A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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by Kanietonkie The Akwesasne Freedom School (AFS) held their 'welcoming ceremony' on Monday, August 9 at 9am. Parents, grandparents returning students and new students listened closely as Richard Mitchell recited the Ohenton Karihwatehkwen, directly addressing how Onkwehonwe children are growing up during such difficult times and how much support they need to learn Kanieńkehá; our culture and our traditions. Level Pre-K to Level Six teachers welcomed each family individually. As each family m...
The contentious special election comes to close with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe announcement, "No appeals were submitted for the 2021 Special Tribal Election held on July 31, 2021. As a result, the SRMT Election Board has certified the attached official results." Ron Lafrance Jr. was sworn in on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 11:30 in the lobby of the Ionkwakiohkwaró:ron Administration Building. Surrounded by family, friends and supporters, Lafrance swore to "uphold the Laws, Customs and...
Turtles at Cooper Marsh Conservation Area were quick to clamber atop new basking platforms being installed by Raisin Region Conservation Authority (RRCA) stewardship staff in various locations throughout the marsh. 15 platform sites were selected to provide turtles with maximum sun exposure as well as safety from predators. The floating platforms will also enhance turtle observation opportunities for visitors, with minimal disturbance to the basking reptiles. "These 15 new platforms will help...
By Karen Dewitt. Reprinted with permission from NCPR. New York's Lieutenant Governor, Kathy Hochul, had been taking steps to prepare for taking over as Governor for several days. Her moves followed a week when support for Governor Andrew Cuomo cratered after a devastating report by New York's Attorney General found that Cuomo broke federal and state laws when he sexually harassed eleven women. "It is the right thing to do and in the best interest of New Yorkers," said Hochul in a statement...
AKWESASNE – Jordan E. Reese "Aténha", 15, of Helena Road, sadly and unexpectedly passed away late Saturday evening, August 7, 2021 in the emergency room at Samaritan Medical Center. Jordan was born on January 12, 2006 in Syracuse, the daughter of Pamela Ann Pierce and Scott Robert Reese. She was currently a high honor student at Salmon River Central School, where she was an excelling athlete in 3 sports – lacrosse, basketball, soccer and also played volleyball. Her exceptional skills in both... Full story
A mother holds her children's hands for a little while, but their hearts forever. It broke my heart to lose you, you did not go alone, for part of me went with you, the day God called you home. Our family chain is broken and nothing seems the same, but as God calls us one by one the chain will link again. Rest in peace with your Father and Brother, love you forever. Mom Our brother A.J. Adams. We thought of you today with love, but that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday and the day...
By Melinda Myers Enjoy and share the beauty of your flower garden all year long. Pick and dry a few flowers to use in flower arrangements, craft projects or as gifts for friends and family. Pick the flowers when they are at peak bloom and blossoms are dry. Cut flowers for drying mid-day when they contain less moisture to reduce the dry time. Use a bypass pruner or garden scissors to cut the stems above a set of healthy leaves. Remove the foliage and gather them into small bundles. Secure the...
By Doug George-Kanentiio People ask why the residential school survivors, their respective families and supporters wear orange. Mohawk Nation faith keeper Kevin Deer Kanahsohon told me why. Orange is the color of fire; it is the source of heat during the cold season and light in the dark of night. It is what cooks our food, provides us with comfort and in its ashes and flames are the stories of the trees which are its fuel. In former times, when we lived in longhouses there were communal fires...
Letter to the Editor About a year ago I helped a fellow native to get a dog like mine. Whenever he would see me at a store he would go to my truck and play with my dog and tell me how much he wanted one like her. Unfortunately, another litter was born and there was a dog almost like mine. I took this guy and his 2 kids to see this puppy. His kids fell in love with it. I made him promise me this dog would be trained and live inside. He promised and I talked the owner of the litter into letting him buy a puppy. I was so happy the puppy would be...
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne and Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe are jointly urging the community to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. New surges of cases worldwide caused by the highly contagious Delta variant are creating high risks to anyone who is unvaccinated, including young and healthy people. The Delta variant has been confirmed in Akwesasne. “What we are learning is that individuals who may have previously been strong enough to fight COVID-19 off as a regular flu-like cold are now experiencing more serious illness and hospitalization d...
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne’s Department of Health (DOH) is reminding the community that the mask mandate is still in effect within the MCA jurisdiction. The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne follows the Eastern Ontario Health Unit’s (EOHU) mandates, and masks are still required when in public areas, which includes MCA buildings and facilities. Regardless of your vaccination status, masks are still required when in public settings, such as MCA office buildings and businesses in the northern portion of Akwesasne. Social distancing of up to 6-f...
13. AKWESASNE – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Emergency Operations Center and Health Services is reporting four (4) new case of COVID-19 in the southern portion of Akwesasne. One (1) individual is being hospitalized, while one (1) individual was released from isolation since yesterday -- leaving eleven (11) total active cases under the Tribe’s jurisdiction. Around six (6) family members and friends remain in quarantine at home and following public health guidance. We extend them all our best wishes for a safe and compl...
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Department of Infrastructure, Housing & Environment (DIHE) will commence works to address deficiencies in the sanitary sewer, storm sewer and ditches, and watermain, by the reconstruction of Hilltop Drive & Park Street within the District of Kanatakon (St. Regis). The construction has been awarded to Lazore’s Construction and will be arranged to provide the least disruption to the local community as possible. It is being done in two phases to allow traffic route detours that will be required for the duration o...
