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By Andy Gardner. AKWESASNE – Akwesasne Freedom School had another successful quilt auction fundraiser this year, auctioning 39 quilts and garnering $56,170 for the school. The event took place on the school grounds on Sunday, Aug. 21, the day after the 2022 Akwesasne Survival Race. The auction took place live and online. Steve McComber of Kahnawake was the live auctioneer. "We have supporters from all over the world, so putting them online is the best way to support the school without them b...
By Andy Gardner. AKWESASNE – Thirty-six competitors on six teams battled it out for 2022's Akwesasne Survival Race held at the Freedom School on a hot morning and afternoon Saturday, Aug. 20. The race had different team members doing five races. After crossing the final finish line, came what proved to be the equalizer – the teams had to start a fire using sticks, rope and wax and then had to hit an archery target with a recurve bow. Event organizer Aronhiaies Herne said it was a "su...
By Andy Flynn. Editor, Lake Placid News. ONCHIOTA – John Fadden stands on the shoulder of County Route 60, in front of the four-room Six Nations Iroquois Cultural Center. His arms are open wide, as if to say, "Welcome. Would you like a hug?" That was the image posted on Facebook on July 1, announcing the Cultural Center's opening day of the 2022 season. Yet Fadden's 68 years of welcoming visitors to the family business came to an end last week; he died on Friday, Aug. 12 at the age of 83 a...
On Thursday, August 18, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police were called to investigate human remains found inside a partially buried casket that was located on the grounds of the St. Lawrence Cemetery in Kana:takon. Police attended after being notified of the findings by a group of volunteers performing a maintenance detail inside the cemetery. The remains were transferred into the custody of the Provincial Coroner in Montreal. Further investigation is being conducted to learn more about the deceased in...
AKWESASNE – James E. Bero, "Him Tota", 93, of St. Regis Road, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at UVHN – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh after a lengthy illness. Jimmy was born on May 20, 1929, at the family home in Akwesasne, the son of the late Peter and Louise (Thomas) Bero. He attended St. Regis Mohawk School and Bombay High School, where he played basketball and baseball. During the Korean conflict, he was drafted into the US Army, where he served his country unt...
AKWESASNE – Mary Verlain (White) Lazore, 64, of Johnson Road, Kanatakon, passed away Sunday morning, August 21, 2022, at her home with the love and support of her family at her side. Mary was born on July 1, 1958, in Malone, the daughter of the late Joseph Wilson and Patricia I. (Curleyhead) White. She was a graduate of Salmon River Central School and later graduated from Iohahi:io. On May 26, 1979, she married Ronald Jerome Lazore with Justice George Bero, officiating. Ron predeceased her on A...
AKWESASNE – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council lent their support and provided wishes for much success to Higher Ground during a ribbon cutting event that was held this morning at 300 State Route 37 in Akwesasne, NY. Higher Ground became the 11th tribally licensed cannabis retail operation that has chosen to support community programs and services through the regulated sale of cannabis products. Higher Ground joins the following retail businesses that have received a tribal license from t...
AKWESASNE – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's COVID-19 Response Team reported 15 new positive cases of the coronavirus in the southern portion of Akwesasne between August 15th to August 21st. Thirteen (13) positive cases have completed their 5-day isolation period, but two (2) active cases remain under the Tribe's jurisdiction. The active cases include community members over the age of 18. Please join in wishing them a safe and complication-free recovery. COVID-19 TESTING CLINIC -- TUESDAYS: C...
The Salmon River Central School District would like to invite the community to help Stuff the Bus ahead of the 2022-23 school year. Stuff the Bus is a school supply drive, aiming to collect certain school supplies to help students in need within the Salmon River Central School District. There are several days and locations for which community members can drop off donated items: Thursday, August 25 & Friday, August 26, 2022 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Salmon River Central School Door 3 & Door 13 Thursday, August 25 & Friday, August 26, 2022 8 a.m.-2 p.m. St....
As a result of the Legislative Development Priorities Survey (completed in May 2022), Akwesasronon identified a new law to be created for the community: The Child’s Rights & Responsibilities Law. A Working Task Group has been created for this law, along with a work plan and schedule for its legislative development. The WTG would like to meet with the community to gather their insight, knowledge, and experience with regard to child welfare. Sessions have already been held in Kanatakon and Tsi Snaihne. The meeting on Kawehno:ke was postponed, a...
The St. Lawrence County Arts Council (SLC Arts) is pleased to announce the recipients of its North Country Arts Recovery Fund. This federally funded program supports eligible organizations and artists in the arts sector that have been impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. Funding is provided through the National Endowment for the Arts American Rescue Plan Sub granting for Local Arts Agencies program and is administered by the St. Lawrence County Arts Council. Individual Artist Grant Recipients include: ●Carey Perkins, Akwesasne ●Megan Mac...
The Wampum Belt information comes from Tehanetorens (Ray Fadden) who has left us many cultural and historical documents. Notes: While reading a wampum belt, special care was made to hold the belts correctly. Usually when the message or speech was half finished, the speaker would turn the belt over. A clan, one of whose members had been killed, could hand a wampum belt to a noted warrior. If the belt was accepted by the warrior, it meant that he would take over the responsibility of getting revenge for the clan and thus uphold their honor, the...
