A Voice from the Eastern Door
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James Gray, William Roger Jock, Thomas Angus Square, and Anthony Laughing, Sr., each of Hogansburg, New York, and Joseph Hight, of Atlanta, Georgia, have been charged in a federal indictment with conducting an illegal gambling business and unlawfully possessing gambling devices. Square, who is 57 years old, was arrested Tuesday on the Saint Regis Mohawk Reservation. A federal search warrant also was executed Tuesday at Three Feathers Casino. Jock, 51, and Laughing, 65, surrendered late Tuesday...
AKWESASNE MOHAWK TERRITORY- On October 23, 2012, The Federal Court of Canada heard arguments from the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). This was in relation to a filing by the MCA regarding the seizure of vehicles and the subsequent fines being imposed upon the Mohawks of Akwesasne. To date, the MCA has paid nearly $200,000 on behalf of members for fines imposed through CBSA vehicle seizures. On December 6, 2012, the Federal Court rendered its decision. It was determined that the seizures were the...
Submitted by Randy Montour On December 15, Massena Rescue and the Massena Rescue Dive Team were toned out for mutual aid to Adams Marina in Akwesasne to assist the Akwesasne Mohawk Ambulance and the Hogansburg-Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department in a Search and Rescue in progress for a reported person in the Snye Channel. According to a release from Randy Montour, 2nd Chief Massena Rescue Squad, arriving Akwesasne units were told that an unknown person had fallen into the 50F fast moving water...
Akwesasne Mohawk Territory – The Drug Investigation Unit of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police Department and the New York State Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Narcotics Division made a series of drug-related arrests on December 17, 2012. The arrests followed an investigation into alleged possession and sale of cocaine. Owen Swamp, 35, Melissa Papineau, 35 and Crystal Cook-Swamp, 34, all of Akwesasne, were arrested on December 17, 2012 and charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance and Criminal Sale of a Controlled S...
Idle No More began with 4 women, Nina Wilson, Sheelah Mclean, Sylvia McAdam and Jessica Gordon, sharing a vision of bringing together all people to ensure we create ways of protecting Mother Earth, her lands, waters and people. The women began discussing the possible impacts that some of the legislation would carry if people do not do something. It became very evident that the women MUST do something about the colonial, unilateral and paternalistic legislation being pushed through the...
The Akwesasne Basket Drive and Mountain of Toys Director Sara Herne is pleased to announce a very successful year, raising over $35,000.00. After months of work, including the gathering of donations of toys, canned goods and monetary donations, it all comes together to make this holiday season that much brighter and better for those less fortunate and struggling financially. This is Ms. Herne’s first year taking over supervision and organization of the entire event. In past years, Sesir Herne a...
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AKWESASNE – Mr. Marlon “Mitch” Chubb, age 58, of Kanatakon, unexpectedly passed away Monday afternoon, December 17, 2012 at Massena Memorial Hospital. Mitch was born June 2, 1954 in Malone, the son of Helen Jacobs Chubb and the late Joseph C. Chubb. He attended and graduated from Salmon River Central School. He married Bonnie Square in 1987, the marriage later ended in separation; she survives. Mitch was a skilled carpenter having built many log homes in the area including Cornwall and worke...
I was glad to see the letter from Vaughn Phillips concerning his frustration with Leon’s. I also am frustrated with the customer service I received from Leon’s. Our children bought a leather double recliner for my husband for his birthday. We loved it, until the handle broke. They came and repaired it, but not right away. It broke a second time. It would take a while before the repairman could come here so they said if we wanted to pick up the part, my husband could probably fix it because they said it’s not hard to fix. I didn’t want to wait...
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOSEPH “JIGGY” SUNDAY Dec. 21, 1997 –Dec. 21, 2012 15th ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DAD and GRANDFATHER Treasured thoughts of one so dear Often brings a silent tear Thoughts of scenes long past Years roll on, but memories last Miss you & love you Molay & Alex Louie John Leighann Danielle and your great-grandchildren Brendan, Jayleigh, Lil Lou, Loveday, Tatum & Lorra IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND Your presence I miss, Your memory I treasure, Loving you always, Forge...
In Memory Thomas Bero 2nd Anniversary-December 30th We miss him very much, but he left us with big smiles. With all our love, Mom & Dad Niawen to all Akwesasronon that came to our assistance, and a special thank you to the kind person at Wal-mart in Massena. We really appreciate everything that was done for us. It’s nice to know that there are so many good Samaritans in Akwesasne. Thank You, Tom & Angela Bero...