Sipekne’katik, FN. Notification of food social ceremonial (FSC) fishery boats being set adrift came in the early morning hours of Aug. 5th to Sipekne’katik community members, Chief and council. While all nine vessels have been recovered it is evident the lines were cut deliberately with the intent to cause damage and intimidate the community from participating in the FSC fishery. “We had planned to do a community lobster giveaway this week as is the tradition however, this will push us into next week at the earliest,” said Chief Sack. “This i...
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne’s Community Health Program offers vaccinations in accordance with the Publicly Funded Immunization Schedule for Ontario. Publicly funded vaccines are provided to eligible individuals free of charge. Students that attend schools in the United States will require vaccinations that the Community Health Program cannot provide at their office without a prescription, which will have to be filled at the cost of the individual. If you are not sure whether your required vaccines are free at the Community Health Program o...
Ottawa, ON. The Honorable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations; the Honorable Daniel Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs; the Honorable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services, issued the following statement to commemorate World Indigenous Peoples Day “On World Indigenous Peoples Day, we celebrate the cultures, languages, traditions and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada, and Indigenous Peoples around the world. We also reinforce our commitment to affirm Indigenous rights and ensure Indigenous rig...
Continued from last week Reprinted from Kakhwakon Cookbook Recipes, sponsored by Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation GREEN CORN During the last days of August, the corn will reach milk state. “Green Corn” is a name to denote the time before the corn is ripe. When the tassels turn brown, watch the ears. You will know when this is by checking the kernels on the stalk, Break the kernel with your thumbnail by pressure and a burst of white corn milk will run. Recover husk or birds will notice. The other sign is given by the birds that will des...
by Kanietonkie An Akwesasronon traveled to Syracuse with her daughter and two granddaughters. Nothing unusual about that. What happened next was very unusual and potentially life altering for everyone involved. They arrived in Syracuse in the late evening, without having made hotel reservations, they had to call each hotel and ask for an available room. At that time of the evening and with people returning to travel, they were having a hard time finding a room. They usually stayed at a Holiday Inn on 11 North. As they turned toward the hotel, t...
OTTAWA. The Government of Canada is taking further action to enhance support for Indigenous Peoples and communities as they continue to respond to and heal from the intergenerational trauma of residential schools. Canada is listening and will continue to listen to First Nations, Inuit and Métis Survivors and their families in order to create a historical record of children who did not return home from residential schools. Canada continues to support communities as they locate burial sites and commemorate and memorialize the innocent lost lives....
It’s normal to tune out all the Chicken Littles (such as yours truly) who run around squawking about this or that invasive forest pest or disease that pose a threat to trees. I mean, how many times can the sky fall, anyway? But the real danger is when we feel so overwhelmed that we throw up our hands. Thinking we can’t make a difference could result in more harm to forests than the pests themselves. There’s a pithy fable about a child who rescues starfish from the beach after storms, and some busybody informs the kid that they can’t save al...
By Lissa Harris. Climate activists were hoping for more out of New York State legislators this year. In 2019, New York enacted the sweeping Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, a landmark piece of legislation that vaulted the state to the forefront of the effort to adopt tough, ambitious climate goals. The CLCPA commits New York to a fully renewable-fueled electrical grid by 2040, and net-zero carbon emissions in the overall economy by 2050. But without legislation to support concrete decarbonization plans nor revenue to fund the...
CORNWALL, August 5, 2021 The Great Lakes Local Action Fund (GLLAF) recently announced a $50,000 grant to support the River Institute’s Great River Rapport - Community Action Initiatives. The Great River Rapport is a widespread initiative that links ecology with relatable stories and provides opportunities for people to get involved and make positive changes in their own communities. Dr. Leigh McGaughey, Project Lead for the Great River Rapport, is grateful for the GLLAF support. “The health of the river depends on all of us,” she says, “The...
By Jason Asenap 'Reservation Dogs' is the latest product of an exciting new era of Native self-representation. Seminole/Muscogee Creek filmmaker - and now showrunner - Sterlin Harjo called me from the cab of his pickup truck while he was out running errands around Tulsa, Oklahoma. It's a town he loves in a state he loves, the place where he has made most of his films. And the feeling is reciprocated; he now has a spot on the Oklahoma Walk of Fame, just in front of the city's local art-house...
Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' live action series will begin production in November of this year all the way into May of 2022 under the show runner Albert Kim. The cast was recently announced today, according to Avatar News. Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio Tarbell, Ian Ousley and Dallas Liu are rumored to have been cast as Aang, Katara, Sokka and Zuko in Netflix's live-action 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' series. Nickelodeon launched Avatar Studios back in February, a newly formed division...
The St. Lawrence River – long known for its amazing fishing was the spotlight this past weekend for the Renegade Bass Tour. This marks the third leg of its popular tour. A total of 85 pairs of anglers competed in the two-day event on Saturday and Sunday looking to hook some trophy smallmouth bass. As an added bonus to bragging rights – top winners took home some significant cash prizes. A first-place finish for the winning team earned a cash prize of $8,500. The weigh-ins took place each aft...
