A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha took place over two days. The first part was her official recognition along with six other candidates, including Mother Marianne Cope, a 19th century Franciscan nun who cared for leprosy patients in Hawaii, at a massive open air event in the front of the Vatican facing the eastwards direction. Everyone should know that St. Peter’s was built on the ruins of a former church, which had stood for many centuries but was gradually wearing down and decaying. With t...
Happy Birthday Monica from family and friends in Akwesasne....
If we could bring you back again For one more hour or a day We’d express all our outspoken love We’d have countless things to say If we could bring you back again To tell you what we should You’d know how much we miss you now And if we could we would If we could bring you back again We’d say we treasured you And that your presence in our lives Meant more than we ever knew Forever loved, never forgotten, deeply missed Love, Mom, Abram & Ivory...
DEC. 24, 1988-OCT. 26, 2011 I’M SORRY MOM I’m sorry mom, for the things I put you through I’m sorry mom, for not doing the things you wanted me to do I’m sorry mom, for leaving you so soon I’m sorry mom, for the call you got that night Leaving you was, I guess it was just my time I thought about you, the last minutes of my life But mom, I can imagine, how this must be for you Because I see you, when you are alone When nobody else does I don’t want you to feel so much pain There’s really no one...
Our Mom, Emily White, left us five years ago and there isn’t a day when we don’t think of her and miss her. Here is a picture of her sitting on the porch of their Venice, FL. home where she and my Dad went every winter and also had many friends. Dale and Marilyn, Hollis and Denise, Dean and Rose and family...
Solidarity; to Benefit the Health and Environment of the Community Dear Editor, I’m writing to share part of my personal and professional journey of how I’ve learned to interpret cultural significance and meaning of the Grasse River, Indian Meadows. This comes during a critical public process for all Akwesasro:non, for the Alcoa Grasser River Superfund Site. It’s designated a Superfund Site, due to PCBs and persistent toxins still present in the environment from historic industrial production. Over one million cubic yards of contaminated PCB-s...
Land is Made, Not Given Fall has arrived within Kanienkeh, the homeland of the People of the Land of the Flint, also called the Mohawks by some. The damp northeastern weather was punctuated in Akwesasne though, by a procedural ruling on a twenty-year plus lawsuit from federal Magistrate Judge Therese Wiley Dancks, concerning New York State land claims. Although explained to me by a legal mind as “(both) a report and recommendation of how to proceed by the U.S. Magistrate Judge to the federal U.S. District Court judge to whom the case was a...
Niawenkowa We would like to thank the following for contributions to our club so we could attend the P.A.L. Nationals held in Toledo, Ohio on October 6 thru October 13. MCA- $ 2,000 St. Regis Tribe- $ 200 Tarbell Management Group- $250 Akwesasne Convenient Store Association- $500 And we would like to send out a big thanks to Larry King for really going out of his way for us. Niawenkowa!! Atsiaktonkie, Michelle Cook, Ronnie Robidoux and “Lolo” Rorohronhakies...
Dear Editor, Earlier this year, AARP launched “You’ve Earned a Say,” a national conversation about the future of Social Security and Medicare, to engage citizens in communities across the country. To date tens of thousands of New Yorkers, shared their thoughts through surveys, community conversations, forums, teletown hall sessions and other activities. Through this conversation, AARP is providing voters with balanced information about the pros and cons of Medicare and Social Security proposals that are being debated in Washington and on the ca...
October 23, 1812: The Skirmish at St. Regis Two hundred years ago today, one of the early skirmishes in the War of 1812 took place, but there are no re-enactments taking place where the clash occurred. That’s because it happened in the village of Kanatakon, or St. Regis, here in Akwesasne...and it might not be a great idea to have hundreds of non-native reenactors sneaking around Akwesasne with rifles in hand at five o’clock in the morning. Due to its location on the border between the US and Canada as well as on the St. Lawrence River, Akw...
The ECDP is participating in Red Ribbon Week. The kids made this giant poster outside and decorated it with almost one hundred little pairs of hands. Tuesday was crazy hat or hair day and Headstart had many kids participate. Red Ribbon week is from October 22-26 and it’s about staying drug free. One slogan is “It’s up to me to be drug free!” Photo by Samantha McMillon-Wilkinson....
SPEEDING Massena, NY - Sheryl T. Thompson, 41, of Akwesasne was ticketed by Massena village police for speed in zone following a traffic stop at 7:35 a.m. Friday on East Hatfield Street. UNINPSECTED MOTOR VEHICLE Massena, NY - Janelle M. Thompson, 46, of Rooseveltown was ticketed by Massena village police for operation of an uninspected motor vehicle following a traffic stop at 2:28 p.m. Thursday on Main Street at Route 37. WARRANT On October 17, 2012 the Akwesasne Mohawk Police executed a warrant in the 1st Instance at a residence in Tsi Snaih...
Last week, HAVFD station #1 was the scene for fire prevention week as classes came in one right after another to learn, and in most cases relearn, fire safety. Dick Laffin got each class started with a talk and then showed a very humorous video about safety. After, Adrian McDonald taught the kids safety practices using the Hazard House. The Hazard House is possible because of AMERIND and HUD, and it has a stove that actually smokes, and electric wires that make a shock sound to give kids a more...
