A Voice from the Eastern Door
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by Melinda Myers Grow your own burn ointment by adding Aloe vera to your indoor plant collection. This succulent has been used for centuries to treat superficial burns, cuts, sunburns, and more. The gel inside the leaves is the medicinal part of the plant. Just cut away the outer part of the leaf and use just the gel on the problem areas. Make sure to remove the latex plant sap located between the outer layer (skin) of the leaf and the gel that can cause skin irritation. It is always best to...
By Nick Martin. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for Haaland v. Brackeen, a case in which the justices will decide the future of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Passed by Congress in 1978, the Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA, was a legislative solution to a problem that has existed since the colonization of the Americas began: the theft of Indigenous children. The subsequent system the law put into place allowed tribal nations to intervene in foster and adoptive cases involving their citizens in the name of providing...
MASSENA – Court documents name the man who was murdered in Massena on Nov. 22 and reveal he was stabbed to death. Massena Police that day announced the arrest of Robert I. Carr, 38, charging him with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a man who was found unresponsive next to the curb in front of 9 Tracy St. Court documents say Carr is accused of killing his father, Robert W. Carr. He is accused of using a knife in the fatal assault on the elder. The younger Carr is also c...
A few old friends asking: How I was doing after I became a widower. My answer, "Like a pumpkin after Halloween. Discarded and alone!" Their usual response: "Why I never heard that before!" – and not very nice. My answer, "Well, I was never a widower before." And I often heard as they walked away, "Smarty pants!" My answer, "Maybe so." But they never asked again. Further to the waste of pumpkins, I recall what my granny Christie's request: I go and collect them from our neighborhood. Which I w...
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AKWESASNE – On Kentenhkó:wa/November 9, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in the Brackeen v. Haalland case that involves the constitutionality of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe joined an Amicus Brief in a show of unity and support for ICWA, which the Court is not expected to issue a decision on until Ohiarí:ha/June 2023. Since its passage, ICWA has been a critical tool to address the historical injustices that have been perpetrated against Indigenous Peoples. It sought to rev...
