...
Reece Clute-Francis and his family are selling raffle tickets to help support research into causes of Autism. His mom and grandmother created a beautiful quilt depicting a puzzle pattern that represents putting the pieces together for autistic children. The queen size quilt, was machine quilted by Angel LePage. Raffle tickets are available at the schools as well as various locations throughout Akwesasne. Tickets are $5.00 each or 3 for $10.00. Thank you from the family for helping Reece during...
Dear Editor: I am a sixth grade teacher at the St. Regis Mohawk School. The students in my classroom just completed a unit on persuasive letters. Each student chose a topic that was important to him or her. These students chose to send their letters to you - hoping that they could “persuade” you and your readers to help make a difference. I appreciate you taking the time to read my students’ letters, in advance. They were excited to find out that we were actually going to send them to you. If there is any way that you could print the letters in...
Thanks A heartfelt expression of appreciation for all those who participated in the fundraiser for Quintyn Jackson, our newborn grandson, son, and special baby. The hard work that went into preparing and distributing the delicious lasagna luncheon. The unbelievable generosity of the Akwesasne community and the continuing support has made a very difficult situation so much easier to bear. A special thanks goes out to Lenny and Sherry Oakes and the Mohawk Bingo Palace, the associates and related...
Sekon, My name is Micki King. I recently participated in an endurance event as a member of the Leukemia & Lymphoma society’s (LLS) Team on March 21, 2009 in Washington D.C. I have successfully completed my half marathon 13.5 miles in 1 hour and 51 minutes. And I was proud to run in honor of young Wyatt Benedict from Akwesasne and all individuals who are battling blood cancers. I want to thank all my sponsors from Akwesasne who helped me to compete in this marathon. I want to send a special t...
Niawenhkowa On behalf of all the parents, students and staff, Niawenhkowa to everyone who joined us at The AFS fundraiser this past Saturday and to everyone who tried their luck on our Spring Theme basket raffles. Congratulations to Chantelle Cooke on winning the Grand Prize Wii Basket Raffle. Onenkiwahe, Katsitsiaienhne...
Submitted by the HAVFD The Office of the Fire Marshal is notifying the public that on March 10, 2009, Maytag Corporation announced a voluntary recall of various refrigerator models. An electrical failure in the relay, which is the component that turns on the refrigerator’s compressor, can cause overheating and pose a serious fire hazard. The refrigerators were sold by department/appliance stores and homebuilders nationwide between January 2001 and January 2004. The recall involves certain Maytag, Jenn-Air, Amana, Admiral, magic Chef, P...
Students from Salmon River Central School District in Fort Covington, NY participated in the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s School Shamrock Program this year and successfully hit their goal and then continued to exceed it. Each year, schools all over New York open their shamrock kit and sell shamrocks in their school district during February and March. Salmon River came up with innovating ideas that spurred success in this school district. Students celebrated spirit week which is an annual tradition at Salmon River Central. Competition was...
The Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club along with St. Lawrence University and the Akwesasne Freedom School attended a trip to New York City on April 3rd-5th. The group consisted of 3 Freedom School students, 4 Boys & Girls Club members, and 11 St. Lawrence University students. The goal of the trip was to help the students and club members to realize the different cultures that are around us, and gain a better cultural awareness for both college students and Junior High students. When arrived in the...
A group of Mohawks were fortunate to get tickets to the 2009 Annual White House Easter Egg Hunt in Washington, DC on April 13. The group was even more fortunate to meet President Barack Obama. Noelle Ward-Conners of Akwesasne travelled to D.C. on her school break from Salmon River to visit family, Tina Conners-James and Nakaia Conners. They attended the Easter egg hunt and then met the president at the White House Basketball Court. “We were also able to capture a photo of Noelle giving P...
Annual Community Date Rescheduled The Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education (AMBE) has rescheduled their Annual Community Meeting to April 20, 2009. The main purpose of the Annual meeting is to present information to the community on programming that AMBE has to offer. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. and will take place at Kana:takon School. A light supper will be provided. A parent session and school tour for all new students at Kana:takon School will take place. There will be presentations and performances by AMBE students,...
