A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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November 17, 2020. AKWESASNE. The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is reporting thirteen (13) new cases of COVID-19 since Friday, November 13th — making twenty (20) active cases under the Tribe’s jurisdiction. We extend our thoughts and prayers, as we wish all of them a safe and speedy recovery. The Tribe’s EOC is also reporting one (1) potential COVID-19 exposure in the Akwesasne community. Individuals who visited the Tim Horton’s Café & Bake Shop, located at 148 Route 37, between November 9th and November 1...
Since 2004, the United Way of S.D.& G. (UWC SDG) has been committed to funding a range of health and social services for residents of its region. It was first incorporated in 1964 as the Cornwall Community Chest Association, then renamed United Way Cornwall and District in 1975 and became United Way Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry on June 7, 2004. United Way's organizational mission is to improve lives and build community. United Way/Centraide SDG (UWSDG) has always considered Akwesasne as part of...
By Aliyah Chavez. Reprinted with permission from Indian Country Today. The weaver who sells their work at flea markets. The beader who markets their work on social media. The jeweler who vends at a local fair. Many Indigenous artists were negatively affected by canceled powwows and markets this summer. They weren’t allowed to sell their products in person, which has had many looking to the internet. A new Indigenous-owned marketplace, ‘From The People’, allows artists to post and sell their products online — and allows buyers from all backgro...
By Kaniehtonkie Oregon has become the first state in the nation to decriminalize the possession and personal use of all drugs. Voters in the state of Oregon approved Measure 110, this initiative also expands access to addiction assistance and other health services, offering aid to those who need it instead of arresting and jailing people for drugs. Oregon voters passed Measure 110 with 55.8% of the vote. Possession of drugs such as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine will no longer be punishable by jail time, instead amount to something...
• Queen’s University students shocked by the truth. • Warrior leaders solicit funds in Western Canada. • St. Regis Mohawk school participates in American Indian Harvest celebration in Albany, NY. • Brasher Center man shot by hunting companion. • Kanentiio Mitchell, 12, joins the ranks of Mohawk Hunters when he brought down his first deer, an 8-point buck....
On the evening of November 9, 2020, just before 8:00 PM, Akwesasne Central Dispatch received a call of a motor vehicle collision in the area of River Road, Tsi Snaihne, QC. Police attended the scene and spoke with the complainant who provided a vehicle description and reported the suspect vehicle fled prior to police arrival. The vehicle was later located in the Southern portion of Akwesasne by the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police. Police attempted to stop the vehicle as it fled back into the...
Arrow White, Local 440 shared photos of their 'Topping Out' – raising of Haudenosaunee Flag for setting the last steel beam in the structure. White said along with the one-billion-dollar facility, a new hospital is being constructed nearby. On Tuesday, men were removing cranes for the next phase of construction. While a few ironworkers were laid off, some stayed on to work on the building's siding, which is expected to take at least five months to complete. White said there are all types of t...
The Akwesasne Communication Society Board of Directors 2020 Election for three open seats was held on Wednesday October 21. Following that Election, there was an appeal submitted by a community member and it was successful. As a result, a new Election was called for to fill two 3-year terms and one 2-year term to be held Friday, November 6. Out of an abundance of caution due to a spike in COVID-19 positive cases in the community, the new Election was postponed until at least November 20. Since the announcement of the postponement, one of the...
On Friday, November 6, 2020, The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council and the Tribal Election Board jointly announced the Name Change Referendum scheduled for Saturday, November 14, 2020 would be postponed. The decision to postpone the referendum was due to the outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the Akwesasne community. The Election Board re-evaluated the situation at a meeting held on Friday, November 13, 2020 and made the difficult decision to cancel in-home and in-person voting, but to proceed with Absentee Voting. The Election Board will be...
THANK YOU I appreciate all the birthday wishes I received from everyone. It means so much to hear from all of the family members and friends I don’t get to see too often. The birthday cards and gifts, announcements on the radio and even on Facebook helped make my day extra special! Thank you, Dolores Thompson...
Kentenhkó:wa/November 16, 2020. Kahnawake. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) wishes to advise the community that the current State of Emergency has been formally extended for a period of 30 days at today’s duly convened Council meeting. The passage, by Consensus, of the Mohawk Council Resolution includes the extension of the Mandate for the Kahnawà:ke COVID-19 Task Force. Officially, the extension is dated from November 21 to December 21, 2020. The community has been operating under the State of Emergency since the original Declaration rat...
By Andy Gardner St. Lawrence and Franklin counties have both seen additional deaths attributed to COVID-19. St. Lawrence County public health officials reported the county’s sixth death during a Monday, Nov. 16 county legislature committee meeting. Dr. Dana McGuire, St. Lawrence County Public Health director, announced the fatality during the county Board of Legislators Services Committee meeting on Monday, Nov. 16. She did not give out any identifying information, such as the person’s age, hometown or where the death occurred. She said the cou...
Submitted by Paul Hetzler If you get bad news about one of your trees, kindly don’t shoot the messenger. Even if – especially if – they vandalize that very tree. It could save your life to heed their warning. Although it’s captivating to watch a big prehistoric-looking woodpecker chisel away at a rotten snag in the forest, the same performance loses its charm when it jack-hammers a hole in your perfectly sound tree. The thing is, no matter how healthy that tree may appear, it is definitely not sound, and may in fact be quite dangerous. Your “v...
