A Voice from the Eastern Door
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In an exciting game against the Glengarry Gaels, the Cornwall Collegiate Raiders have walked away with the Seaway Valley Football League Championship for 2015. Winning 12 to 9 in a nail biting contest in the first and only overtime of the season, this is the first Championship for CCVS since 1982 and CCVS players, Coach Thomson, and staff were ecstatic about the win. Glengarry had tied the game in the 4th quarter, 6 to 6. Playing in overtime, each team starts on the 35-yard line, score or not th...
Monday, November 2, 2015, Akwesasne, NY - Boys & Girls Clubs of America's National Headquarters based in Atlanta, Georgia honored the Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club for achieving the Bronze Level of the League of EAGLES Award Program, last week at the Northeast Regions Conference in Princeton, NJ. This award is a key element of the national organization's Leading Edge: 2020 Board Transformation Strategy. The award recognizes local affiliate organizations for achieving 85% of the Key Performance Ind...
As of 3:00pm on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, another Salmon River Central School Board Trustee resigned. Roger Lapage’s resignation adds to the growing number of resignations on SRCS Board of Trustees. Matthew Mainville resigned on July 2, 2015, Peter Ghostlaw resigned on August 28, 2015, Greg Cunningham resigned on September 24, 2013 and Clarissa Chatland resigned on April 16, 2013. To add to that; Annie Delormier, Stacy Skidders, and Corrina David; all former Salmon River School Board Trustees resigned before their tenure had expired. In a m...
The first ever World Indigenous Games were held in Brazil and commenced on Sunday, November 1, 2015. Proudly bringing home the gold was the Canadian Soccer team who consisted of players from Akwesasne, Kahnawake, Kanesatake and Kwakwaka'wakw nation in British Columbia. Brazil has been home to Indigenous Games before, but this is the first time they opened their games to Indigenous peoples from around the world. Hosting over 200 athletes from around the world to compete in western style games as...
Alcoa will idle the Massena West smelter and will not modernize its closed east plant. This is in spite of a deal with the state to maintain 750 jobs at the west plant and modernize the pot line at the east plant in exchange for megawatts of discount-rate electricity from the New York Power Authority. The decision to close the west smelter will cost 487 people their jobs, including many held by Mohawk aluminum workers. The casthouses, forgings and extrusions facilities at Massena’s west plant will remain open, according to the company. The S...
Mark Laguador, the Vice President of Tarbell Management Group, donated $720 worth of Bears Den and Tim Horton Gift Cards and $280.00 in cash towards Tsi Snaihne School's Student of the Month program. Julia and Carter Jackson, Dayne and Gabrielle Thomas and Gertrude Gray were there to graciously accept the generous donation made by the Tarbell Management Group. Julia, Carter, Dayne and Gabrielle are members of the Tsi Snaihne School Student Council. Nia:wen to the Tarbell Management Group for...
Niawenko:wa goes out to Lyle Lazore (Josiah Benedict's tota), Joe Lazore (Kawehnokwas Benedict's tota), Richard Sunday (Kaide Sunday's tota), Thomas Phillips (Avy and Joey Phillips' rakeni), & Phillip Gray (Gertrude and Vance Gray's tota) for taking out the Tsi Snaihne school students trick or treating to Iakhihsohtha, Daycare and Iohahiio. Thanks for making this day a little bit more special by providing the students with a wagon ride. Nia:wenko:wa to Iakhihsohtha, Daycare and Iohahiio for...
At the Snye Recreation Halloween costume contest, in the 12 month and under category, Demi Terrance won prettiest....
The Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club has been selected to be a part of the “Hannaford Helps” Reusable Bag Program. The program is designed to create revenue stream for nonprofits like ABGC. By buying a blue reusable bag at Hannafords in Massena you help the Club. Every bag purchased between October 15 and December 31 means a $1 donation to the Club. The donation is included in the price of the bag....
The Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club Staff would like to send a huge "Thank You" to the JOM staff for their help in making the Teen Zombie Dance a huge success and loads of FUN! ABGC Teens had a blast and so did the staff. We look forward to next year's dance and another chance for the staff at winning the fear factor challenges. Thank you again, the ABGC Staff....
A big niawenko:wa to CKON Radio for a donation in helping toward the development of the White Pine Healing Lodge. The winner of the 50/50 World Series square was Rosalie Morris. Nelson David White White Pine Healing Lodge...
The family of Richard L. (Dick) Herne would like to express their sincere thanks to all who honored our father with their presence, prayers, comforting words, and support during our time of grief. To the many who donated their time and service, and gifts of food, flowers, and cards, we are grateful. In the darkest hours, the greatest gifts are people who care and let us know we are not alone in our sorrow, to you we say thank you. A special thank you to the following: Hospice of the North Country (Malone chapter), for your continued care,...
