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Letters of testamentary for the estate of Priscilla Herne of Akwesasne, NY have been requested by Margaret Herne. Notice is hereby given to anyone objecting to the appointment of Margaret Herne. All potential creditors who may have an interest in the aforementioned estate must notify the St. Regis Tribal Court at 518-358-6300 by no later than October 24, 2020....
The Adirondack Mountains span over 6 million acres and is home to some of the most spectacular natural attractions and views anywhere. It's also home to an elite, but very accessible club – the Adirondack 46ers (ADK 46ers). It's a club dedicated to hikers who have summited all 46 High Peaks of the Adirondacks – mountains whose summit measures over 4000 feet. Later surveys revealed not all of these peaks reached this elevation but retain the distinction of still recognized as the High Peaks. The...
AKWESASNE – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe announced that COVID-19 testing has expanded for Akwesasne and includes a community drive-thru test clinic at the former-IGA Building this Wednesday, September 23rd from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Akwesasne residents must bring a tribal identification card, Band Card, or Nation Red Card to the testing site. Non-Member residents and employees are also eligible under the contract and should bring their driver’s license or employee badge to the testing site. Additional days will be scheduled and announced in...
By Andy Gardner MASSENA – The Massena Central School District, in consultation with St. Lawrence County Public Health officials, is seeking to transition some students back to in-person learning earlier than anticipated, Superintendent of Schools Pat Brady said. Massena Central started the 2020-21 school year with entirely remote learning after a cluster of COVID-19 was discovered in town. There were over 20 positive cases and over 150 contacts traced through the Public Health investigation of the cases. The district on Monday, Sept. 21 b...
Nick Dunne, recipient of the Hon. Edward Goff Penny Memorial Prize for Young Canadian Journalists donated his prize to the Akwesasne Freedom School and the American Legion Post 1479. Dunne recently returned to this area to deliver his donation in person to Kanerahtons Skidders, AFS Manager and Mike Cook, Commander of the American Legion. In 2019, Dunne worked a summer contract for the Standard-Freeholder thatsubmitted Dunne's portfolio of work consisting of a two-part feature on Mohawk Code...
Richard A. Terrance “Sakokwenionkwas”, 77, of 521 State Route 37, went back to the Spirit World on Wednesday morning, September 16, 2020 at Massena Hospital. Richard was born October 23, 1942 in Akwesasne, the son of the late Beeman and Rose (Jacobs) Terrance. He attended St. Regis Mohawk and Salmon River Central School. Richard was an ironworker for a short time until a fall ended his career. He later went to work for the NYS Park Police. He enjoyed playing on his computer and watching television. Richard is survived by his brother, Abram of A... Full story
Reprinted with permission from the Guardian On winter nights for the past six years, a group of 20 people have rustled through dark, coniferous woods to emerge on a Canadian beach at the lowest possible tide, illuminated by a correspondingly full moon. An elder offers a greeting to the place and a prayer, then the team of researchers, volunteers, and First Nations “knowledge holders” lights a warming fire and begins its work. At sites outlined by stones placed hundreds or even thousands of years ago, some begin raking, or “fluffing”, the top...
AKWESASNE - On September 18, 2020 The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's Environment Division and its Water Resources Program have completed a study of ice jams in the Lower St. Regis River, led by Environment Division Director Tony David and Water Resources Program Manager Tiernan Smith. The studies have produced a report authored by ice jam experts Dr. Hung Tao Shen and Dr. Fengbin Huang at Clarkson University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Ice jams were evaluated with numerical...
By Mahlon Smoke In the last days of August, a young mother of five and along with her husband, packed their belongings and moved to Tsikaristisere a.k.a Dundee, QC. "The women of Akwesasne are finally doing what we spoke of doing, taking back our land and our language. As women, not only the land, but the water is our responsibility. Keeping the language alive for the future generations is also a major responsibility, it's a weight that all of our people must carry, said Jackie Kaiatihtakhe...
