A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Ten days after Canada Border Services Agency guards abandoned their post on Kawehno:ke (Cornwall Island) leading to police closure of the border crossing, no resolution to the debate seems near and Akwesasne residents are preparing for a long summer. The issue is essentially Mohawks vs. Canada in the latest political crisis to come crashing down on the daily lives of Akwesasne people. Mohawks don’t want border guards to carry guns on Akwesasne territory and Canada wants to arm all guards r...
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Within Kaianerenhsera’ko:wa, also known as the Great Law of Peace, we are told that every person has a voice in which to express their opinion on issues facing the people. From the eldest person down to the youngest child, their views are equally important. Some Grade 6 students from the Mohawk Language & Culture classes at St. Regis Mohawk School would like to share their opinions with Akwesasne and surrounding communities. Submitted by Kahentehtha Angela Elijah & Sesi King “I don’t like like how the Canadian custom agents are getting guns. Th...
Throughout the past week and a half, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne has prepared regular updates on the ongoing border crisis. The updates began as press releases sent out to media and distributed at the protest tent, and since June 2 Grand Chief Timothy “Dooley” Thompson or MCA’s Communication representative Brendan White have read the updates at the protest tent and then crossed the bridge to read the update to Canadian media. Below are all of the updates to date. June 1, 2009 – 12:09 a...
The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe held their annual tribal election Saturday to elect one chief, one sub-chief and one tribal clerk. In the race for chief, there were two candidates. Mark Garrow defeated David Back 387 to 132. Garrow’s 3-year seat is currently held by Barbara Lazore who did not seek re-election. In the sub-chief race, incumbent Stacy Adams ran unopposed with some competition from write-in candidates. Andrew Jacobs said he decided to seek the sub-chief position after learning that there...
The staff of Indian Time would like to wish a community member a very happy 100th birthday. Grace Day will celebrate a century of life this week. Happy Birthday Grace, Akwesasne is lucky to have your experience, wisdom and knowledge and we wish you nothing but happiness each and every day....
Douglas John Francis Thompson Sr., age 66, of 35 Wishe Delormier Road, Akwesasne, passed away on Monday, June 8, 2009 at the Cornwall Community Hospital, McConnell Site. Beloved husband of Felicia (Barnes) Thompson. Dear father of Janice Herne (Harvey) of St. Andrews West, Marlene Thompson (Leslie Oakes) of Snye, Darlene Benedict (Roy) of Cornwall Island, Rene Thompson (Terry Bigtree) of Cornwall, Peggy Lazore (Abraham) of Cornwall Island and Bonnie Goulet (Jeffrey) of Cornwall. Loving...
In Memory Donald D. Cook Gone 3 years on June 11, 2006 Dad, I miss you so much Each and every day Things aren’t the same And never will be We keep your memory in our hearts Along with all the love we have for you Dad, I miss you so much. From all your children, granchildren and family...
Niawen Kowa On behalf of the AMBE Parent Committee we would like to Thank all the students who sold tickets in our Annual AMBE School Activity Raffle and to all the Community Members who purchased tickets we raised $14,710.00. Each school keeps the money from the ticket sales. The school uses the funds for school activities, most schools are using funds for year end activities and trips. We would like to Thank the following sponsors of our raffle: the St. Regis Tribal General Fund, CKON Radio, American Legion Post 1479, Snye Recreation and MCA...
Thank You, Thank you to all who were so helpful at the time of the loss of our sister, Melissa Back. Our heartfelt thanks to the Mohawk Council Ambulance, the staff at the Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone, the staff at Donaldson Funeral Home, Father Belgarde, the Pall Bearers, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Kathy Herne, Kateri Circle members, Friends and Relatives for their presence and preparing the meals, for their cards, donations and prayers. Your thoughtfulness was greatly appreciated. The family of Melissa Back....
A big Niawen:kowa goes out to everyone who came out to support me on May 30th at Trivia Night Fundraising Event. Thank you to Sheila Loran and Cedarview for allowing us to hold our fundraiser there. Thank you to all of the participants who decided to support my cause, I know that there are a lot of fundraising efforts going on and I appreciate your help. Special thanks to Lorraine Bero, Leonard Lazore, Wanda Thompson and the wonderful staff at Cedarview for a fun evening. Thanks, Rene Cook and CKON for all the ads and challenges to make teams....
Letter to the editor: I want to let the community of Akwesasne know that i am working on my second book with Publishamerica and it’s called My Poetry of My Songs. It was supposed to come out this summer however since of what’s going on here on Akwesasne I have put it on hold until the whole situation is resolved in the rightful properly manner. I cannot concentrate on my work of my second book with this whole situation so I put it on hold until further notice. I also put my music on hold because of it. I am sorry for any inconvenience that thi...
