A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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(April 18, 2017) As promised, we are fully reporting to the community on the Akwesasne Holiday Helpers activities and funds. We apologize for the delay; we have further requirements on financial reporting per our 501c3 Non Profit Corporation status. Although the donations were down in our second year, we had a successful holiday season helping our community. We did everything possible to stretch the dollars to ensure that all who came forward received a food basket and a gift for their child or...
By Jenna Clute and Derrick Lafrance On Saturday morning, April 22nd, the Akwesasne Task Force, in cooperation with the SRMT's Environment Division and MCA's Environment Division, held their Annual Seed and Tree Giveaway at the Saint Regis Mohawk Senior Center. Agencies and programs from Akwesasne and the surrounding area were invited to set up booths. Along with information in relation to gardening or our environment and how we can help, they also had a large variety of garden seeds and trees to...
AKWESASNE – On Onerahtókha/April 24, 2017; the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe held a formal groundbreaking of a new 54,700-square-foot Tribal Administration Building at 71 Business Park Road in Akwesasne. When completed in September 2018, the three-story building will house 18 tribal offices, provide parking for 225 vehicles, as well as serve as an Emergency Operations Center. "This is an historic and much-anticipated moment for the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, as well as for the community of Ak...
(April 19, 2017) Toronto – Canada's Sports Hall of Fame revealed the six Athletes, one Team, and two sport "Builders" who will make up the Class of 2017. Induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is considered the country's highest sporting honour and reinforces the incredibly successful athletic careers of the nominees. This year's Class has broken down barriers, blazed new trails, and served as proud international ambassadors for Canadian values. Each of the inductees selected to join the C...
Graveside services will be held for Janet C. Moniere at Calvary Cemetery, Massena, on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 10:30 AM. Janet passed away Tuesday evening, January 24, 2017 at St. Joseph’s Home in Ogdensburg. Arrangements are with the Donaldson Funeral Home.... Full story
Ontario is launching a pilot project to assess whether a basic income can better support vulnerable workers, improve health and education outcomes for people on low incomes, and help ensure that everyone shares in Ontario’s economic growth. Premier Kathleen Wynne announced details of the Ontario Basic Income Pilot (OBIP) project on Monday, April 24, 2017 in Hamilton. The three-year study will test how a basic income might expand opportunities and job prospects of those living on low incomes while providing greater security for them and their fa...
Letter to the Editor, I went to the Partridge house in May of 2014 and unlike so many that don’t, I made it to graduation. Since then I have been approached by numerous people discussing their experiences at the Partridge House, all of which were less than favorable. There are issues that need to be addressed with who is employed there and how they are handling the lives that enter through those doors. Through sharing some of my experiences, I hope to create awareness in the community about what is happening inside our treatment center and ulti...
Letter to the Editor, April 25, 2017 Disrupting Fish Cycle The fish cycles in Akwesasne are getting disrupted by natural as well as man made factors, some preventable as well as avoidable. One of the most grievous actions is being committed, as you read this article, by the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. This action can be seen by the cleaning out of the drainage ditches in order to increase farm land drainage. The main problem is that as anyone who lives here in Akwesasne always hears talk about save the environment for those medicine plants and...
I would like of give a big Thank you to all of our hard working Bus Drivers here in our community in Akwesasne. They are not just Bus drivers, they are also our Mothers and Fathers in the community of Akwesasne. Thank you for being there every day for our children. Thank you. For they are our future. Thank you. For your patience and understanding. Thank you. For all your hard work. You are greatly appreciated. Thank you for providing the safe transportation of our children. I respect all of the Bus Drivers for working together to ensure all...
Niawen:kowa/Thank you to the volunteers who spend numerous hours making the lives of our folks living in LTC more enjoyable! Pastoral Care: Fr. Jerome Pastores, St. Regis Parish, and Sister Mary Christine who bring Holy Mass (monthly) and Holy Communion (weekly) to residents. Urgent need for volunteers from other religions to meet the needs of Residents. Entertainers: Lucien Lalonde, Dick Hamill and Ross Blakely for playing guitar, fiddle and singing Residents ol’ time favorites every Monday morning (at no charge). More volunteers needed to p...
On Thursday, April 20, 2017, the residents and staff at Iakhihsohtha Lodge held a luncheon for the volunteers to show our appreciation for all they do for the residents. These volunteers have been with us for years. They assist the residents with playing Radio Bingo, weekly prayer service and gardening, some coming to help out weekly or twice a week. We wanted to take this opportunity to express our warmest gratitude. Your dedication to our residents is the reason for our success. Niawen Kowa...
