A Voice from the Eastern Door
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AKWESASNE – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (SRMT) is notifying tribal members the 30-Day Comment Period was completed on Enniskó:wa/March 31, 2023. During the comment period, one tribal member commented. Those comments were reviewed and considered. It was determined those comments did not impact the proposed amendment to the Judicial Oversight Commission Ordinance. Following the review of all questions and comments to the Judicial Oversight Commission Ordinance, the version submitted for comments was presented to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Co...
3rd Grade Honor Roll Mylee Mitchell, Parker Landry, Presley Gray Lainey Oakes , Macee Mitchell, Olivia Mc. Elwain, Jr., Rennyn Thompson, Sibell Dunn Noah Chapman, Noley Phillips, Raven Bolster, Sonja Mitchell, Tessa Roller 4th Grade Honor Roll Ashton Oakes, Haylee Bashaw, Jasmine Mitchell, Keagan Phillips, Keithen Garrow- Barksdale, Maggie Deon, Oaklin Mitchell, SkyLynn Johnson, Stanley LaMora, Trenton Lamb Autumn Gilbow, Camden Conners, Emma Baker, Olivia Mitchell, Samuel Lauzon 5th Grade Honor Roll Caleb Carroll, Correy Durham, Danica St....
1. Kakhwatí:saks It is looking for food 2. Wà:iaks It eats berries 3. Wató:rats It is hunting 4. Ka'wà:raks It eats meat 5. Wanitsiató:rats It is hunting for fish 6. Kéntsion ióhnhonte It is holding a fish in its mouth 7. Kéntsiaks It eats the fish 8. Watá:wens It is swimming 9. Kákies It is flying 10. Katákhe It is running 11. Watshi'nahkón:nis It is building a nest 12. Óhonte ióhnhonte It has grass in its mouth 13. Ken'nhónhsos It is laying eggs 14. Konwatinónhnha It is caring for them 15. Í:...
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A Cornwall man is facing federal charges in the United States for violating the Stolen Valor Act of 2013 and for falsifying his military discharge certificate. On Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York announcing charging Randall J. Montour, 44 by complaint and he made his initial appearance in Plattsburgh, before United States Magistrate Judge Gary L. Favro. He was released pending a further court appearance. The complaint alleges that Montour falsely altered his Certificate of Release or Discharge from A...
Larissa Waln (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) and her father Bryan Waln (Rosebud Sioux) announced their agreement to settle their lawsuit against the Dysart School District. The family filed the lawsuit after Larissa was barred in 2019 from joining her peers to participate in her high school graduation ceremony because she wore an eagle plume attached to her mortarboard with beadwork. The Waln family argued that the school’s decision to prevent Larissa from participating in the graduation ceremony violated her right to religious freedom and c...
by Melinda Myers Don't let your spring garden enthusiasm lead to overplanting and the creation of a summer gardening nightmare. A design with maintenance in mind and some strategic care can help reduce the time you spend managing your gardens and landscape. Consider using fewer plant species when designing perennial flowerbeds. Increase the number of each to boost the visual impact of the garden and reduce maintenance. You'll have fewer species to manage, identify and differentiate from the...
KITIGAN ZIBI – In an application addressed to the Canadian Energy Regulator, three Anishinabeg Algonquin First Nations are requesting that the Regulator intervene with the Government of Quebec in the matter of the export of electricity to New York City. The First Nations of Abitibiwinni, Kitigan Zibi and Lac Simon state in their request that Quebec is deliberately interfering with their constitutional rights guaranteed by section 35 of the Canadian Constitution. In their brief to the regulator, the Anishinabeg believe that Quebec’s Min...
“I’m afraid for the calendar. Its days are numbered.” “What do you call a factory that makes okay products?” “A satisfactory.” “What did the ocean say to the beach?” “Nothing, it just waved.” “I only know 25 letters of the alphabet. I don’t know y.” “I don’t trust stairs. They’re always up to something....
WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced a new inter-agency partnership to expand the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative through the collection of oral histories and digitization of records documenting the experiences of survivors and descendants of federal Indian boarding school policies. NEH has committed $4 million to support the digitization of records from the United States’ system of 408 federal Indian boarding schools and the creation of a permanent oral his...
By Isaac White During the previous year, American consumers experienced the most significant yearly rise in food prices since the 1980s, a period marked by steep inflation and economic challenges. Historically, food prices have seen a moderate annual increase of around 2%, but in the time span from 2021 to 2022, this figure jumped to a staggering 11%. Although inflation certainly played a role in contributing to this price hike, there were other factors at play that may have had an even more substantial influence. One major cause of the...
By Isaac White. Another week another article. For my continued efforts in being painfully honest with all of you as readers, I have to admit that I haven’t been watching one full series lately so that I can write about it. I’ve been skimming around and watching shows that I really like to catch up on those and keep me from feeling tied down to something just to write about it. Now I understand that kind of goes against the point of being an entertainment writer. In my defense, I did watch an entire movie (I’m just out here doing the work frien...
Source: Canadian Mental Health Association (National) Your Story is Important In my last article (How to Fight Mental Health Stigma, part 2), I talked about sharing our story about mental illness or mental health challenges to educate people around us and help fight mental health stigma. It this article, I want to put emphasis on the importance of storytelling. Our stories make us human. Collectively and individually, we have multiple layers and stories that make us who we are and while each...
A group of professors from Clarkson University and Arizona State University have developed an augmented reality (AR) app that exposes users to varied perspectives about how to remember Christopher Columbus in relation to the stories of Indigenous peoples, Italian Americans, and other communities in and around Syracuse, NY. The app, called Stories from the Circle, was created by Assistant Professor of Animation at Arizona State University Alex M. Lee, who recently also taught at Clarkson, along...
By Isaac White. The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Senior Center recently held a senior pool tournament, attracting a significant number of attendees and creating an atmosphere full of happiness, excitement, and friendly competition. The event brought together about 20 seniors from the Akwesasne community for a day of billiards challenges, conversation, and camaraderie. The tournament was open to seniors aged 55 and older and has been taking place for approximately six months, with participation...
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