Your Junk.... Our Treasure The Residents of Tsiionkwanonhso:te would like to garden using ‘raised’ garden beds. The raised garden beds are containers of assorted sizes, uses and materials. For example: got a boat that is beyond repair and full of holes? Guess what, we could fill it with soil and plant tomatoes, beans and squash. Picture a wheelchair bound resident sitting beside a raised garden bed and able to reach across to pull weeds. This is the ideal size of containers that can be recycled for this use. We need them! There is no til...
NAME: DITCHBURN, Terisa D.O.B.: 12th of December, 1995 RACE: Caucasian SEX: Female HEIGHT: 5’4” WEIGHT: 109 lbs. HAIR: Medium Brown Straight Hair EYES: Hazel The Cornwall Community Police Service is requesting the assistance of the public in locating a 13 year-old female who went missing on the 04th of June, 2009. Terisa Ditchburn was last seen in the area of McConnell Avenue and Montreal Road yesterday. The young female was wearing a black hoodie with sparkles, shorts and pink flip-flop sty...
All third grade students from the St. Regis Mohawk School and Salmon River Central took a field trip Wednesday to the Hogansburg-Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department where they spent the morning learning about mussels and their connection to the environment, with assistance from the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Environment Division. The students were divided by class and rotated around several stations throughout the property. At one station, the children collected water from a pond to learn both a...
This Should Have Never Happened......
Parents piled into on of Salmon River’s first grade classrooms Wednesday morning where they were treated to an ocean-themed play. Students were dressed as octopi, turtles, lobsters, jellyfish and other sea creatures and they acted out an ocean version of The Three Little Pigs. At one point, a character shouted “Not by the skin on my finny fin fin!” The students did an excellent job memorizing their lines and acting out their parts....
Akwesasne Museum Class...
Trent University rececently honored Mohawk Tom Porter with the honorary Doctor of Laws degree. The Peterborough school recognized Mr. Porter for his lifetime of work with Native Americans. Below is Trent University’s recognition essay. Thomas R. Porter (Sakokwenionkwas) An honorary Doctor of Laws degree is conferred upon Thomas R. Porter for his contributions as an Indigenous cultural educator, elder and Spiritual Leader. Since the 1960s, Thomas R. Porter has been a nationally-recognized A...
Indian Time is lucky to receive many visitors every week. Whether it’s a parent bringing in a new baby for a photograph or an elder who wants us to look at photos with him, our doors are always open and we love our visitors. We love them so much we want to share them with you. Our new “We Love Visitors” series is simply a way to share members of the community with you. So, don’t be scared to come and visit us (we’ll only photograph those willing) but if you have something special you want to s...
The cattail is a very important wild plant. It is readily found, and it has a variety of uses that can be used at different times of the year. A stand of cattails in the spring and early summer is like finding a wild supermarket. It is easy to recognize a cattail stand. In winter you can see the white dense, furry, cigar-shaped over wintered seed heads standing atop very long, stout stalks, in the summer the rich brown cigar shaped cattails can be readily seen, and even the young shoots that...
1. Kanenhí:io A nice seed 2. Kanenháksen An ugly seed 3. Kanenhaná:wen Wet seed 4. Ionenhastáthen Dry seed 5. Ionenhaká:ion Old seed 6. Kanenhasé’tsi New seed 7. Kanenhaké:ron Scattered seeds 8. Skanénha One seed 9. Tekanénhake Two seeds 10. Áhsen nikanénhake Three seeds 11. Na’teiotikióhkwake ne kanénha A variety of seeds 12. Tekontihánion tsi na’teiotikióhkwake ne kanénha Every variety of seed 13. Akenénha My seed 14. O’nenhakèn:ra White seed 15. Ken’nikanenhá:’a Small seeds 16. Kanenhowá:nen Big seed 17. Kanenhákta Near the seed 18. Ka...
Continued from last week Reprinted from Kakhwakon Cookbook-Recipes, produced by Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation. ASH WATER Put 14 quarts of water in a canner pot of 21 quart size, 2/3 full. The canner has 3 rings. Bring water level to second ring. Use 2 scoops of a 1 pound coffee can of clean wood ashes, where no paper is burned or mixed in the fire to contaminate. Favorite hardwood for ashes is green hickory ash mixed with dry maple ashes. In the old days, hickory was always used when it was green and it made good ashes. Place mixture into...
If you can you identify the missing players please contact Ron Thomas at 575-2891. Top row left to right: unknown, unknown, unknown, Louie White, Peter Garrow (goalie), Tom Foote, John Jacobs (Fiddling Joe’s grandfather), his brother Charlie Jacobs and Paul Thomas. 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 bas...
Men in carriage are Angus Cook (Solomon’s father) and brother Louie Cook (Donald’s father). Man standing (unknown), youg boy “Joe Mustard” Cook and dog Toby. Picture taken about 1934 at Jimmy Cook’s corner on Cook Raod. Fountains woods in back. Many thanks to Genevieve Peters for submitting this picture and to Joe & Louise for identifying it....