Areas of concern, Attention & awareness of the matters at hand brought to our knowing constantly. Thru various medias of consumption and addiction. Thot altering... ear worms of our hearing, sight & feeling. Key ‘essential’ words, phrases, and terms used to provoke a constant state of fight or flight, pumping stress hormones into the Atmosphere. Fear, anxiety, stress... three states of being that are the basis of emotions that greatly affect our wellbeing as human beings, and as a collective whole, Mother Earth included. As well as opening the...
By Jessica Corbett. Common Dreams/Ecowatch Environmental and Indigenous leaders on Thursday, November 12, 2020 responded with alarm after Minnesota regulators approved key permits for Enbridge Energy’s planned Line 3 Pipeline replacement and called on Democratic Gov. Tim Walz to block any construction for the Canadian company’s long-delayed multibillion-dollar project. “Gov. Walz has apparently decided that if Washington won’t lead on climate, Minnesota won’t either,” said Andy Pearson, MN350’s Midwest tar sands coordinator, in a statement abo...
“This contribution will help ensure that families have what they need to celebrate our winter weather” By Jane George. Reprinted with permission from Nunatsiaq News The parka-making company Canada Goose and Hollywood actor and film producer Ryan Reynolds have teamed up to bring warmth to a Nunavut community. Canada Goose and Reynolds, who was born and raised in British Columbia, have donated more than 300 Canada Goose parkas and Baffin footwear to the students of Inuujaq School in Arctic Bay. “It came to my attention students at Inuujaq Schoo...
Reprinted with permission by the Native North American Travelling College HOW TO HAVE A SOCIAL DANCE 1. You need a speaker to do the Opening Thanksgiving Address, or Ohen:ton Karihwatehkwen 2. You need a speaker for announcing dances, the lead singers, and the lead dancers. This person is called in Mohawk, Raiihowanahtha’. 3. You need a person to be the Housekeeper. This person is called in Mohawk, Ratenonhsa’tsteristha’. 4. You need Elders or knowledgeable people to give information, knowledge and encouragement to the people in between dance...
By Jonathan Nez, Navajo Nation President. Reprinted with permission from Indian Country Media. On January 20, 2021, our people will be able to move forward from the divisiveness, misinformation, and discrimination that set us back for the past four years Diné people recently recognized Gháájí’, signifying a shift in our seasons and a symbol of renewal in our lives. It is time for our people to prepare for the changing of the weather and seasons – this is also an opportunity for all of us to reflect on our lives and to renew our hope for our...
This year veterans who served were honored, but not in the usual way. Gone were the flags, bugles and uniforms. Indian Time would like to honor those who served and those who missed being honored on November 11, 2020. If you have a photo of a veteran, who served Indian Time would be happy to share the photo in next week's paper. Every day is a good day to say, "Thank you for serving." Please send your photo to: [email protected]...
Troy Lyons, 33, of Akwesasne, New York, was sentenced today to serve 90 months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, based on his conviction for membership in a federal drug trafficking conspiracy, announced Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon, Kevin M. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Chief Kenton Buckner, City of Syracuse Police Department, and Investigator C.J. Tonkin, Coordinator for the Oswego County Drug Task Force. As part of his g...
WASHINGTON, D.C. Amid a global public-health crisis and with oil prices at extreme lows, the lame duck Trump administration is expected to issue a “request for nominations” as early as Monday, asking oil companies to identify their preferences on areas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain to lease for oil drilling. This is the latest move by the Trump administration in its rushed process to open one of the nation’s most iconic and sacred landscapes to oil drilling. The case for protecting this sacred land is so clear that fi...
November 16, 2020. The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne’s Community Health Program reports that there are three (3) new active cases of COVID-19 in the northern portion of the community as of Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. This brings the total active cases in MCA’s jurisdiction to 8, with 23 cases overall since the beginning of the pandemic. Fifteen cases are categorized as recovered. MCA extends its best wishes for a speedy recovery to all those infected, as well as appreciation to those isolating and quarantining to prevent the further spread of COV...
Epidemiological summary of COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities as reported to FNIHB on November 17, 2020 at 2:55 p.m. ET for the week of November 8 to November 14, 2020. 19 Quebec – Cases 5 Ontario – Cases 25 Manitoba – Cases 36 Saskatchewan – Cases 72 Alberta – Cases 5 British Columbia – Cases Canada Wide The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 19:00 EDT on Nov. 17, 2020: 306,468 Canada: confirmed cases in Canada, 51,230 active cases. Quebec: 126,054 total cases, 12,053 active cases (including 6,675 deaths, 107...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 59 Current Active Covid-19 Cases 202 Tested Confirmed Positive Cases 112 Probable Positive Cases 314 Total Cumulative Positive 141 Resolved/Recovered 34,763 Diagnostic Negatives 3,485 Antibody Negatives 2 Deaths Quarantine/Isolation Tuesday, November 17, 2020 56 Current Active Covid-19 Cases 194 Tested Confirmed Positive Cases 112 Probable Positive Cases 306 Total Cumulative Positive 136 Resolved/Recovered 34,430 Diagnostic Negatives 3,485 Antibody Negatives 2 Deaths 546 Quarantine/Isolation in 367 Locations...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020: 19 (nineteen) new cases of COVID-19 were reported to the St. Lawrence County Public Health Department today, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases to-date to 648 (six hundred and forty-eight) 118 (one hundred and eighteen) cases are active – please go to: https://www.stlawco.org/ 524 (five hundred and twenty-four) cases have been released from isolation. 9 (nine) cases are hospitalized. 6 (six) deaths have occurred; this fatality data comes from the New York State Department of Health and was l...