1. Iesenónhne kénh ne AFS wahonterihwahténkia'te kí:ken onkiahia'kserò:kten? Did you go to the AFS event last past weekend? 2. Hén, iewakenónhne tsi thonaterihwahtenkia'tón:ne. Tewenhniserá:ke tho ié:keskwe. Yes, I went to the event. I attended both days. 3. Í:iah, khewaké:non ne AFS thonaterihwahtenkia'tón:ne. Ohiakháhon wa'kateweien'tónnion. No, I did not go to the AFS event. I was canning tomatoes. 4. Wahshakià:taren kénh ne tehonré:rons? Did you participate in the race? 5. Hen, wa'kakià:tar...
AKWESASNE – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Office of Economic Development (OED) announced today that it was awarded a two-year grant in the amount of $857,119 in federal funding for the Akwesasne Tourism Business Support Project. The funding was made available under the FY 2021 American Rescue Plan Act through the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Indigenous Communities Program. “We’re proud that this grant will enable our Akwesasne Tourism Team to continue supporting new and existing tourism business development through t...
The Matty Matheson Culinary and Hospitality Bursary will be distributed annually to Indigenous students attending post-secondary institutions. Students demonstrating a need for financial contribution for educational costs and interested in culinary arts or in the hospitality field, will be prioritized. “I believe that given the tools, you can create a life by feeding people, and you can create job opportunities for yourself and create self-worth. It wasn’t until I went to culinary school that I understood what doing a good job felt like. Sch...
By Livia Gershon. An analysis of fossilized footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico offers what some scientists say is the most conclusive evidence yet that humans lived in North America long before the end of the last Ice Age. The research, published in the journal Science, dates the prints to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago. “We’d been suspicious of the age for a while, and so now [that] we finally have that it’s really exciting,” study co-author David Bustos, chief of natural and cultural resources at White Sands, tells N...
By Paul Hetzler Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland was chock-a-block full of whimsical characters such as a hookah-smoking caterpillar and a bloodthirsty Queen of Hearts playing-card. Although animals and some objects in the story are able to speak, somehow the idea of a talking mushroom was too far-out even for Carroll’s rich imagination. The book depicts a colorful hallucinogenic Amanita muscaria mushroom on which Alice dines (without so much as a parental warning) to become large or small. But while the Cheshire cat is chatty, the mus...
By Doug George-Kanentiio. John Fadden Kahionhes was a legend in the most profound sense of the word. Over the past seven decades he, more than any other person, gave a visual sense to the resurgence of Mohawk culture. His thousands of etchings, illustrations and paintings marked our emergence from decades of oppression and humiliation to a greater understanding of our identity as complex, creative and highly intellectual human beings whose scientific, technological, political and ecological wisdom has affected the world. Working with his...
The Southwestern Association for the Indian Arts (SWAIA) held its centennial Indian Arts Market on Saturday, August 20 and Sunday, August 21, 2022. The massive gathering of Indigenous artists convened in O'gah'poh geh Owingeh (White Shell Water Place), or Santa Fe, New Mexico, located on the traditional and ancestral lands of the Tewa people. This celebration of Indigenous art and ingenuity brings together delegates from hundreds of tribal nations every year to share their talent and creativity...
On Wednesday, August 24, President Biden announced a three-part plan to provide more breathing room to America’s working families as they continue to recover from the strains associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan offers targeted debt relief as part of a comprehensive effort to address the burden of growing college costs and make the student loan system more manageable for working families. The President is announcing that the Department of Education will: Provide targeted debt relief to address the financial harms of the pandemic, fu...
First Nations Epidemiological summary of COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities as reported to Indigenous Services Canada from July 31 to August 6, 2022 Atlantic – 0 Cases Quebec – 125 Cases Ontario – 54 Cases Manitoba – 11 Cases Saskatchewan – 18 Cases Alberta – 8 Cases British Columbia – 8 Cases Canada Wide The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of. Canada: 4,135,607 confirmed cases in Canada. British Columbia: 381,049 total cases, 875 cases last 7 days (with 4,037 deaths) Alberta: 598,813 total cases, 1,678 cases l...
Statistics for Wednesday, August 24, 2022 Total Active Cases: 70 Daily Positive Cases: 6 At home tests reported: 20 PCRS reported: 16 Statistics for Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Total Active Cases: 72 Daily Positive Cases: 22 At home tests reported: 6 PCRS reported: 16 Statistics for Monday, August 22, 2022 Total Active Cases: 50 Daily Positive Cases: 6 At home tests reported: 3 PCRS reported: 3 Statistics for Sunday, August 21, 2022 Total Active Cases: 50 Daily Positive Cases: 13 At home tests reported: 7 PCRS reported: 6...
As summer winds down and parents begin getting their students ready to go back to school, the NYS Division of Consumer Protection (DCP) is providing targeted scam prevention and shopping tips for parents and children ahead of the new school year. “Back-to-school shopping is the second largest spending event for parents, after the holidays, which makes it critically important for parents to know how to safeguard against scams to protect their privacy and finances,” said Secretary of State Robert J Rodriguez. “And as more and more schools use t...
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Cafeteria staff at St. Regis Mohawk School in Hogansburg. L-R: Audrey McElwain, Ann Terrance, Margaret Ransom and Mary Jock, 1984 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....