It turns out the weather was a perfect sunny day, just a hint of April breeze on the 9th of April, 2009. J.O.C. (Corey Jocko), our own Akwesasne rapper, and friends performed their concert to several hundred young audience members at the Akwesasne Mohawk School, including the students from Kanatakon, grades 4-8, from 10-11:30 in the morning hours at school. Magoo Cook, dance Instructor at Magoo’s Dance Co. and two of his students, daughters of rappers performing with J.O.C., entertained the y...
Mohawk actress and writer-in-the-making Nikaiataa Skidders will co-star this weekend in her second performance with Cornwall’s Vagabond Theatre. Skidders and five others star in “Kingfisher Days”, a one-act memory play set in a Canadian lake town during a 1960s summer. The play’s narrator and main character, Susan (Nancy Munro), is a five-year-old during that summer who has no one to play with except her elderly neighbor, Mr. Moir (Bill Roddy). One day, she finds a neatly folded pink letter...
[Cornwall, Ontario]: In accordance with the operating regulations of the International St. Lawrence River Board of Control, Ontario Power Generation’s Ottawa/St. Lawrence Plant Group advises users of the St. Lawrence River, including recreational boaters and anglers, that the gates of the Iroquois Dam were raised to their normal operating positions Saturday, April 11, 2009. Recreational boaters may once again travel up and down the river under the two gates on the Canadian side that are raised higher to facilitate boat passage. Ontario Power G...
Vicky Gollinger Hilleges, of Pippi’s Perennials, will present Gardening With Native Plants on Saturday April 25th from 1 2:30 pm at the Robert Moses State Park Nature Center. The workshop is one of many free activities being offered on Celebrate the Earth Day....
It was 2 p.m. on Easter Sunday and the location was at the ‘T’ in Tsi Snaihne. If anyone were to pass this residence their eyesight would be speckled with flashes of dotted colors. Sheila Jacobs creates so much fun for her family, friends and neighbors at an annual event at Easter time. It takes a special kind of person to provide this kind of unselfish enjoyment for others. She gets herself going by 6 a.m. as she scatters the thousands of eggs across her yard…front, back and in every corne...
I am anxiously awaiting the warm weather that is coming soon (I hope)! Unfortunately, the much-welcomed warm weather that brings us flowers, birds, and butterflies also brings with it some very bothersome insects. It was cold last Thursday, but I watched as one anxious over ambitious bee tried to fly into my closed truck window. The bee left wherever it had wintered a little bit too soon, so it was probably looking for a warm place. There are a lot of products on sale to repel these things, but...
Iakoráhston: Wahiarónkwas Iakohiáton Kawinónhsen Tsi Ronterihwanónhnha Ne Kanien’kéha Dialect Adapted for use in Ahkwesáhsne Ne ki oká:ra, orihwí:io eh niiawén:’en. Ne iáken’ kí:ken iatatróna énhska’k rotiwiraién:tahkwe rosken’rakéhte.Ne kati ki raksá:’a kwáh í:ken tsi ro’tonhkwáhrhoskwe. Sók ne ro’nisténha áhsire wá’ontste wahonwatsihrón:ni. Thó:ne eh thó nón:we niahonwaia’ténhawe tsi tkanén:iaien onenia’kó:wa, eh tho wahonwatsihrá:ren. Kwah í:ken tsi iokennó:ron tánon iowé:ren, sók wahonw...
13. Should any person, a member of the Five Nations’ Confederacy, specially esteem a man or woman of another clan or of a foreign nation, he may choose a name and bestow it upon that person so esteemed. The naming shall be in accord with the ceremony of bestowing names. Such a name is only a temporary one and shall be called “A name hung about the neck.” A short string of shells shall be delivered with the name as a record and a pledge. 68. Should any member of the Five Nations, a family or person belonging to a foreign nation submit a propo...
