A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Name: Ava Toni Thomas Born: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Parents: Mickey Delormier, Tony Thomas Siblings: Aidyn Alexander Thomas Grandparents: Donna Stehlin, Alex Delormier Sr., Janice and Harvey Herne, Bonnie Thompson, Mark Thomas, and Veronica Jacobs, Rocky and Trish Skidders Great Grandparents: Mary Ella Stehlin, Ronald and Ida Thomas, Douglas and Felicia Thompson...
Name: Alexis Jordan Smoke-Gettle Born: Monday, August 25, 2008 at 8:50 p.m. Weight: 5 lbs. 10z. Length: 19 ½ inches Parents: Stacie Smoke and Anthony Gettle Grandparents: Greg & Barb Smoke Great Grandparent: Barbara Smoke and the late Sherman Smoke, Christie Arquette and the late Mike Arquette...
After waiting all summer and wondering how my shy Baby T would handle school we went through three first days I guess you could say. The first day at school for Baby T was last Tuesday and his school has what’s called “staggered entry and only a few children go each day the first week. After Tuesday, Baby T had to wait until the following Monday to go to school again. Then there was what Baby T’s dad called his “real” first day of school, which was when all the kids in his class were there and he rode the bus home. Then there was this morn...
When I was growing up we heated with wood and would be found out in the woods during most weekends from fall to spring. One lesson that was always taught to us is to look up. There’s branches called “Widow Makers” that are hanging just enough to fall on your head when you start cutting down a tree. I went into the fire service with that engrained in my head and promptly forgot about it in favor of something called “Tunnel Vision”. This is where you concentrate only on the fire and forget to look around or more importantly, look up. My first...
Left to right: Mary Herne, Christy Bigtree, Mary Whipple, Margaret Tarbell, Lillian Herne and Nancy Terrance. Thank you to Lisa Tarbell for sharing this photo with us....
Girls Traditional Age 6-11 1st – Hunter Cook, Akwesasne Girls Jingle Age 6-11 1st – Naliyah Barnes, Akwesasne 2nd – Connie Francis, Akwesasne 3rd – Kiannah Thomas, Akwesasne 4th – Ietsi Pompana, Tyendinaga Girls Fancy Age 6-11 1st – Nikki Dashner, Portland, Oregon 2nd – Seven Big Mountain, Port Ontario 3rd – Raylynn Sunday, Akwesasne 4th – Cuppa Thompson, Akwesasne Girls Smoke Age 6-11 1st – Julia Phillips, Akwesasne 2nd – Erica White, Akwesasne 3rd – Taurie White, Akwesasne 4th – Cierra Hill, Akwesasne Boys Traditional Age 6-11 1st...
The 2008 Iroquois Nations Cup Lacrosse Championship is the ‘talk of the town’ in Akwesasne and surrounding sister communities, and the Iroquois Lacrosse Association is pleased to be the host of this prestigious tournament. All the games will be held at the beautiful A’nowara’ko:wa Arena on Kawehnoke from September 18 to 21, 2008. A group of willing and interested individuals have surfaced to form a Planning Committee to coordinate this prestigious, 4-day tournament in Akwesasne. Just to mention some of the areas that are part of coordin...
Team Iroquois Midgets medaled at the 2008 Midget Canadian National lacrosse Championship games held in Calgary Alberta by taking home bronze Aug. 21-27. The four lacrosse players from Akwesasne who played for Team Iroquois are Ky Tarbell, Trevor Roundpoint, Tevin Terrance and Kanathonson Horn David. The Midget Team Iroquois opened the tournament with a 4-2 loss to Team Ontario. The team never looked back as they went on a five game winning streak, finishing round robin play with 5 wins and 1 l...
Congratulations to Six Nations Bantam A Gold Champs and Akwesasne Bantam A Silver Champs at Provincials. Great finish to an awesome season. Thanks to all the players, coaches and parents for their dedication to this team....
The Empire Super Sprints will return to Mohawk International Raceway on Saturday night September 20th at 7:00pm for the 2nd running of the Fall Sprint Car Championship sponsored by Jacobs Excavation and Sparky’s Electric of Akwesasne. The winged warriors put on a great show the first time around and are expected to put on an even better performance on one of the clubs favorite tracks. The field is expected to be a good one this time around as no other sprint organization has anything scheduled that night anywhere on the circuit, which makes f...
Race officials at Mohawk International Raceway put in a gallant effort to try and get in Saturday night September 6th’s show, but in the end Mother Nature won out. “It was quite obvious the on again off again rain was not going to stop,” said Promoter Jody Swamp. “When the rain came again at 4:15 p.m. and the radar showed more coming, we had not choice but to pull the plug.” The DIRT/UMP Series race for the Pro Stocks will not be rescheduled. Mohawk International Raceway will be closed on Saturday night September 13th as many cars and teams wil...
The United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York released the names of eight individuals accused of smuggling millions of dollars worth of marijuana across the U.S. – Canada border and transporting it to the Syracuse, NY area. “Project River Crossing”, a four-month long investigation by joint investigative services “identified a drug trafficking operation responsible for disseminating millions of dollars worth of marijuana throughout Syracuse and Onondaga County” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Authorities revealed that throug...
A new salon that caters to the pampering needs of Akwesasne community members opened last week at the Kanienkehaka Plaza on Route 37. Sun Dance Salon is a tanning salon, a nail salon, a waxing salon, and soon will be a hair salon as well. The business is owned by Melinda Thompson-Walk, a registered member of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe who moved to Akwesasne recently from Spokane, Washington. She currently manages the Kanienkehaka Plaza and after having difficulty renting out the newly constructed 2nd floor space, she decided to start her own...
