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  • Champions Again at Three Nations Cup Challenge

    Steve Thomas|Jun 14, 2012

    It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon, June 9th at the Malone Golf Club, for the second annual Three Nation’s Cup golf challenge, pitting the American, Canadian members versus the Mohawk members of the club. The tournament gives the members an opportunity to contribute their entry fees to their individual charities and also the bragging rights for the rest of the year. As defending champions, Akwesasne led the ribbing to their American and Canadian counterparts after winning last year. So the g...

  • A Pair of Young Native Players Help the Los Angeles Kings to Their First Stanley Cup

    Jun 14, 2012

    Reprinted from Indian Country Today In February, the flailing Los Angeles Kings called up forwards Dwight King, Métis, and Jordan Nolan, Ojibwe, from their Manchester, New Hampshire farm team, looking for a spark. Last night, the Kings ended an improbable run by knocking off the New Jersey Devils, four games to two, to win the club’s first Stanley Cup. Although it’s impossible to survive the grueling NHL playoffs, which requires winning four best-of-seven series to take the title, without soli...

  • Akwesasne Extremes Aboriginal Volleyball Hosts Softball Tourney

    Diane Lazore|Jun 14, 2012

    This year the Akwesasne Adult Volleyball league invited Kahnawake to come down to play in a small tournament for friendship games. A few weeks later Kahnawake hosted Akwesasne. When this was all over a few players wanted to bring it a little further and continue the idea of friendship games. After getting together with a few players from Kahnawake, we decided to try a women’s basketball game. Akwesasne hosted here at the Snye Recreation and Kahnawake hosted us with two games in Kahnawake. S...

  • Hail Storm

    Jun 14, 2012

    Akwesasne experienced large hail during the storm on Friday June 8th. Photo by Bruce Boots....