A Voice from the Eastern Door
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By Amy Feiereisel. NCPR. During high school, you can take foreign languages, calculus, and orchestra, but at some schools in the North Country, you can also learn how to fix a car, or build a house. New York's BOCES, the Boards of Cooperative Educational Services, offer career and technical education programs to high school students. At the Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES, based in Malone, there are about 150 students. The students are spread out amongst programs like: Building Trades,...
Last week, Franklin Essex Hamilton Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (FEH BOCES) held their awards ceremony at the Malone campus. Executive Principal FEH BOCES Shawn McMahon presided over each award ceremony. McMahon stated, "Pursuing a trades certificate is not easy. Our instructors haven't sheltered these students, they have not babied them, coddled them in any way. In doing so, we feel we have better prepared these young men and women for the future. We've expected a great deal of...
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The Federal Court of Canada has issued a landmark decision, certifying a class action brought against the federal government on behalf of off-reserve Indigenous children and families subjected to the Millennium Scoop and the enormous harms of the broken child welfare system. Canada is opposing this class action, just as it opposed the human rights complaint filed in 2007. The human rights complaint was substantiated in 2016 when the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found that Canada was discriminating against on-reserve First Nations children...
The life, work, and legacy of Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau - a.k.a. Copper Thunderbird - is being celebrated was celebrated on Tuesday's Google Canada Doodle. Google doodles are the changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists. The Doodle was conceived and illustrated by Anishinaabe artists Blake Angeconeb and Danielle H. Morrison, both from Lake of the Woods, Ontario - a place best known as Kenora...
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, commemorates an important step towards the end of slavery in the United States. On this day, the U.S. comes together to acknowledge and celebrate the end of the Civil War and chattel slavery in this country. It is also a day for us to commit together to eradicate the enduring system of racism and address slavery’s intergenerational impacts. Days like Juneteenth allow all Americans to address our past as we build this country back better for future generations. Why June 19? On June 1...
AKWESASNE- Travis R. "Atsenhaienton" Terrance unexpectedly passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Travis was born on December 16, 1998, in Cornwall, son of George Terrance and Karen (Ransom) Terrance. He attended Mohawk and Massena schools. He worked at a Recycling Plant in Kanesatake, Quebec, and most recently worked for Adams Construction. He loved fast cars and guns. He enjoyed hunting and was gifted mechanically and loved working on his cars. He also loved gathering with his friends and...
It is difficult to describe just how much everyone’s kind words, gestures and showing of support in our time of need meant to us. To have a reminder from the people that care for us that we are not alone in our grief is immeasurable. Thank you for reaching out and sharing your condolences, stories and fond memories. It is only with the help of the wonderful people in our lives that we will be able to get through this. We would especially like to thank Kim Chubb, Diane Boots, Jenny Francis and Hattie Edwards for preparing our loved one from p...
On Thursday, June 16, Salmon River Central honored their "Academic "Top 15", Students enjoyed a dinner with their family and a teacher of their choosing who had an impact on them during their time at Salmon River High School....
Eleven weeks, 11 schools, and nearly 2,000 students later, the hands-on skilled trades tour have come to a close with a final stop at Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School (CCVS). The real-world and eye-opening learning experience for Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) students has sparked an interest in the skilled trades as very real future career choices. From workshops in carpentry, electrical, welding, fitness, nutrition, and culinary, students learned about these trades...
SUNY DELHI DELHI – Rain Hill was presented with the Barbara Jones Leadership Award in April when the Division of Student Life held its annual leadership award ceremony. Students were recognized for contributing to the campus community, overcoming obstacles, or significantly improving the quality of life at SUNY Delhi. HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE TROY – Local student named to the Spring 2022 Dean’s List at Hudson Valley Community College. Quentin Labunski of Akwesasne, who is studying in the Fine Arts academic program. NAZARETH COLLE...
POTSDAM – Donna McGregor, FACHE, FHFMA, has taken over the helm as the President for St. Lawrence Health (SLH), which includes three North Country hospitals and multiple off-site facilities. Ms. McGregor joined SLH two years ago in July 2020 as the system-wide Chief Financial Officer. She holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance with distinction from Long Island University, and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Siena College. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), and a Fellow of the...
City of Cornwall councilors and members from the Champlain Regional Stroke Network were at Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH) on June 20 to cut a ribbon alongside CCH Board Chair Josée Payette and President & Chief Executive Officer Jeanette Despatie to celebrate the opening of a new Acute Stroke Unit. Located on the second floor of the hospital, the new Acute Stroke Unit houses 10 designated beds for patients with a stroke diagnosis requiring hospital admission. The unit is staffed by a specially trained multidisciplinary team of doctors,...
AKWESASNE – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe is pleased to announce the resumption of the Community Partnership Fund. Temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fund provides financial assistance to promote community physical, mental and spiritual health and wellness, along with education and Mohawk culture. The Fund was created for the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort to utilize gaming revenue to directly support community members. The Fund supports tribal youth for athletic, artistic and educational endeavors. Youth athletic teams, c...
