A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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15. AKWESASNE. The Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club (ABGC) received notification from public health officials of three (3) positive COVID-19 cases at its main unit in Rooseveltown, New York. To ensure that the health and safety of all club members and staff remains a priority, the Club has made the decision to close the main unit until Tuesday, August 10th for deep cleaning and sanitizing. “Safety is the number one priority of the Akwesasne Boys & Girls Clubs and we are doing everything possible to keep children and our staff protected f...
By Jason Mark. Photos by Wingspan Media. Reprinted with permission from Sierra Club. Washington, DC. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland took time from her many responsibilities to receive a unique piece of art that has spent the past two weeks traveling across the United States. It's a traditionally carved totem pole, some 25 feet long, weighing nearly 5,000 pounds, and rendered from a 400-year-old cedar tree that once grew near the shores of the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest. The pole is the...
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Jillian Weir, a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte – Tyendinaga – competed in the 2020 Olympic Women's Hammer Throw event. Jillian competed on Saturday, July 31 at 8:10 p.m. EST. Weir was placed in the Group A, for the qualification round, but failed to move on to the final round of the hammer throw. Weir comes from a background of competitive sports – her father Robert Weir, was a three-time Olympian for Great Britain and worked as a track and field coach for Stanford University and c...
Sipekne’katik, FN – Dr. Jonathan Fowler, Roger Lewis, and their survey team have scanned broad sections of the area at and surrounding the former Shubenacadie Residential School site and have not detected any unmarked graves connected to the school’s history. “While our search did identify evidence of unmarked graves, these pre-dates the period of the residential school by about 100 years and are connected to former land-owners,” said Dr. Fowler. The team has examined large tracts of land encompassing the former school grounds and the surro...
William "Bill Henry" Reidy, III aged 51, of Akwesasne, and Arkansas, died of the COVID virus on August 1, 2021 in Clarksville, Arkansas. He was born in Syracuse, August 24, 1969, and grew up in Akwesasne. He has been married for 17 years to Norma (Brunswick) Reidy of Arkansas Survived by: Wife Norma, Daughter Gabrielle Reidy of Georgia. Randy Jock-Reidy (brother) Akwesasne. Sally (sister) Conway-Youngman of Florida. Adopted family in Arkansas: daughter and sons Amanda and Matthew, David,... Full story
On behalf of my family, I would like to thank all the people involved for the sendoff for my son James “Jimmy” Schultz. My mom Sandra Lazore, my surviving children Brandon Bigtree, Christopher Schultz, Joseph Coffey, and Julie Ladue. All have had a difficult time as to be expected. The help of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. Also, the Travelling College allowing their facility and grounds for the dinner. Red Oak Farm for the horses. And the retired Social workers that all loved and knew Jimmy well. Ida Cam...
Montreal, August 2nd, 2021. From August 3 to 11, resistance and resilience, the work of memory and the updating of belonging, the cinema shows the strength of the links between the Aboriginal people and their territory. The screening of the feature film A Febre, with which the Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma is associated, is an example of the dynamism of indigenous cinematography. "We are very happy to co-present A Febre with the International First Peoples' Festival this year because...
Beans, starring Akwesasronon Kiawentiio, premiered at the Port Theater on Friday, July 30 at 7pm. Kiawentiio, along with a number of family members were there to watch as well. Kiawentiio and Director Tracey Deer will attend the August 11 showing and afterwards, stay for a short question and answer period. Beans will play at the Port Theater until Thursday, August 19, 2021. Matinees are shown on August 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 1:30pm. All seats are $7.50 and on Tuesday $5.0...
On Saturday, the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe released their unofficial results of the SRMT Special Election. With a final count of 493 votes for Ron Lafrance Jr and 298 votes for Eric Thompson, with 195 votes less. Appeals must be made within five business days of the election. Chief Beverly Cook thanked former Chief Eric Thompson in a Facebook post and gave permission to share it with Indian Time readers. SRMT Chief Cook wrote, "Now that the elections have finally come to a close, I'd like to...
Franklin County Public Health and Community Health Center of the North Country will team up to provide free first dose COVID vaccinations to those 12 and older at the Franklin County Fair from Saturday, August 7th – Sunday, August 15th from 11am-7pm. The agencies are partnering to continue the important work of increasing the percentage of vaccinated individuals in Franklin County. “An increase in the number of those vaccinated against COVID-19 will work to protect more of our community’s residents”, said Katie Strack, Franklin County Public...
According to Blanchard's family and members of eleven First Nations and other close acquaintances, Morris 'Onagottay' Blanchard is not who he says he is. Blanchard has been making these claims for decades about being Indigenous and a Sixties Scoop survivor. He is a celebrated artist in the Kingston area and once hailed by Queen's University, Blanchard is known for paintings on Indigenous themes. Blanchard, who goes by Onagottay and claims to be Anishinaabe, is featured throughout Kingston and...
The CDC recommended Tuesday that fully vaccinated Americans start wearing masks indoors again in places with high Covid-19 transmission rates. The counties in the two groups for which the CDC recommends mask-wearing combined make up 225 million Americans, according to a CNBC analysis of the agency's data, or about two-thirds of the U.S. population. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Tuesday that fully vaccinated people begin wearing masks indoors again in places where the...
