A Voice from the Eastern Door
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AKWESASNE. On Wednesday, July 22, 2020 the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne were notified of a fourth confirmed case of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) stemming from island camp gatherings that took place on Friday, Ohiarihkó:wa/July 10th. The outing entailed a pontoon ride and camp parties with an asymptomatic non-resident, who subsequently transmitted the virus to a young community member. The fourth positive case now makes eight (8) total confirmed cases of COVID-19...
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne has officially licensed the first businesses in the community to enter the recreational cannabis industry. Two retailers and one cultivator have been licensed in compliance with the Akwesasne Interim Cannabis Regulation and thorough application process. “We have received several applications for licensing throughout the past year and we appreciate our business community’s patience as our staff worked to develop the required processes for safety and accountability,” said Grand Chief Abram Benedict. “We know that m...
By Kaniehtonkie Found in the back of a huge warehouse, two technicians carefully select glochidia for propagating bivalves. Sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. It isn't, it's Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's (SRMT) Environment Division technicians trying to save naturally occurring mussels in our waterways. In fact, the SRMT is probably the only tribe to propagate freshwater mussels and likely the first in New York State to successfully rear surviving juvenile mussels for in-river...
Larry J. Rourke, 71, of 1020 Drum Street Road, passed away Monday evening, July 13, 2020 at the University of Vermont Health Network at Champlain Valley Physician's Hospital after a lengthy illness. Larry was born on April 18, 1949 in Buffalo, the son of the late Barney J. and Viola E. (Cook) Rourke. He attended St. Regis Mohawk School before graduating from Salmon River Central School in 1966. While in high school, he was the baseball team that won the North Country Championship, which was... Full story
Michael J. Herne, 78, a longtime resident of 1347 State Route 37, passed away Saturday afternoon, July 18, 2020 at Tsiionkwanonhso:te. Mike was born September 22, 1941 in Hogansburg, the son of the late Jacob "Jake" and Lillian (Jacobs) Herne. He was a 1959 graduate of Salmon River Central School and later from Mater Dei College. He also attended business school in Watertown. Mike worked for a short time in the accounting department at Syracuse University and New York State. He then returned to... Full story
Our beloved mother and Grandmother Gloria Tarbell Fogden, 89, of New Paltz, New York, passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2020, at Kingston Hospital. Born March 23, 1931, in Hogansburg, New York on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation, she was the daughter of the late Jake Herne and Mary Tarbell. In 1951, at the St. Regis Mission Catholic Church in St. Regis, Quebec, Canada, Gloria married Peter Fogden. They had met at the State Teacher's College in New Paltz. They raised their three children in New... Full story
AKWESASNE. The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Emergency Operations Center announced that beginning July 17th, the curfew for the southern portion of Akwesasne has been extended to 12:00 a.m. (midnight) until 5:00 a.m. All local businesses must close one hour before the curfew at 11:00 p.m. The EOC asks that individuals please be respectful of the curfew, as it is intended to keep the community safe during the COVID-19 Pandemic....
The MCA Wholistic Health & Wellness Program is asking community members to help us celebrate self-care! July 24 is International Self-Care Day, which is an opportunity to raise awareness about self-care and the important role it plays in leading a healthy lifestyle. Self-care is about taking care of yourself and making choices that help your physical and mental health, like eating healthy, getting enough sleep, and exercising. The deadline to submit your photos is Friday, July 24 at 4 p.m. Prizes will be drawn on Facebook on Monday, July 27....
The big question everyone’s asking, “Will this catastrophic attack upon the human race ever end.” The entire planet is being convulsed by the clever workings of an invisible enemy. A thing so small, we couldn’t see it even if we wanted to see it. The most striking thing that has been said was said by President Trump; “This corona virus is very intelligent.” Doctors and scientists can’t seem to corner it. As they think they’ve cornered it, it suddenly makes a gigantic U—turn and goes out of reach. It seems to be alive; it has an intelligence of...
The concept of a widespread toxin in a pristine scenic environment is difficult for us to reason: 'Why can't my family eat fish I catch from a lake in the Adirondack State Park? How is it possible that this beautiful mountain landscape is contaminated?' Mercury is a legacy contaminant present in the Adirondack Mountains, because of past atmospheric deposition – and not due to regional industrial activity. Mercury enters into food chains because of microbes and the interplay of temperature and r...
For the past 15 years, through a NYSED STEP grant, Clarkson's IMPETUS program (Integrated Math and Physics for Entry to Undergraduate STEM) has held a summer Roller Coaster Engineering camp for roughly 80 7 - 12th graders from St. Lawrence, Jefferson, and Franklin Counties. The camp usually includes collaborative hands-on activities such as designing scaled blueprints and models of roller coasters, implementing their coasters in a first-rider simulation experience, predicting the coefficient of...
Name: Kendrix Darrel Barnes Born: June 5th, 2020 at Alice Hyde Medical Center Weight: 6 pounds 13 ounces. Parents: Kayla and Anthony Barnes Maternal Grandparents: Cheryl Cook and Mark Boots Paternal Grandparents: Darrel Barnes and Dina White...
Reprinted with permission. By Blake Nicholson, Bismarck Tribune Bismarck, ND. A federal appeals court on Tuesday put on hold a judge’s order that the Dakota Access Pipeline be shut down and emptied of oil by Aug. 5, though the move is not the final decision on whether the line will be shuttered while an extensive environmental review is conducted. The temporary halt was issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. It will remain in place until the court rules on whether pipeline developer Energy Transfer can keep t...