Ontario Power Generation sponsors up to two awards annually, one female and one male. The Award is valued at $3,000 for College recipients and $5,000 for University recipients. All Ontario residents who are First Nations, Inuit or Métis, and enrolled in a full-time post secondary institution in Ontario are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to applicants from Ontario communities. The deadline is May 15, 2017. For more details on this award, please visit: http://mypowercareer.com/student-awards/john-wesley-beaver-mem...
By: Dan Sweet, 4-H After School Program-Tribal Mentoring/Nutrition Program Educator Now that Spring has sprung, and the snow is finally starting to melt away, the sidewalks are clearing up. As the weather continues to warm up and the sun stays out for longer, we are beginning to see more and more people choosing to walk, bike, and run through town over driving a car. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4,735 pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes, while over 150,000 were treated in emergency departments for injuries...
Elders at the St. Regis Seniors Center were treated last weekend to some great music from one of our own local performers. The River Mohawks were there to play up the release of their "Shine On! Shine On!" CD. They played country music standards that local fans have been listening to for years; Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, James Taylor and others were performed as the seniors got up to dance. The CD is available everywhere in Akwesasne, and is mostly cover songs of the classic favorites the band...
On Monday, April 24th, Grade 3 Tsi Snaihne School students, in recognition of Earth Day, were all smiles and active citizens helping clean up garbage around their wonderful school. Their efforts were just one small part of a school-wide garbage collecting event. Excellent job Tsi Snaihne students!...
April 25, 2017. (New York, NY): Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde is at the 16th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York, NY this week and issued the following statement on Canada’s formal removal of all objections to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: “Since the adoption of the UN Declaration 10 years ago, a great deal of work has been done and significant progress has been made in acknowledging the importance of Indigenous peo...
COLTON, NY -- For mushroom lovers, a fresh Shiitake mushroom is a prized delicacy. Local grower Mike Corse of Deep Root Mushroom Farm will share the skills of preparing logs using a Shiitake mushroom spawn at an upcoming Local Living Venture workshop. Tips and techniques for starting and maintaining the special inoculated logs will be featured at the workshop entitled “Shiitake Mushroom Log Make~n~Take” on Saturday, April 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. near Colton, NY. Shiitake mushrooms flourish in the great northern woods but need a ten...
On Onerahtókha/April 5, 2017, the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council provided its third annual donation of $20,000 from the Community Partnership Fund to support this year's Ohero:kon Rites of Passage. The contribution represents the Tribe's ongoing efforts to help strengthen Mohawk culture and identity, which is a universal principle identified in its 10-Year Strategic Plan "Working Together Today to Build a Better Tomorrow." Ohero:kon is a four-year traditional rites of passage ceremony that...
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Onerahtókha/April 27, 2017 Kawehno:ke Community Centre 6:00pm AGENDA 1.CALL TO ORDER A. Council Attendance B. Moment of silence 2. COUNCIL AGENDA ACCEPTANCE 3. RULES OF ORDER 4. FOLLOW UP | Enniskó:wa/March 23, 2017 General Meeting Action Items 5. PRESENTATION | IFN Youth Conference Participates 6. UPDATE | Council Year In Review 7. BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR 8. RESOLUTIONS A. General Meeting Minutes dated Enniskó:wa/March 23, 2017 9. ANNOUNCEMENTS A. District Meetings: 6:00 pm start time Kawehno:ke, Onerahtohkó:wa /May 8th, Kawehno:ke Com...
SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music will host renowned conductor JoAnn Falletta and guest soloists Elizabeth Caballero, Charles Reid and Kevin Deas as they appear in concert with the Crane Symphony Orchestra and the Crane Chorus on Saturday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall. They will perform Francis Poulenc’s “Gloria” and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “The Bells.” A pre-concert lecture will be given by Dr. Gary Busch at 6:30 p.m. in Wakefield Recital Hall. Falletta is the 2017 Dorothy Albrecht Gregory Visiting Conductor. Th...
Before there was an elected system of governance in Akwesasne, the community was governed by Community Life Chiefs. These Life Chiefs were known as the Rotinonkwiseres, which means "They Have Long hair." These men were chosen by the Clanmothers, as is tradition among the Haudenosaunee. For centuries, this was the way the Mohawk community of Akwesasne had decided to choose their leaders. The newly formed government of Canada had a different plan and a law to determine Akwesasne leaders that were...
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On April 18, 2017, a lawyer representing clients in the “Sixties Scoop” class action lawsuit held a presentation in Akwesasne to explain the lawsuit. If you would like to view the video of this meeting, please make arrangements with the MCA Communications Unit by calling 613-575-2250 Ext. 2210 or emailing [email protected]. Due to privacy and other restrictions we will not be posting this video online. However, all are welcome to view the video in person for information purposes....
