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Cornwall, Ontario. As part of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Border Collaboration Initiative (BCI), the Domestic Lane Pilot Project will be launched on November 3, 2020 and will run for a minimum of six months. By designating a lane specifically for domestic travel, the pilot project aims to create a smoother border crossing experience for all travelers at the CBSA Cornwall Port of Entry (POE), resulting in faster processing and shorter wait times...
Community members from all areas of Akwesasne took to the streets once again to bring awareness and a sense of resolve to the ongoing problem of drugs in the community. Resolve in the sense of being determined and tenacious for such a challenging time for Akwesasronon. In the past year a number of friends, family and relatives have overdosed from the use of illicit drugs....
AKWESASNE. The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Emergency Operations Center is providing public notification of a positive case of COVID-19 in the community of Akwesasne. Franklin County Public Health Department and the Tribe’s Health Services have completed contact tracing, with no additional information being made available to protect patient privacy. With the number of active cases increasing around Akwesasne, the Tribe’s EOC is continuing to urge individuals to practice protective measures issued by public health agencies. Please wear a mask...
4 Halloween map for trick or treating in Tsi Snaihne...
Debbie S. Mayville-Elliott, 63, passed away October 23, 2020, at Northern Light C.A. Dean Hospital after her battle with cancer. She was born August 7, 1957, in Malone, NY, the daughter of William and Beatrice (Castagnier) Mayville. She married her husband, Mark J. Elliott on August 31, 1979. Debbie began her career as a Biochemist after earning two bachelor's degrees. Later, she changed careers to education as a math and science teacher. In 1991, she established a Massachusetts first child led...
The community is invited to learn the untold story of how Indigenous women influenced early suffragists in their fight for freedom and equality through a virtual screening of a new documentary film by Akwesasne resident Katsitsionni Fox. North Country Community College, Paul Smith’s College and the Zonta Club of the Adirondacks are co-sponsoring a free screening of “Without a Whisper – Konnon:kwe,” which will be available for viewing Nov. 9-15. A question-and-answer session with the filmmaker will take place Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. Registr...
by Kaniehtonkie It's been over 100 days since Six Nations members have demonstrated against the McKenzie Meadows development by Foxgate near Caledonia, Ont. This land dispute is over 200 years old. The McKenzie Meadows was renamed '1492 Land Back Lane' by members of Six Nations of the Grand River, setting up camp back in July. The property is part of the original Haldimand Tract granted to Six Nations of the Grand River in 1784 for allying with the British during the American Revolution. The lan...
By Mahlon Smoke For the last seven years, Sharlann Diabo has been planning, saving and building a place for a BBQ restaurant in Akwesasne. Thanks to all her and her family's hard work, it opened its doors for the community of Akwesasne to enjoy just this month. Diabo's love of BBQ came from her travels down south and enjoying local cuisine, especially southern style BBQ. In 2016, Diabo had Memphis BBQ open for a quick run which had only been open for 3 months before shutting down. "We decided...
TAUNY's annual Sugar & Spice Gingerbread Contest theme this year is "2020." For this year's Sugar & Spice Gingerbread Contest theme, TAUNY invites you to express something about 2020 in gingerbread. Home-school and office setups, sanitizer and supply shortages, hospitals and helpers, the special places you've been missing and the special places you've found over these unusual months. Did you spend more time at home, at camp, out paddling or hiking or exploring? Did you work on big home or...
By Vincent Schilling. Reprinted with permission from Indian Country Today. Chumash tribal citizen Karissa Valencia and executive producer Chris Nee have joined efforts to create, "Spirit Rangers," an animated preschool series for youth. Nee, creator of the popular animated series "Doc McStuffins," is a Peabody, Emmy, and Humanitas Prize-winning children's television screenwriter and producer who announced the upcoming Netflix series created by Valencia. Valencia expressed her excitement in the...
Sipekne’katik, FN. The Sipekne’katik First Nation commercial fishery has secured a buyer for their DFO licensed lobster. “We are so grateful to the hundreds of people who have reached out to us from across the country and even some from the US who offered to purchase our lobster,” said Chief Mike Sack. “Restaurant owners, chefs, seafood brokers and Canadians far and wide have approached us with sincere and creative proposals and more importantly with their support which has meant so much to my community, this is the Canada we know.” To...
Where: Canton Dunkin Donuts/Mountain Mart #106, 103 E Main Street Canton, NY 13617 Date: Monday, October 19th, 2020 Time: 9:00am – 10:30am Individuals who visited Dunkin Donuts/Mountain Mart #106 at the above location during the day and time listed have a potential risk of exposure to COVID-19. If you believe you were present at this location on Monday, October 19th between 9:00am – 10:30am it is recommended that you be tested for COVID-19 and monitor how you feel. Please monitor your temperature twice a day for 14 days. Call your hea...
AKWESASNE. The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Office of Economic Development (OED) announced that 239 Akwesasne businesses have received financial relief through the Tribe’s COVID-19 Small Business Relief Program. The relief funds were made available from the U.S. Treasury Department under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Tribal Chief Eric Thompson expressed appreciation to local businesses for their cooperation in responding to the public health crisis in stating, “When the U.S. Treasury Department issued guide...
By Mahlon Smoke Ganondagan, Seneca Art and Culture Center has hosted the Hodinöhsö:ni Art Show for four years with a showcase of talented Indigenous artists from all over the country, from Washington State, First Nations in Canada, and none other than Akwesasne. As annual art events are canceled or transferred online, the Hodinöhsö:ni Art Show made the same decision to go virtual and continue to showcase talented artists. Even so, Seneca Art and Culture Center main curator Michael Galban, org...