Continued from last week… The Silver Covenant Chain, the emblem of the relationship between the Haudenosaunee and the Crown, contains many of the elements of the Kayanerekowa. Even in its beginnings, it was linked to peace: at a conference between New York, Maryland, Virginia and representatives of four of the five nations of the Confederacy in 1677, Garakondie stated on behalf of the Haudenosaunee (after acknowledging “that we have killed of ye Christians & Indians formerly”, that we… so thank the gentlemen there that they do exhort us to p...
1. Ká'k kénh nón:we iehséhtha ne ka'níhsera rawén:tawen? Did you go anywhere on Father's Day? 2. Hén, kheio'okòn:'a wa'onkhón:karon tsi teiontska'nhónhkhwa taiakwatska'nhòn:na Yes, my children invited me to a restaurant to eat. 3. Í:iah kanéka khiewaké:non Wakenonhwaktaníhahkwe. No, I didn't go anywhere. I was sick. 4. Eh tshenorónhkhwa kénh ne ia'níha? Do you love your father? 5. Hén, kwáh í:ken tsi rinorónhkhwa ne rake'níha Yes, I love my father. 6. Kiótkon teiakiahsonterákies We...
The cultures and identities of Indigenous peoples are rooted in the land, and honoring connections to place is an important part of reconciliation. Working together towards a renewed relationship, today, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, the Township of South Glengarry, and Parks Canada announced they are collaborating on a common vision for conserving the natural and cultural heritage and sharing the stories of Tsikatsinakwahere, or Cairn Island. Tsikatsinakwahere, or Cairn Island, is a small, acre-sized island in the St. Lawrence River, and...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its safe-sleep guidelines for infants for the first time in more than five years, emphasizing that babies should sleep on their backs on flat, level surfaces to reduce their risk of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). It’s estimated that there are 3,500 sleep-related infant deaths in the United States each year. Many of those deaths are preventable, and the authors of the new guidelines are urging parents to take simple steps to help keep their children safe. “Th...
By: Olivia Rosane. A federal court ruled Friday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must reconsider whether glyphosate – the active ingredient in Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller – poses a health risk to humans and endangered species. Environmental groups had challenged the Trump administration’s 2020 interim registration for the chemical, which concluded that it did not cause cancer in humans or harm wildlife. “Today’s decision gives voice to those who suffer from glyphosate’s cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma,” Center for Food S...
WADDINGTON – Anglers will arrive in New York for the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Northeast Regional at St. Lawrence River June 22-24. The Bassmaster Elite Series is the highest level of professional bass fishing tournaments. Competitors must qualify for the series through the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Opens or the B.A.S.S. Nation, and anglers who are already on the Elite Series must re-qualify each year by maintaining enough points throughout the season. St. Croix Bassmaster Opens Series presented by Mossy Oak Fishing champion Cooper G...
Akwesasne Serenity Farm offers all children a variety of skills to learn with a bonus of gaining confidence, balance, and focus while having fun. Jean Laffin opened Akwesasne Serenity Farms two years ago with a clear goal in mind – sharing her love of horses and all that comes with riding, grooming and the 'serenity' of spending time with horses, rabbits, ducks, chickens, goats, and cats. She offers two programs for youth – a farm tour which includes pony rides and riding lessons. The other is...
By Mark Trahant. A group of investors asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to consider Indigenous people when it begins enforcing rules on climate change. A letter to the SEC said the rights of Indigenous people must be considered because there are too many “material risks” to investors that could result in significant losses. “Indigenous Peoples are not included or referenced in the proposed rule,” wrote a coalition, the Investors and Indigenous Peoples Working Group. “Indigenous Peoples reside around the globe, including...
On Wednesday June 15 the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian Tribe of Texas, determining that the state cannot regulate electronic bingo on reservation lands. The case, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian Tribe vs. Texas, overturns a 2020 Fifth Circuit Court determination that Texas had the ability to stop the tribe from gaming activities on their land. “In this case, Texas contends that Congress expressly ordained that all of its gaming laws should be treated as surrogate federal law enforceable on t...
By Kaniehtonkie. In late May, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced 83 awards totaling $147 million for affordable housing and community development projects that primarily benefit people with low and moderate incomes in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. In New York, HUD awarded $603,650 to the Akwesasne Housing Authority (AHA) in Hogansburg to improve 22 home sites to render them suitable and available for new housing. AHA provides services and guidance on homeownership options, rental...
AKWESASNE – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe is pleased to announce that an Emergency Food Distribution will be held for Akwesasne families on Thursday, Ohiarí:ha/June 30, 2022. Working together for the health and wellbeing of the community, Tribal volunteers will distribute frozen meats and COVID-19 Home Test Kits for 1,000 Akwesasne households beginning at 10:00 a.m. until all is gone. The food distribution will take place at the former-IGA Building located at 850 State Route 37 and is made possible through assistance provided by the Federal Em...