From Kakhwakon Cookbook Recipes, sponsored by Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation Reprinted from Indian Time Vol. 27 #21-2009 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CORN Ancient corn was began by Native Americans who developed the founding species. Two plants were grafted together. One plant was a grass for the stem and leaves and the other of another origin for the ears. It is believed this took place in Central America developing over a 2,500-year period to bring corn to its recognizable stages, as we know it today. It is a tropical variety known strictly as a...
8. Skennén:'a katóries I am slowing down (driving slowly) 27. Ietékta's tsi iohahserén:ton I am stopping at light 28. Khahseró:tha ne tewani'tonkwaríkhons wathró:ris eniekarenhrá:ko I am turning on the blinker 29. Wa'tkahahseraté:ni The light did change 30. Ieienná:wis kerá:ta's I am pressing press on the gas pedal 31. Skenekwá:ti kkarenhrá:kwas I am turning left 32. Iektakwarihshiá:tha á:re I am going straight again 33. Tekatástha kerá:ta's I am pressing on the brake 34. Ietékta's tsi kiohiato...
By Kolby Kickingwoman. Reprinted with permission from Indian County Today. The climate change crisis and missing and murdered Indigenous epidemic are inextricably linked, with added negative impact from extractive industries. On top of that, the federal government has much work to do to uphold its trust and treaty obligations to tribal nations to help bring an end to these crises, according to a memo from NDN Collective. The memo, shared with key members of the Biden administration on Wednesday, outlines how these issues are intertwined, as...
15. AKWESASNE. The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's Emergency Operations Center, in coordination with Health Services, is reporting a spike in COVID-19 cases under the Tribe's jurisdiction. Three (3) new cases are being reported, which makes three (3) total active cases in Akwesasne's southern portion. Through contact tracing, 13 family members and friends have been placed in quarantine due to exposure. All individuals who are currently in isolation or quarantine are urged to please stay home...
The Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) started harvesting aquatic plants in the bay this week, as it prepares to begin the dredging process. The director of KEPO, Lynn Jacobs, said that the goal is to harvest a lot of the aquatic plants that are proliferating through the bay in order to help the water flow. "The aquatic plants make the passage quite difficult and (the harvesting) also compliments the dredging work that is going to be starting next week," said Jacobs. According to KEP...
On July 26, 2021, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police received information of two individuals spray painting walls at the Water Treatment Facility located in Kana:takon (St. Regis), QC. Police attended the area and located two individuals wearing masks and holding spray cans. Both individuals were arrested for mischief, taken into custody, and later released to appear in court at a later date. Graffiti vandalism is a crime. It is the act of marking or defacing a premises or other property without...
The Township of South Stormont and the Raisin Region Conservation Authority (RRCA) are pleased to announce that over 100 acres of wetland and forest, in the area known as Lakeview Marsh, are being donated by the Township to the RRCA. "The Township of South Stormont recognizes the value of preserving natural spaces in the community" says Bryan McGillis, South Stormont Mayor and RRCA Chair. "By donating this land to the RRCA, the Township is ensuring this wetland and forest will be preserved and...
by Melinda Myers Add a bit of cool flavor to your beverages, meals and desserts this summer with homegrown mint. Try using peppermint leaves in fruit cocktails and ice cream. Add spearmint to your tea or use the leaves to season lamb and jelly. Or try chocolate mint for a unique, sweet and refreshing flavor in desserts and drinks. Mint is easy to grow and suited to container gardens. In fact, growing it in a pot will help keep this vigorous herb contained. Or sink a container of mint in the...
By Scott Denning. Summer isn't even half over, and we've seen heat waves in the Pacific Northwest and Canada with temperatures that would be hot for Death Valley, enormous fires that have sent smoke across North America, and lethal floods of biblical proportions in Germany and China. Scientists have warned for over 50 years about increases in extreme events arising from subtle changes in average climate, but many people have been shocked by the ferocity of recent weather disasters. A couple of t...
Paul Hetzler With their marvelous interpretive-dance routines, complex social life, and delicious honey, honeybees are widely respected, but they’re anything but sweet to wild pollinators. In fact, a surfeit of honeybees is a big threat to our native bees and butterflies. A July 24, 2021 article in The Guardian reports that professional beekeepers in the UK are asking the public to moderate the current outbreak of hives because it puts native bees at risk in some cases. The London Beekeepers’ Association issued a statement that reads in par...
By PAUL HETZLER If the trees held a race to see which ones would be the first to have their leaves turn color, the winners would be losers. Premature leaf color change is a reliable indicator of failing health, and the worse a tree’s condition, the sooner it begins to turn. Although the display of colors that our hardwoods produce each autumn never fails to fill me with awe and appreciation, when it starts in July, as was the case this year, it worries me. In early August, even forest hardwoods growing on thin rocky soils began showing c...
AKWESASNE — The Saint Regis Mohawk Health Services is reminding parents that the date to have your eligible school-aged child fully vaccinated for the upcoming school year is quickly approaching. Students ages 12 to 17-years old require 28 days following their first dose of the Pfizer Vaccine to achieve the full efficacy rate of 95%. The following dates are provided for the surrounding school districts and notes the days to keep in mind for arranging your child’s vaccination. Vaccinations need to be arranged prior to the dates provided bel...