By Andy Gardner CANTON – St. Lawrence County legislators heard proposals from three entities on operating a methadone clinic in the county, all of whom are proposing their sites be located in Massena. St. Lawrence Health System, St. Joseph’s Addiction Treatment and St. Lawrence County Community Services all gave pitches to the board’s Services Committee during a Monday, Sept. 21 meeting streamed online via YouTube. People being treated with methadone for substance abuse disorder currently have to travel to either Watertown or Plattsburgh to ge...
AKWESASNE — The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s (SRMT) Environment Division urges community members to allow crew members from National Grid’s forestry company Asplundh Tree Service, LLC; to remove deteriorating ash trees from their property that have the potential to impact power lines. In order to safely remove the trees, National Grid must first obtain permission from the property owner. Over the next few weeks, the Environment Division will be working together with National Grid in reviewing a list of locations where the utility company was u...
Keaton H. Thomas-Lazore was arrested by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police in the morning hours of September 9, 2020. Thomas-Lazore is alleged to have been operating a motor vehicle recklessly at high speeds while under the influence of alcohol on Frogtown Rd. Thomas-Lazore allegedly failed to stop when directed, instead fled at high speeds. Thomas-Lazore was also alleged to be in possession of various controlled substances. Thomas-Lazore vehicle came to rest after rolling several times while...
The Akwesasne Communication Society is putting a call-out for three community members to serve as Election Officers for the 2020 ACS Board of Directors Election taking place from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at the Hogansburg-Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department’s Station #1 located at 818 State Route 37 in Akwesasne, New York. Duties will include verifying identification for community members, handing out voting ballots, and counting the ballots when the voting session closes at 5:30 p.m. Compensation for services w...
By Darren Bonaparte and Michael Galban From Indian Time supplement The Rontinonshonni-People of the Longhouse 1500s & 1600s Before European contact, Mohawk clothi8ng was made of animal hides like deer, moose, and caribou as well as fur bearing animals like beaver, muskrat, raccoon and otter. The hides were tanned with the brains of the animal and smoked. Decoration was done with embroidery using moose hair, deer hair, or porcupine quills dyed in bright colors. Sometimes people painted designs on their clothing using natural earth pigments....
6. Kiakenì:teron - Partner, my (we live together) 52. Iakiatátenonhkwe - Relative, my 53. Iakwatátenonhkwe - Relatives, my 54. Iakiatate'kèn:'a - Sibling, my 55. Iakwatate'ken'okòn:'a - Siblings, my 56. Akhtsì:'a - Sister, older, my 57. Khe'kèn:'a - Sister, younger, my 58. Onkiaríha - Sister-in-law , my(woman speaking) 59. Akonháhwha - Sister-in-law, my(man speaking) 60. Onkwari'okòn:'a - Sister-in-laws, my(woman speaking) 61. Akhtsi'okòn:'a / Ionkhtsi'okòn:'a - Sisters, older, my 62. Khe'ken...
The Akwesasne Communication Society will hold their Annual General Assembly on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. at the Hogansburg-Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department’s Station #1 located at 818 State Route 37 in Akwesasne, New York. The Akwesasne Communication Society Annual General Assembly agenda will be as follows: 1. Opening 2. Introduction of the Akwesasne Communication Society Board of Directors 3. Approve Minutes of 2020 Annual General Assembly 4. Presentation of the Audit 2018-2019 5. Amendments to the Akwesasne Communication S...
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) applauded the unanimous House passage of two of her bills to address the crisis of missing, murdered, and trafficked Indigenous people. The bills, Savanna’s Act and Not Invisible Act, are both led by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and aim to combat the epidemic by improving the federal government’s response through increased coordination, development of best practices, and creation of an advisory committee on violent crime. Both pieces of legislation passed the Senate in Mar...
