A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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This is to inform the community that the following persons have applied for Membership under the Akwesasne Membership Code: Starr Louise Hill, age 18, is currently registered in Oneida Nation of the Thames. She is the daughter of Chanin Lee Summers of Oneida of the Thames. Jon Michael Lazore, age 18, son of Jeffrey Arquette (Akwesasne), and Julie Johnson (Oneida). Andrew Charles Wilson, age 45, son of Stanley Wilson (Akwesasne), and Joan (Jeffery) Wilson, a non-native, has applied for a Residency Permit. Community members have until Friday,...
Dozens of dancers have spent every Thursday of the past five months taking dance lessons at the St. Regis Recreation. With a number of both paid and volunteer instructors, the Rakit City Dance Company has become a success in just it’s third year in operation. On Friday evening families and guests filled the Salmon River Auditorium for the annual recital, which was called “Just Dance.” The Rakit City Dance Company teachers and coordinators are Laura Thompson, Justine Mitchell, Tara Tarbe...
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The following students were among the 494 students who received a degree at St. Lawrence University’s Commencement ceremony, held May 17 on campus in Canton, New York: Erin M. Cook, of Akwesasne, graduated from Salmon River Central School in Fort Covington, and received a degree in Fine Arts and minored in Educational Teaching. Ryan T. Ransom, of Hogansburg, graduated from Massena Central School in Massena, and received a degree in Biology. St. Lawrence University is a liberal arts i...
An all-day event celebrating arts and culture was held Saturday at the All-Inn. The PICEI Art Gallery 2009 featured an array of artists in a number of mediums like painting and jewelry, as well as musicians and performers of all sort. Cloggers, drummers, dancers and singers performed throughout the day while artists and trades people spoke to those attending and sold their pieces. Stove carvings, baskets, sculptures, watercolors and photographs were among the works that could be viewed and in...
The Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education will open the three schools on Thursday, June 4, 2009. Students will be picked up at their regular times, although the bus drivers may not be their regular driver. Please ensure that your child is ready and prepared to be picked up as there may be some delays. The Early Years Program for students in Head Start, K4, and K5 will continue to be housed in each district school, with the former Head Start Kana:takon site still housed at the Tsi Snaihne School. The Tsi Snaihne School will house students from...
Butterflies are a very important part of Mother Earth. They pollinate plants more than any other insect on this planet other than bees. Butterflies are the favorite food of songbirds, which is why many people want to attract them to their gardens. When Mother Earth’s eco-system is out of balance, butterflies begin to die out, which makes them good indicators of a healthy or a failing environment. I firmly believe that when the Earth was created, each and every creation was given a specific d...
1. Kahehtí:io It is a nice garden 2. Kahehtáksen It is an ugly garden 3. Kahehtaké:ron Gardens are scattered here and there 4. Akhéhta My garden 5. Skahéhta One garden 6. Tekahéhtake Two gardens 7. Áhsen nikahéhtake Three gardens 8. Wathehtahserón:ni The garden is prepared 9. Kahehtowá:nen It is a big garden 10. Teiohehtanón:iani It is an enormous garden 11. Kahehtà:ke On the garden 12. Kahéhtakon In the garden 13. Kahehtákta Near the garden 14. Kahehtáhere The garden on top 15. Tsi na’tekiath...
Continued from last week Reprinted from Kakhwakon Cookbook Recipes, sponsored by Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation GREEN CORN During the last days of August, the corn will reach milk state. “Green Corn” is a name to denote the time before the corn is ripe. When the tassels turn brown, watch the ears. You will know when this is by checking the kernels on the stalk. Break the kernel with your thumb nail by pressure and a burst of white corn milk will run. Recover husk or birds will notice. The other sign is given by the birds who will descend on...
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 same building as CKON Stop letting your photos gather dust in the basement and bring them in for us! All photos are returned to their owner....
Name: Bentley Matthew Kaden Jacobs Born: May 2, 2009 Weight: 8lbs and 13 oz. Parents: Kristie Lala Oakes and Matthew J. A. Jacobs Grandparents: Dari Gibson, Victor Oakes, Margaret Jacobs, Foster Jacobs Great Grandparents: John and the late Isabelle Oakes; the late Cheryl Cole and Darryl Gibson...
Ingredients: 1 tbsp. fresh grated ginger 4 cups rhubarb, cut into 1 inch pieces 1 egg, beaten juice of half a lemon 1-1/2 cups sugar 3 tbsp. cornstarch 2 Tbsp. Milk Pastry for pie shell Instructions Mix the rhubarb, ginger, egg and lemon juice together in a large bowl. Mix the sugar and cornstarch together. Stir into the rhubarb mixture. Roll out pastry and fit bottom shell into a 9” pie plate. Preheat oven to 425 degrees Spoon rhubarb filling into the pastry and top with another layer of pastry. Seal and flute the edges. Brush pie top with m...
As I get on the floor to scrape stickers off the linoleum I think about the day that Big Brother told me he was making the floor look more beautiful because it was boring. I couldn’t scold him; he was sincerely trying to do some house decorating. But as I give up and leave the stickers right where they are I swear to myself that the next person to buy that kid stickers and send him home with them is not my friend anymore. (Something Big Brother would say.) This is my fourth failed attempt to patiently get the stickers off. As I pick up the book...
I remember it was January one of many blizzards in Syracuse, NY was happening as they always do. 1 called up my mother and my grandmother and asked them if I should go to Russia because I had just attended a meeting on a 4 credit course that SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry was offering in Russia. And of course there was that persuasive friend there urging me to sign up. My mother said yes right away and my grandmother was a little iffy, of course. Once TIgot that yes from my...
SR March 2009 Athlete of the Month – Hockey Tehawehrahkwatha Herne, #12 Salmon River Shamrocks Hockey During the 2008-09 season, “Hiio” Herne was one of Salmon River’s most exciting players to watch on the ice. Herne led the Shamrocks in points with 39 (13 goals, 26 assists). He was named NYS Coaches’ Association All-State Honorable Mention and Section X Division II First Team All-Northern. On March 1, Hiio helped lead the Shamrocks to the Section X Division II Sectional Championship. In a 9-2...
Two Ahkwesahsne boys play baseball for the minor league in Massena. Turner Thomas is a grade five stduent in St. Regis Mohawk School. Blake Lazore is a grade four student at Jefferson Elementary School in Massena and this is his 6th year playing. Turner is a team member of the Ice Hawks and Blake is a player for North Country Savings Bank....