Continued from last week… KARO:TA TREE TRUNK The trunk of the great white pine symbolizes the fifty chiefs of the Five, Nations. Together they draw on the nourishment of the roots; Peace (Sken:nen), and Unity (Ska’nikon:ra) to provide the support for the branches which shelter the confederacy. Bound together they are the strong fibers that carry nourishment to the individual needles. Each individual chief can also be symbolized as a tree. The peacemaker told the founding leaders, “Now you are all standing up on the land and you shall be tall t...
8. Kháre ki ó:nen wahrehià:ra'ne - Then now he remembered 63. Tsi tóka enhoianeráhsten ne ohnéhta aháhrho ne rahsi'tó:kon - That it will be good for him if he ought to put pine gum under his feet 64. Tsi ó:nen wahahnehtáhrho ne rahsi'tó:kon - Now he put pine gum under his feet 65. Sò:'k ki' wakiesenhón:we tsi waharáthen - Then it is easy he climbed 66. Eh tho niwakié:sen tsi waharáthen tsi ní:ioht ne tsí'ks nó:nen ahsonhtà:ke rará:tes - It is as easy for him to climb there as when a fly is cli...
Submitted by Paul Hetzler On the whole, Europeans did alright naming New World plants and animals. For example, they called a large brown bat species the big brown bat – kudos for accuracy. A few labels missed the target, like the sunflower relative dubbed Jerusalem artichoke, even though it’s unrelated to either. Some names are partly right: the tufted titmouse has a tuft, but it’s a songbird, not a mouse. And the great blue heron (Ardea herodias), the largest North American heron, is definitely great, but if you’re thinking cerulean or coba...
Akwesasne, NY, July 22, 2020 — The Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort (AMCR) plans to welcome guests back for the first time since its closure nearly five months ago. On Monday, August 3, 2020, the team of employees who’ve worked diligently behind the scenes on a master reopening, plan to greet guests in a manner that demonstrates the importance of the health and safety of everyone. Changes include a new layout of the casino floor, adjusted hours of operation and sanitation policies in accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Con...
Front Porch Publishing coordinators would like to formally announce the launch of children's board books printed entirely in the Kanieńkehá language. The set of three (3) nursery rhyme books were translated to promote language learning through reading and singing in Kanien'kéha and will be distributed free to every Kahnawà:ke child between the ages of 0-48 months. Kanieńkehá is an endangered language, and there are presently few children's books published in Kanieńkehá and none in board b...
Total COVID-19 cases in Canada: 111,697 diagnoses, 8,862 deaths and 97,757 recoveries (as of July 21, 8 p.m. ET) Alberta - 9,728 cases, including 172 deaths (8,363 resolved) British Columbia - 3,328 cases, 189 deaths (2,873 resolved) Manitoba - 366 cases, 7 deaths (318 resolved) New Brunswick - 170 cases, 2 deaths (163 resolved) Newfoundland and Labrador - 263 cases, 3 deaths (259 resolved) Northwest Territories - 5 cases (5 resolved) Nova Scotia - 1,067 cases, 63 deaths (1,003 resolved) Ontario - 37,942 cases, 2,753 deaths (33,605 resolved) Pr...
Daily Statistics – Tuesday, July 21, 2020 3 Current Active Covid-19 (3 new positives since last report who are all connected) 35 Tested Positive 101 Probable Positive Cases 136 Total Cumulative Positive 133 Recovered 109 Quarantine and Isolation 12,754 Total Tests Administered 12,719 Negatives Daily Statistics – Monday, July 20, 2020 1 Current Active Covid-19 (0 new positives since last report) 32 Tested Positive 101 Probable Positive Cases 133 Total Cumulative Positive 132 Recovered 99 Quarantine and Isolation 12,530 Total Tests Adm...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 • 4 (four) new cases of COVID-19 was reported to the St. Lawrence County Public Health Department today, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases to-date to 248 (two hundred and forty-eight) • 12 (twelve) cases are active – please go to: https://www.stlawco.org/ to check out the COVID-19 Cases by Town map layouts (we will also post the maps on our Facebook page @SLCPublicHealth) • 232 (two hundred and thirty-two) cases have been released from isolati...
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced a landmark agreement between DEC and Arconic, Inc. Under the agreement, Arconic will provide more than $2.25 million to protect and restore critical habitat at the Grasse River Federal Superfund site in Massena, New York. Arconic is required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clean up contamination in the Grasse River, but was not being held to New York State’s standards for habitat protection. DEC says this drove them to reach t...
National Grid Community Liaison Stacy Skidders has been receiving calls from customers stating National Grid (NG) is supposedly calling them and they are going to be disconnected within 45 minutes. This is a scam. At this time, National Grid has suspended collections and according to NG and the SRMT, they are not disconnecting NG customers anytime in the near future. SCAM Awareness and Preparedness from National Grid: How do I verify the person I am dealing with over the phone or in person is a National Grid employee? If you are dealing with...
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The Akwesasne Lacrosse Traveling Team attend the Orangeville Minor Lacrosse Tournament in June, 2003 and bring home the Novice "B" Championship. 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 Communications Building. Stop letting your photos gather dust in the basement and bring them in for us! All photos are returned to their owner....
