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SUNY Potsdam is accepting on-line applications for a Native American Program Coordinator (Staff Assistant). A primary focus of this position will be on programming initiatives designed to increase the recruitment, retention, and academic, social success and graduation rate of Indigenous students. This includes maintaining close working relationships with Native communities across the State, particularly Akwesasne Mohawks. Bachelor’s degree and some evening/weekend, and travel is required. To review the complete job description including the j...
Submission: Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (SRMT), Grants & Contracts Office, 2nd Floor, Ionkwakiohkwaróron Administration Building, 71 Margaret Terrance Memorial Way, PO Box 1160, Akwesasne, NY 13655 no later than 3:30 p.m. (Local Time), Thursday, December 15, 2022. Description: SRMT is accepting Sealed Bids from qualified Contractors to provide all materials, tools, plant, equipment, transportation, supervision and labor required for the reconstruction, storm sewer construction and installation of sidewalks, curbing, asphalt paving, pavement...
POTSDAM – The Fall 2022 Student Choreographers' Concert will showcase SUNY Potsdam creativity from Dec 1 to Dec 3, with five individual choreographic works that include an aerial performance for the first time at the Performing Arts Center Dance Theater. Their final performance is on Sunday December 4, titled "Frames in Motion." The free concert will start at 7:30 p.m., with afternoon shows Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. Students have been rehearsing their works since early fall in preparation for the live p...
MALONE - ‘A Sense of Wonder’ is open to all artists who created en plein air and in the studio during 2022. This exhibit will in part substitute for the 2022 Outside Art Affair which was postponed this summer. Artists are encouraged to offer art ranging in different price points to encourage the community to gift art this holiday season. The exhibit is open to all artists and mediums. Including: photography, sculpture, painting, drawing, fiber, ceramics, woodcrafts, jewelry, prints & constructions. Artwork will be featured in the gallery as...
Department: Maintenance FLSA Status: Non-Exempt, part-time 20 hours per week Salary: $15.02 per hour Closing Date: Until filled. Native Preference in Hiring Background check for employment purposes Summary: The Part-time Groundskeeper works in the Maintenance Department of the Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation and is responsible for upkeep of the grounds and equipment throughout the properties owned and managed by Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation and Hogansburg Housing Development Fund Co., Inc. Summer duties include lawn cutting, tree...
Salmon River Central School District is currently accepting applications for the following positions or the 2022-2023 School Year: Licensed Occupational Therapist Salary Range: According to Salmon River Teachers Association Contract Application Deadline: Until Filled Full job descriptions and applications can be found at www.srk12.org/employment/. Submit a completed application to: Angela Robert Assistant Superintendent Salmon River Central School 637 County Route 1 Fort Covington, NY 12937 The Salmon River Central School District does not...
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By Paul Hetzler If not for a fungus, Santa’s flying sleigh would be grounded. If that were the case, the only toys he could distribute would be to the elves who made them in the first place, which kind of spoils the whole surprise element. The truth is that Mister Claus relies on Amanita muscaria, a mushroom which grows among pine and birch, to zip around the world on Christmas eve. Sometimes called the fly agaric or fly amanita because it has been used to kill flies, Amanita muscaria is a large, attractive mushroom. Its domed reddish cap is d...
Salmon River Central School District is currently accepting applications for the following position for the 2022-2023 school year: Art Teacher Driver Education Teacher Math Teacher Music Teacher Science Teacher Secondary Special Education Teacher Technology Teacher Application Deadline: Until Filled Full job descriptions and applications can be found at www.srk12.org/employment/. Submit a completed application to: Angela Robert Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Salmon River Central School 637 County Route 1 Fort Covington,...
Continued from last week. The Third day of the Council, November 4, 1794, Red Jacket continued: Brother - We the Sachems of the Six Nations will now tell you our minds, the business of this treaty is to brighten the Chain of Friendship between us and the 15 Fires, we told you the other day it was but a small piece that was the occasion of the remaining rust in the Chain of friendship. Brother - Now we are conversing together to make the Chain bright, when we told you what would give us satisfaction you proposed reserving the piece of land...
KAHNAWAKE – The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) has mandated Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP to file a Notice of Application with the Ontario Superior Court against iGaming Ontario and the Attorney General of Ontario challenging the legality and constitutionality of Ontario’s unilateral re-interpretation of the “conduct and manage” provisions of the Criminal Code on which Ontario has based its new iGaming scheme. In April 2022, iGaming Ontario (a subsidiary of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)) launched its iGaming scheme w...
1. Ne Ahkwesáhshne Katshé:nen Aotikióhkwa The Akwesasne Animal Society 2. Nè:'e ne ó:ia enhshonterihwahténkia'te enhonwatiia'tarónnion ne satshé:nen Their next event will be a photo with your pet 3. Ne Rotón:ni nikahá:wi At Christmas time 4. Awentatokenhtì:ke, Tsiothóhrha énska iawén:re enhská:ra'ne enioterihwahtenkia'ténhake It will be held Sunday, December 11th 5. 11 niiohwistá:'e óhrhon'ke entewatáhsawen It will start at 11 am 6. Tsi niió:re ne tékeni nitsiohwistà:'e iotohétston nénkie Un...
