A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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It was Tuesday morning at Salmon River Central Elementary School on June 23rd. There was a lot of excitement in the air and many handsome and beautifully dressed 6th grade students were walking around in preparation for their graduation ceremony. The St. Regis Mohawk School students will not be seeing their home school again. Instead, they will be entering either SRC or Massena Schools in the Fall. The awards were given and all of them are special to the students who received them. One of these...
Recently I observed a few turtles trying to cross the roads here in kwesasne. Sadly, the first one had been run over. Someone told me they saw the person, who on route 37 by the Bingo Palace, purposely went out of their way to drive onto the shoulder and run that turtle over. I think the person who hit it may have thought it was a snapping turtle because it was dark colored and quite large, and some, who do not know better, are of the wrongful mind feeling snappers are better off dead. However,...
A few dozen three and four year olds sat and fidgeted through their very first graduation ceremony last week. The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Early Childhood Development Program (Headstart) held two “Moving Up” ceremonies for their students moving on to Pre-k. The students were given jackets with their name sewed on it and each graduate also received a diploma and goody bag. Parents attended the event and laughed at how adorable the graduates were sitting impatiently and confused about the event...
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Artwork by John Kahionhes Fadden OVERVIEW: Written by Kanatiiosh The Onkwehonweh name for the Mohawk is Kahniakehake, which is sometimes spelled Kanienkehaka and means People of the Flint. The Kahniakehake are one of the original Five Nations to accept the Peacemaker’s message and joined together with the Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Cayuga to form the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, which is also known as the Iroquois Confederacy. Haudenosaunee translates to mean (People of the Longhouse), which re...
Row 1: Cole, Cartier, Bero, Cook, Boulais, Borden, Benedict, Back Row 2: Bashaw, Cappiello, Bradley, Back, Bintz, Bowen, Badnod, Cayea Row 3: Calcagno, Cook, Black, Almond, Collette, Chase, Arquette, Arquette Row 4: Cartier, Cole, Bero, Cole, Avery, Borden, Buchanan, Cartier, Cole 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 i...
5 generations Name: Aryanna Marie Martin Born: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Weight: 9 lbs. 1 oz. Length: 21 ½ inches Parents: Clint Martin and Ashton Adams Grandparents: Vanessa Martin & the late Jake Martin, Claudine White and the late Tracey Adams Great Grandparents: Richard & June David, Peter Martin, Roy & Jolene Adams, Allen & Lucy White Great Great Grandparents: Grace Chubb, Lenora David, Reginald White...
Rylee Lynn Thompson Weight: 8lbs 10oz Length: 20 inches Born: Friday, December 19, 2008 Parents: Alaina Oakes & Bryce Thompson Sibling: Cora Rose Thompson Maternal Grandparents: Erica and Mike Oakes Paternal Grandparents: Shannon Mitchell & Richard “Eddie” Thompson Maternal Great Grandparents: Ann & Edward Terrance, Jean Oakes Paternal Great Grandparents: Richard & Charlotte Thompson, Alfred & Bessie Mitchell...
The championship play-off game between Ice Hawks and North Country Savings Bank took place on Tuesday evening June 30th. Two Massena Little League teams, each determined to win, showed all the fans what they had and had a great time doing it. This game was awesome and was the best to be seen in a long time. The playoffs came down to two teams this week, NC Savings Bank had a record of 14-5 and Ice Hawks had been undefeated in two seasons up until Monday. On Monday, Ice Hawks received their...
AKWESASNE, NY -- The holiday weekend kicks off in a big way this Friday, July 3rd, with fireworks both on the speedway and in the skies at Mohawk International Raceway (MIR) in Akwesasne. The Independence 35 for the DIRTcar 358 Modifieds presented by Frenchie’s Chevrolet and CKON 97.3-FM will be Friday’s main event, along with a full card of racing for the Action Race Parts DIRTcar Pro Stocks, SUNY Canton Street Stocks and the Bandits. A spectacular fireworks show is planned following the races on Friday night, with the first green flag schedul...