AKWESASNE. The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's Planning and Infrastructure Division is pleased to announce that much-needed and long-anticipated road improvement projects have recently been completed. In an effort to address public safety concerns attributed to the degradation of pavement on Ransom Road and Solomon Road, $266,768 in Tribal General Funds that were previously allocated was utilized to provide both roads with a new overlay. Beginning in late-September 2020; Barrett Paving Materials...
Continued from last week APPORTIONMENT OF CHIEF STATESMEN (The number of Chief Statesmen was set by the Peacemaker, not apportioned by population. No direct taxes existed. Slavery was illegal. The idea of some people considered less than whole was foreign and never accepted. Note “Indians not taxed” were considered separate, a status still widely asserted and Defended. )“According to the great immutable law the Iroquois confederate council was to consist of fifty royaner (civil chiefs of Chief Statesman)” (Parker p. 10): Elder Brother...
1. Tsi niiotkonwarò:roks aowenna'shón:'a - Halloween words 2. Kenténha Áhsen niwáhsen énska - October 31 3. Iakokianehrónstha = Haunted 4. Iakokiánerons kanónhsa - Haunted house 5. Iotenonhsátteron - It is a scary house 6. Onon'onserakó:wa - Pumpkin 7. Wata'én:naras - Witch 8. Akonhonwáhtha kà:nhien - Broom stick 9. Wata'én:naras aonòn:warore - Witch's hat 10. Kana'tsiahòn:tsi - Black cauldron 11. Iehahserénhas - Lantern 12. Ráhskenhn / Ohskien'tóhskon - Skeleton 13. Iontkonwarorókstha...
AKWESASNE. The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe announced additional COVID-19 test collections will be conducted in November for Akwesasne residents and non-member employees of local schools and businesses. Individuals who received a prior coronavirus test are also eligible to get retested. Staff from Mountain Medical Services will be at the former-IGA Building located at 850 Route 37 in Akwesasne on the following dates and times: COVID-19 Test Collection November 3rd, 10th and 17th 9:00 a.m. to 1:00...
Submitted by Paul Hetzler All animals need sleep of some kind. Reptiles, birds, bees – even nematodes, reportedly – require periodic bouts of unconsciousness, though I imagine it’s hard to tell what level of consciousness a nematode has when it’s awake. In a June 25, 2016 BBC report, University of Wisconsin sleep biologist Barrett Klein says that “…sleep is shared across all animals. There’s no universally-accepted exception.” Among mammals, sleep requirements vary dramatically. Most health experts recommend 7 to 8 hours of sleep each nigh...
By Doug George-Kanentiio As we all know there is great power in what we name, in what we elect to use to identify who we are. We are taught by traditional custom that the natural world is attuned to the human voice and is aware of our presence as we walk upon Mother Earth. We are told that the food crops, the medicines, the animals, the winds, the plants respond to our aboriginal names and that healing is affected when we use those names to address the spiritual beings and within the circles of the various medicine societies. The use of Mohawk...
Epidemiological summary of COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities as reported to FNIHB on October 24, 2020 at 2:55 p.m. ET for the week of October 18 to October 24, 2020. Quebec – 3 Cases Ontario – 10 Cases Manitoba – 7 Cases Saskatchewan – 15 Cases Alberta – 12 Cases British Columbia – 5 Cases Canada Wide Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 16:00 EDT on Oct. 27, 2020: There are 222,877 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada reached more than 10,001 COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. This comes as 28 deaths were confir...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 4 Current Active Covid-19 Cases 71 Tested Confirmed Positive Cases 104 Probable Positive Cases 175 Total Cumulative Positive 171 Recovered 29,611 PCR Diagnostic Negatives 3,467 Antibody Negatives 93 on Quarantine and or Isolation in 42 locations Franklin Correctional – 0 on isolation, 3 in quarantine Upstate Correctional – 0 on isolation Bare Hill Correctional – 0 on isolation, 46 in quarantine Tuesday, October 27, 2020 4 Current Active Covid-19 Cases 71 Tested Confirmed Positive Cases 104 Probable Positive Cases...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020: 5 Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported to the St. Lawrence County Public Health Department today, therefore the total number of confirmed positive cases to-date is 394 (three hundred and eighty-nine). 36 (thirty three) cases are active – please go to: https://www.stlawco.org/ to check out the COVID-19 Cases by Town map layouts (SLCPH also post the maps on their Facebook page @SLCPublicHealth) Monday, October 26t, 2020: 10 (ten) new cases of COVID-19 were reported to the St. Lawrence County Public Health D...
Article from unknown source October 1936. Submitted by Elizabeth Perkins from the scrapbook of Theresa Jamieson. 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....
SAINT REGIS MOHAWK TRIBAL POLICE: • On Oct. 16, Chad J. Garrow, 47, of Hogansburg was charged with speeding (65-35 mph zone). Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Nov. 5. • On Oct. 17, Donald G. Woods, 35, of Ellenburg was charged with speeding (54-35 mph zone). Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Nov. 5. • On Oct. 17, Brandy B. Gray, 41, of Akwesasne was charged with failure to yield right of way. Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on Nov. 5. • On Oct. 17, Roger D. Smith, 30, of Massena was charged with speeding (55-35 mph zone) a...