By Andy Gardner. AKWESASNE – A surviving relative of a man whose disinterred corpse was discovered in a casket in Kateri Tekakwitha Cemetery in August says she wants someone to be held accountable for the grave being disturbed. Mary Ann Jackson, who lives in Cornwall, says there was no DNA testing performed to confirm a familial match to what she and her family believes is her father’s remains. However, the information she’s gotten leads her and her relatives to believe the body is that of her father, Alfred Peters, who died in 1996 at age 6...
Kanatakon School, students attending the United Counties Science Awards grade seven. L-R: Waagosh Akiwenzie and Cody Thompson. (February 2000) 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....
First Nations On First Nations reserves, as of November 17 Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) is aware of November 30, 2022: The following cumulative reported numbers Confirmed Positive COVID-19: 122,170 Hospitalizations: 3,566 Recovered Cases: 121,055 Deaths: 770 the current reported active number of cases: 345 Canada Wide The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of. Canada: 4,408,276 confirmed cases in Canada. British Columbia: 389,479 total cases, 495 cases last 7 days (with 4,642 deaths) Alberta: 617,713 total cases, 1,378...
Statistics for Monday, November 28, 2022 Total Active Cases: 27 At home tests reported: 1 PCRS reported: 3 Statistics for Sunday, November 27, 2022 Total Active Cases: 29 At home tests reported: 0 PCRS reported: 6 Statistics for Saturday, November 26, 2022 Total Active Cases: 1 At home tests reported: 25 PCR: 4...
Kahnawake – The Multi-Purpose Building Project Team – comprised of the Partnership of the Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language & Cultural Center (KORLCC), Turtle Island Theatre, Kahnawà:ke Tourism and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke – wishes to offer its gratitude for the generous donation of $1 Million dollars recently pledged by Magic Palace. "Our Capital Campaign has a goal of $16 million, and this puts us significantly closer - we are now about halfway there," said Ohén:ton ...
A woman was found dead by the side of the road in the St. Lawrence County town of Lisbon last week. State police have identified the woman as 25-year-old Ashli Bernard of Massena. Bernard’s body was discovered in a ditch on Thanksgiving Day. A police spokesperson said the cause and time of death aren’t known. Results of toxicology tests are pending. State police ask anyone with information about this case to call them at 315-379-0012....
Earlier this week, Canada’s auditor general reported that Indigenous Services Canada (ISC), the federal department responsible for coordinating emergency management services to First Nations, failed to provide Indigenous communities with adequate resources to deal with climate disasters. According to the report, it’s likely that ISC is incurring “significant costs” to respond to climate emergencies that could have been mitigated or avoided. The report details how various shortcomings in the department have led to underfunding and underst...
ALBANY – Governor Kathy Hochul signed the long-awaited cryptocurrency mining moratorium last week. The law will put a two-year pause on new and renewed air permits for fossil fuel power plants that house proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining and require the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to conduct a study into the practice’s environmental impacts. Liz Moran, New York Policy Advocate at Earthjustice, issued the following statement: “This first-in-the-nation law should set the standard for every other state where crypt...
Bombay Man arrested on Sex Offense Charges On November 25, State Police arrested Joseph A. Waite, 52 of Bombay, NY for Criminal Sex Act 2nd, Forcible Touching, and Endangering the welfare of a child. Waite is charged with having sexual conduct/contact with a female less than seventeen years of age on September 12, 2022, in the town of Peru. He was arraigned in Town of Peru Court on November 25, 2022, and released on his own recognizance....
Akwesasne Housing Authority, 378 State Route 37, Suite A, Hogansburg, NY 13655. (518) 358-9020 On or about August 15, 2022 the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe will authorize the Akwesasne Housing Authority (AHA) to submit a request to the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) for the release of Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Program under Title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, as amended, (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) (NAHASDA), to...
Akwesasne – On Saturday, November 19th the family of the late Wallace Jacobs Sr. Held their annual Shuffleboard Tournament & Turkey Shoot at the American Legion Post 1479 in Akwesasne. This is the 8th year they held the tournament, and many wait anxiously to participate. To show their appreciation to the players, the family treats everyone with a delicious meal, gifts and door prizes throughout the evening. This year's 2022 winners of the Wally Jacobs Memorial Shuffleboard tournament are as f...
Presented by Beverley Jacobs and Akwesasronon Participants Beverley Jacobs, PhD presents the findings of her PhD Dissertation Impacts of Industrial and Resource Development on the Wholistic Health of Akwesasronon: A Human Responsibility/Rights Solution WHERE: Kawehnoke Recreation, 10 Community Center Lane, Akwesasne, ON K6H 5R7 DATE: TUESDAY DECEMBER 6th, 2022 TIME: 5-8PM A light dinner will be served This is the first of three presentations. For more information contact: Kara Kwenta on Facebook...
As a show of appreciation, Vision Maker Media's YouTube Channel is offering two holiday titles for free viewing. The first is an innovative retelling of the classic Christmas tale, 'A Native American Night Before Christmas,' and the second is 'The Twelve Days of Native Christmas.' Both can be viewed on the Vision Maker Media's YouTube Channel or online at https://visionmakermedia.org/...
