A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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• The Haudenosaunee Peace and Trade had a meeting on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at the Onondaga Cook House. In attendance were representatives from each of the nations. There was an agenda with many items however three items were covered: 1. The Cayuga Nation: The internal issue of the recognized leadership continues with the Cayugas. A decision from Franklin Keel at the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the recognition issue should be forthcoming in the next few weeks. 2. The Haudenosaunee leadership will be meeting with Joe Marten, Commissioner f...
British Columbia, Canada The BC First Nations Leadership Council announced a China strategy aimed at cultivating stronger relations with China and respond to growing commercial interest in British Columbia’s natural resources sector, the respective traditional territories of First Nations. The First Nations-China: Transforming Relationships strategy was launched in Vancouver at a press conference hosted jointly with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada as part of the Foundation’s new initiative called the National Conversation on Asia. Pas...
I have recently spent my summer at the Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club summer program. During that time I have made some memories that will last a lifetime. Once every week we would take a trip. Some of those trips included: Calypso, the Ottawa science museum, the Wild Center in Tupper Lake, the movies and the beach. Also the activities at the building were great. There were activities in the art room. Games and prizes. Also fitness games in the gym. A computer lab. A movie room where movies are...
In honor of the Elvis Festival this past weekend - Akwesasne men were rockin’ this look before Elvis was. (photo from 1952)...
The Education/Recruitment Department held an award luncheon on Tuesday, August 9th to present scholarships to Interns currently employed at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino and Mohawk Bingo Palace. The luncheon was held in the Maple Room Steakhouse and was attended by Directors and Managers from the Casino and Palace. The Native Internship Program honored 21 interns who are enrolled in 2 or 4 year institutions. The goal of the Native Internship Program is to provide support and encouragement for...
Florence Patterson the volunteer CEO of Pamoja International Cultural Exchange Inc. (PICEI) is inviting the Akwesasne community to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony of the PICEI Annex Office. This office is being dedicated in memory of an Akwesasronon Jean Tewatenniheh Herne. The event is scheduled to take place on August 26, 2011 at 3:30pm in Brasher Falls, NY. “When Jean passed away we began trying to think of ways that we can remember her and the contributions she made to the community and this organization.” said Patterson. “I remember how m...
Today is August 16th and in three weeks School starts. Oh, but if you have a child starting out for college, orientation and classes can start as soon as one week away. Of course this means you are out buying school supplies and hoping to get those early sales. This week consumer corner has some tips on the laptop computer. Selecting the laptop that suits your needs can be tough with so many names and brands on the shelves. Here is a laptop checklist: Toshiba E-305-s1900x: This laptop is a speedy workhorse. It has the newest, fastest...
Big Brother was invited to his cousin’s birthday adventure recently. He dressed and was ready, waiting for what seemed like forever to him. After he was dressed he kept looking out the window waiting for his ride. Eventually he called up his cousin to make sure he hadn’t been left behind. The conversation was so cute. What I could hear from my end was, “Hey…are we still going? I’m all ready…yeah uh huh…my mom takes long too…they tell us to hurry up and then we wait all day...ok, well you know where I live so I’ll still be waiting OK?” Afte...
Name: Dreyton Lawrence Vaughn Sunday Length: 18 inches Weight: 5lbs.3oz. Born: Monday, May 23, 2011 Parents: Rochelle Sunday & Nathan Chubb Grandparents: Vaughn Sunday & Joanna (Roger) Cook, Cynthia Chubb & Les Herne Great Grandparents: Elizabeth & Mitchell Sunday, Helen & the late Joseph Chubb and Priscilla & the late Larry Herne...
Name: Nataya Lucinda Delormier -King Born: Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 3:59am Length: 21inches Weight: 9lbs. 3oz. Parents: Sierra Delormier and Tony King Grand Parents: Rachel & Chris Delormier, Missy King, Tony Lafrance Jr. Great Grand Parents: Micheal “Jr” and the late Lucy David Marie Delormier Beauvais and the late David Delormier Harry and the late Linda Cook-King Elizabeth and the late Tony Lafrance Sr....
WPBS Television of Watertown made it possible for “Curious George” to visit some local libraries to promote youth reading. George was created by Margaret and H.A. Rey. He appeared in 1941 with a tale of his capture in Africa by the man with the Yellow Hat who takes him on a ship to the “big city” where he will live in a zoo. With George and his mischievous ways, Margaret and H.A. Rey wrote many books thereafter. Many youngsters were able to meet the famous ‘’Curious George”. Some gave waves and...
AKWESASNE, NY - Only one word could describe the action at Mohawk International Raceway on Tarbell Management Group night. Exciting. 4 of the 5 scheduled features on the card came down to the final turn, which made for a great night. The Frenchie’s Chevrolet 358 Modifieds took to the speedway with Delbert Legrow and Todd Stone pacing the field to Austin Swamp’s green flag. Stone grabbed the early lead with Gage Morin, John Lazore, Carey Terrance and Chris Raabe making up the early top 5. Stone had not been to victory lane since July 16 of las...
The Diabetes Center for Excellence Golf Tournament was held on Friday, August 12, 2011 at the Malone Golf Course. It was a beautiful day for the thirty-seven teams (148 golfers) that participated in the event. The winners of the Men’s flight were: 1st Place – Rob Cree, Fuzzy Benedict, Moochie Bero, Larry Garrow; 2nd Place – Jerry Stone, Tim Francis, Jeff Darling, Mike Darling; 3rd Place – John Johnston, Nate Race, Dan Clark, Dean Johnston. The winners of the Mixed Flight were: 1st place – Andy Cook, Julia Back-Skidders, Sylvia Thompson,...
The third annual Akwesasne Duathlon was held last Thursday night at Generations Field and was organized by Northern Tribs Swimming. 32 participants signed up from Akwesasne, Potsdam, Madrid, Massena, Norwood, Norfolk, North Lawrence, West Stockholm, Burke and Lisbon. EAS was a major sponsor of this event, donating their products of energy bars and sports drinks to the participants. Northern Tribs Swimming is a group that works with the youth to teach them how to swim right up to competitive...
The 2011 Canadian National Championship Games were held August 1-6, 2011 in Whitby, Ontario. After placing second over all in round robin play the Iroquois Midget team played British Columbia (3rd place) Friday morning (August 5) to see who would move onto the “A” Gold Championship game. Iroquois came out winning 7-4 advancing them to the “A” Gold Championship game against Ontario. Saturday morning these two teams battled for the Championship title, scoring one after another leaving everyon...
The race for the title of Three Nations Lacrosse League Champions is well underway as the Snake Island Muskies posted their second win in the best of five series this past Tuesday night at the A’nowara’ko:wa Arena. “I’ve been following lacrosse since my son Shane was 4-years-old,” said one spectator Joe Francis, whose son Shane Francis played for the Jr. A Indians. “This series has had a lot of good play so far.” In Game #1 of the Championship series the Snake Island Muskies blew past the othe...
Hill Top Inflatables’ first game was at 8:00 am this past Saturday against Charlie’s. Hill Top won this game with a score of 7-0 with the next game set to begin at 3:30 pm against Laneuville’s. This game resulted in a loss for Hill Top by a score of 9-1. Although they didn’t win this second game there were a few great plays. April Seymour had a double play when she caught a fly ball at 2nd and then threw it to Courtney Angus at 1st to get the runner. There was also some great pitching from Bo...