Submitted by Paul Hetzler Adequate nitrogen, plenty of organic matter, a dependable rototiller and other attributes coveted by gardeners are the same things that oil-spill remediation engineers need as well. This should not come as a surprise, given that three-fourths of “soil” is “oil.” Although bulk-storage facilities, tanker semi-trucks and train cars are occasionally the source of oil or gasoline spills, it’s surprising how often faulty home-heating oil tanks or even a leaky auto gas tank lead to significant soil and water contamination. Mo...
By Doug George-Kanentiio Vast areas of Mohawk lands were stolen from the nation over the past seven generations by the colonists. I listened to the words of our elders-now passed into the spirit world-when they spoke of the 9,000,000 taken by the Americans and the additional 1,000,000 lost to the British-Canadians. As a reminder our original lands were from the Richelieu River-St. Lawrence rivers to the north (with additional territory on the north shores from Oswegatchie to the Island of Montreal), the Lake Champlain-Hudson River corridor to...
Epidemiological summary of COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities as reported to FNIHB on September 9, 2020 at 10:35 a.m. ET for the week of September 13 to September 19, 2020. Quebec –2 Cases Ontario – 1 Cases Manitoba – 8 Cases Saskatchewan – 1 Cases Alberta – 20 Cases British Columbia – 18 Cases Canada Wide 10,527 active COVID-19 cases in Canada: 146,666 diagnoses, 9,234 deaths and 126,905 recoveries (as of Sept. 22, 8 p.m. ET) Alberta - 1,565 active cases (16,889 total cases, including 258 deaths, 15,066 resolved) British Columbia -...
Daily Statistics Wednesday, September 23, 2020: 2 Current Active Covid-199 (new positive) 59 Tested Positive Test Results 21,341 Diagnostic Negatives 3,433 Antibody Negatives 103 Probable Positive Cases 162 Total Cumulative Positive 160 Resolved/recovered from Active Covid-19 51 Quarantine and Isolation Individuals in 36 locations Daily Statistics Tuesday, September 22, 2020: 2 Current Active Covid-199 (new positive) 59 Tested Positive Test Results 21,227 Diagnostic Negatives 3,430 Antibody Negatives 103 Probable Positive Cases 162 Total...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020: 1 (one) case of COVID-19 was reported to the St. Lawrence County Public Health Department today, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases to-date to 317 (three hundred and seventeen). 10 (ten) cases are active – please go to: https://www.stlawco.org/ to check out the COVID-19 Cases by Town map layouts (we will also post the maps on our Facebook page @SLCPublicHealth). 303 (three hundred and three) cases have been released from isolation* No cases are hospitalized. 4 (four) deaths have occurred; t...
By Jordan Davidson. Reprinted with permission from EcoWatch September 23, 2020. The United States passed 200,000 deaths due to COVID-19 Tuesday and experts warn that number may double before the end of the year as an autumn surge in cases starts, according to USA Today. Researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington (IHME) analyzed various scenarios that include fatigue from wearing masks and social distancing to create projections for the number of COVID-19 deaths we should expect by Jan. 1. One...
Mi’kmaq First Nation, Nova Scotia The federal government is affirming the Mi’kmaq First Nation’s treaty rights in an ongoing dispute with non-Indigenous fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia. Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan and Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett released a statement Monday saying the Mi’kmaq have a constitutionally protected treaty right to fish in pursuit of a moderate livelihood. Non-Indigenous fishermen have been protesting the Indigenous fishers’ attempts to set lobster traps in St. Mary’s Bay during the...
SAINT REGIS MOHAWK TRIBE POLICE BLOTTER SEPTEMBER 17, 2020: • On 09-11-2020 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police ticketed Yvonne C. Cree, 75, of Hogansburg, NY for speed in zone 54-35 mph zone. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on 09-24-2020. • On 09-12-2020 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police ticketed Karina M. White, 28, of Hogansburg, NY for speed in zone. 60-35 mph zone. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on 10-08-2020. • On 09-13-2020 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police ticketed Bo D. Adams, 30, of Hogansburg, NY for disobey stop sign. Ticket i...