October 16, 2012 - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), in collaboration with the Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) and the Department of State (DOS), has submitted petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to designate New York’s portion of Lake Erie and the St. Lawrence River as a “Vessel Waste No Discharge Zone.” The petitions must be submitted by DEC before EPA acts to establish a no discharge under Clean Water Act protocols. A “No Discharge Zone” designation means that boaters and shippers...
October 17, 2012 - After carefully considering more than 1,600 public comments and analyzing all information on New York’s current bobcat population, the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) adopted a five-year bobcat management plan to maintain and enhance bobcat populations in New York state while providing for sustainable use and public enjoyment of the animal, DEC Commissioner Joe Martens announced. The final bobcat management plan, which is significantly revised from the draft plan, is now available on the DEC website. O...
This Saturday, the Tarbell Management Group held its annual Halloween party at Bears Den West, the location of Tim Horton’s and Papa Johns. According to Director of Retail Operations, Brian Printup, about 90 children came to the event because “we went through all of our door prize bags.” Originally scheduled to run until 8pm, the kids dictated the speed that the activities were completed and the event wrapped up a little early at 6pm. Activities included the mummy wrap, where one child stood...
On Monday, families gathered at the St. Regis Recreation Hall to compete in a family pumpkin-carving contest. This was the fifth annual family pumpkin-carving contest. There were at least 19 families who participated, and even more arrived after I left. The parking lot was nearly full. Those attending were busy carving up their orange canvases to make something frightful and hopefully win one of three prizes. All three gift baskets were filled to the brim with family friendly activities like...
AKWESASNE MOHAWK TERRITORY — On September 28, 2012, Magistrate Therese Danks submitted her recommendation to the District Court regarding the 1796 claim. Magistrate Danks recommended that the motions to dismiss be denied, in part, concerning the “Hogansburg Triangle” based on the failure to establish a “longstanding, distinctly non-Indian character” within the area, adding that the Hogansburg triangle “looked like a missing piece of the Reservation puzzle”. All other aspects of this claim have been recommended for dismissal, referencing t...
What does the Pamper Pole, Zip Line and Flying Squirrel all have in common? Each of these is a significant name given to a High Ropes Challenge at 4-H Camp Overlook, in Mountain View, New York. Recently, the Salmon River Mighty Shamrock Mentoring program participated in a series of team challenges held on October 19th and 20th at the camp. A total of 35 students consisting of nine (9) Mentors and twenty six (26) Mentees were engaged in low and high rope activities that encouraged each to leave t...
October 23, 2012 - Russell Means, Oglala Sioux tribal member of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota passed on to the spirit world at 4:44 a.m. on October 22 at his home in Porcupine, South Dakota. A passionate force within the American Indian Movement in Minneapolis during the early 1970’s he became an international voice for the struggle of Indigenous peoples around the world. Whether leading Native Americans in railing against broken federal treaties, appearing in a Hollywood b...
Portland, Ore.–On October 18, 2012, the Dr. Phil show aired an episode that focused on a disputed custody case involving an American Indian child, Veronica. The case pits a loving father’s attempts to parent his daughter against a non-Indian couple from South Carolina–the Capobiancos–and their attorneys who orchestrated an illegal attempt to adopt Veronica. The National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) is gravely disappointed in the heavy slant toward the Capobiancos’ recounting of the situation and interpretation of the legal iss...
REGULAR HUNTING SEASON OPEN, DEC ISSUES EMERGENCY REGULATION FOR CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE October 17, 2012 - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued an emergency rulemaking that revises the state’s Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) regulations in response to a confirmed case of CWD in Pennsylvania. Effective immediately, the revision prohibits importing certain parts of white-tailed deer or American elk taken in the state of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania D...
The terms “a cold” and “the flu” are not the same thing. The common cold, caused by any one of 250 viruses, lasts for a few days and causes cough and a stuffy or runny nose, which may be accompanied by a fever. The “flu”, caused by the influenza virus, is a potentially more serious infection. The flu often begins like a cold, but is usually associated with: • High fever • Severe muscle/body aches • Chills • Headache • Loss of appetite • Extreme fatigue and weakness While a cold usually lasts for a few days and goes away on its own without any c...
Halloween Safety Tips Children should always go out trick or treating accompanied by a responsible adult. If you have a group of kids going, the parents should choose two or three of them to go along and keep an eye on things. Plan a safe route so parents know where their older kids will be at all times. Set a time for their return home. Make sure that your child is old enough and responsible enough to go out by themselves. Make sure that they have a cell phone. Let your children know not to cut through back alleys and fields if they are out...
It’s that time again, Cooking Up Fun With Families is gearing up to hold a winter series. Classes will start on November 6th at 5 PM. As before, the classes will be held every Tuesday and the classes will be spread over 7 weeks. Each class will deal with a nutritional or food safety issue like knife safety or healthy meal planning. As before, classes will be held in the same location, the Saint Regis Mohawk Health Services Lounge. According to Kim Lauzon McElwain, “children ages 7-12 are wel...