The A'nowara'ko:wa Arena would like to thank our sponsors for the Arena Halloween Rock Skate & Movie Night on Saturday, October 31st. Niawen ko:wa Kawehnoke Recreation, Akwesasne Child and Family Services, Akwesasne Family Wellness and Akwesasne Community Health – Diabetes Program, and also to our volunteers Dana White and Macy David. Akwesasne Learn to Skate program had a Halloween skate & costume party in the early afternoon of Halloween day. In the evening from 7-9pm the Arena was hopping w...
The Akwesasne Coalition for Community Empowerment held yet another smashing event for participants of all ages; the "Minute to Win It". It was an evening filled with fun and games. The Minute to Win It event was part of Akwesasne's Red Ribbon Week to bring awareness and celebrate being drug-free. Red Ribbon Week included: Wear Red on Monday, Superhero Day on Tuesday, Jersey Day on Wednesday, Rock Star Day on Thursday and Costume Day on Friday to celebrate Halloween at the Trunk or Treat held at...
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) recently announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has granted New York State a one-year REAL ID extension. During this extension period, any New Yorker with a standard driver license or non-driver ID will be able to board an airplane or enter a federal building without secondary identification. “This extension guarantees that New Yorkers will be able to use their driver licenses or ID cards as they did before,” said DMV Executive Deputy Commissioner Terri Egan. “DMV cont...
Akwesasne, NY-The Mohawk Gaming Enterprises, LLC, is pleased to announce the selection of Shannon Keel as the new General Manager of the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort (AMCR). Keel takes over the AMCR leadership team following the resignation of former-General Manager Patrick Bassney on May 1, 2015. Assistant General Manager Emily Lauzon was appointed as the Interim General Manager during a national search for Bassney’s replacement. “Shannon comes to the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort with more than ten years of senior-level casino resort man...
Submitted by NNATC This is a Mohawk story that was told to children. A long, long time ago there was a village on the bend of a river. On one sunny day, a hunter was out in the forest looking for game. While walking along a trail, he stumbled on a hole. He stood back, scratched his head, and thought to himself, "This wasn't here yesterday." He went up hill to get a better look at the hole. His hair stood up. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. That hole was not just any hole, it was the...
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Domestic animals in the area of Cook Road, Phillips Road and Cree Road in Akwesasne have been attacked by roaming dogs. On the Cree residence alone, they have had to deal with several of their farm animals and pets being attached and some so viciously the farm animal had to be euthanized. Since August the Cree's have lost an alpaca, a pig and an Arabian horse due to packs of dog coming onto their farm and attacking the farm animals. According to one witness, "I'm worried, the dogs attacked a...
Sergeant Swamp from the Akwesasne Mohawk Police visited Tsi Snaihne School on Thursday, October 29th. He gave some Halloween Safety tips to the K5 students. Sergeant Swamp danced with students at our Halloween Reading Incentive Dance. Students and staff members were celebrating 88% of students completing the Read and Respond homework for the month of October....
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Akwesasne, NY (November 2, 2015)---Heart to Heart Fitness Center recently donated the proceeds of their second annual 9k Walk and Run Race to the Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club. 148 participants came out to walk and run on September 26th. With more sponsors and more walkers and runners registered this year than last year, Heart to Heart was able to raise $3,271.06 for the Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club. Heart to Heart's General Manager, Roger Allen said he's looking forward to next year's race...
On Friday October 30th, 2015 the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Criminal Enforcement Unit arrested two Akwesasne men after executing a take-down of an attempted drug- smuggling operation on Cornwall Island. Police noticed suspicious activities in the early morning hours that caused a concern for further investigation and found that two local males were participating in an illicit drug transaction. Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service officers moved in on the activity and arrested both subjects on drug-related charges subject to the (CDSA) Controlled Drug...
By Sesi King At the St. Regis Mohawk Senior Citizens location, a meeting was held on Thursday, October 29, and was sponsored by the Akwesasne Genealogy and Historical Society. The purpose of the meeting was with the hope of inviting more interested people to become members of the organization. There are many areas to explore in finding information about ancestry and record past lineages. It would be nice to have newly found information to be passed on to future generations in families....
November 2, 2015 (Kanatakon, Quebec) – The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service kicked off the Provincial Crime Prevention Week on Monday, which runs from November 1 to 7, 2015. The week-long promotion of crime prevention is supported by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP), the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, and all police services across Ontario. "Crime prevention and Community Policing is what we do," said Chief Jerry Swamp. "We believe that Ontario c...