There is still a political and social fight for the VAWA. Although it is at a stalemate in US Congress, last week congressmen introduced H.R. 6625, a new stand-alone House version of VAWA, which contains language to address tribal court jurisdiction and judicial parity in prosecuting non-Indian defendants. Meetings were held last week and they are a sign that progress is being made. Native women are murdered at 10 times the national rate; 1 out of 3 Native women will be raped in her lifetime, and 3 out of 5 physically assaulted. Even worse,...
We would like to take the time to thank everyone who has supported our mom, Donna Benedict in the fundraisers that have been organized by many great people in our community. Wholistic Health and Wellness Program and staff put together a 50/50 Draw & Silent Auction. The 50/50 draw was won by Glen Swamp, who donated the proceeds back to our Mom. We would like to thank you for buying 50/50 tickets. We would like to thank everyone for your donations to the Silent Auction. The items donated were abso...
To the community, The children of Jacqueline (Butchie) Francis would like to send their sincerest thank you to everyone for their kind words, support and generosity during this very difficult time. It was greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Duane, Denise, Darren & Dana...
Niawenko:wa, Submitted by Jennifer Boots The Kawehnoke Recreation Center held their Annual Spirit of Christmas Wreath Auction and Craft Fair on December 1 and December 2. This year the committee decided to try a drop ticket raffle instead of a silent auction to see if we would attract more people. There were 218 people that purchased tickets for the 22 wreaths, trees and plants. There were 450 people in attendance for the two-day event. We would like to thank the Craft Vendors for their participation this year. There are so many beautiful,...
December 17, 2012 Letters to the Editor: THE POLICE SHOULD SAY, “LET’S THANK THOSE MOHAWKS.” We Mohawks of Akwesasne, Kahnesatake, and Kahnawake should be given a great big “Thank You” by those burly, “armed to the teeth,” RCMP, OPP, CBSA, and CCPS officers who are patrolling the dangerous St. Lawrence River waterways. We are making it possible for these uniformed juggernauts to earn their $100,000.00 to $130,000.00 a year salaries. They earn these huge salaries by constantly gazing across these treacherous water expanses, looking inten...
Akwesasne Mohawk Territory – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe has hired Barbara Montour, CPA, as its new Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Montour has spent the past nine years in public accounting, operated and owned Akwesasne’s first CPA firm and most recently an Aboriginal Assurance and Accounting Manager with BDO Chartered Accountants and Consultants – Canada’s fifth largest accounting firm. Previous employment includes the Assembly of First Nations, the Seaway International Bridge Corpora...
On Thursday, December 17, the band and chorus programs at the St. Regis Mohawk School held their annual Christmas Concert. The band, led by Mr. Justin Hahn, played their portion of the show first, beginning with the band scale warm up, followed by Good King Wenceslas, Jingle Bells, and Up On the Housetop. Mr. Hahn let us know that this was traditionally a short program and that the kids had less time to prepare their music, promising a longer show in the spring. Following the band, the chorus wa...
Akwesasne Mohawk Casino – ‘Tis the season to give out jackpots at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino. In November, the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino gave out $1,977,376.20, which equates to $1,062,308.91 in Progressive slot wins, $807,573.13 in Jackpots and $107,494.16 in mystery jackpots. The Akwesasne Mohawk Casino has also recently opened its 40,000 square foot gaming expansion featuring a center bar called Cascades Lounge. In addition to the expansion, a new cashier cage and High Limit room have also been added. “The next phase of our development is to...
So sorry for error in last week’s blast from the past. On left is Richard Sunday, it is not Richard David. Sorry....
Last week in the article “Making Memories,” the Nutcracker trip was also sponsored by the J.O.M. Program....
Submitted by Johanne Jackson These are pictures of the fan making class with Bill Loran and the rattle making class with instructor Kevin King. Classes were sponsored by and held at the St. Regis Recreation. Funds for these classes were from the NCBP funding. Other classes coming up will be beading, corn washing, corn bread making, moccasin making, Gostawah making, mother/daughter/son cooking class, drum making and beading for beginners. Sorry there are no pre-sign ups. Registration will start...
Kawisenhawi Sharrow is in the Skawatsira Program in grade 2 at the Kanatakon School....
