A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The St. Regis Recreation held beaded Christmas bulb making classes on Dec. 1 and 2 in preparation for the holidays. Becky Bero, Joann Swamp, and her daughter Charlotte Swamp instructed a full class of both young and old in construction of the unique craft. This was the third class of its kind that was done for the St. Regis recreation center and it takes 2 sessions to finish one beaded bulb. “Everybody who takes the class are realizing just how much work goes into making a small beaded bulb,” sa...
On Dec. 3 seniors at the seniors center in Hogansburg learned a new craft just in time for the Christmas season. The center hosted a free wreath-making class for all of their members. “We are getting into the Christmas spirit,” said Tina Tarbell, Activities Coordinator, “We are always making something.” Many of the seniors said that they have never made wreaths before because when they were younger they never had time to learn new crafts. “It gives you something to do,” said Minerva, “a...
The 2010 Olympic games are said to be the “largest potlatch the world has ever seen!” by Tawanee Jacobs, CEO of the Four Host First Nations Society. The Four Host First Nations Society is a network consisting of the Lilwat, Musqueam, Sqamish, and Tslielwaututh nations, hosts and first time full partners of the 2010 Olympic Games with Vancouver, came to visit Akwesasne youth last week to excite them about the historic event. Mr. Jacobs, along with Wade Grant, assistant general manager and Lea...
Storytellers in Motion Exclusive to APTN, this series profiles and pays tribute to a diverse range of filmmakers, writers, directors and performing artists who are pioneers of indigenous cinema and television. Many of the artists featured in the series have focused at least part of their lives on the Aboriginal narrative and in the process are creating an impact on world screen culture. The new season turns the spotlight on the next wave of Aboriginal storytellers and filmmakers who are harnessing the power of mass media, film, video,...
The Akwesasne Mohawk Territory is home to a wide variety of plants and animals that are used for reasons from food sources to building materials and medicines. For many years the natural resources that were once depended upon by our people have been lost or greatly reduced. Habitats in the territory in which many of these plants and animals depended upon have vanished or reduced to the point that only a few species remain. This is true not only in Akwesasne, but in the outside communities as wel...
On Kentenhko: WA 10, 2009, Julie Jacobs, Environmental Outreach Coordinator and Angela Benedict, Air Quality program manager visited at Salmon River Central to do a presentation on how the SRMT Environment Division uses the book Words That Come Before All Else produced by the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force, in their programs. The students had been reading the book which helps explain environmental philosophies of the Haudenosaunee. While at Katsiionni Fox’s 11th grade Mohawk language cla...
•• The Haudenosaunee participated with other nations in the Organization of American States annual meeting held in Washington, D.C. last week. November 27 to December 2, 2009. The Native delegates met with 3 days of discussion on the Indigenous Human Rights documents. The meetings were basically to discuss the language of the document. The actual OAS meeting started on Monday, November 30 where the native delegates submitted the Declaration. Discussions continued all day on the language of the document. In the evening of Monday, the subject of...
Continued from last week. After the harvest, hunting parties of men and a few women abandoned the villages, leaving the old people, some pregnant women, and children, and walked several days into the forest where they set up camp to hunt deer and bear, dry the meat, and pack it home at midwinter ... Growing crops was the principal occupation of women in the village (Lafitau 1724: 2:70); the village and its surrounding fields comprised their domain. Although Iroquois towns were built and governed by men, ... men owed their offices to female...
19 Native American Club from the SUNY Canton Paysonian Yearbook The President of the Native American Club was Randy Hart. Row 1: K. Sunday, W. LaFrance, T. Sunday Row 2: A. Herne, V. President, E. King, Advisor, D. Ransom, Secretary, A. Mohawk, D. Herne, R. Hart, President, D. White 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 same building as CKON Stop letting your photos gather d...
Name: Bella Mae Bernadette Thompson Born: Friday, August 28, 2009 Weight: 6lbs 3oz Parents: Tawny Thompson & Justin Rourke Grandparents: Roseanne Thompson and Dwayne David, Duane Rourke and the late Bernadette King Great Grandparents: Howard & Betty David, Noah & Philomena Thompson, Eugene & Catherine King, Andrew & Anna Rourke Great –Great Grandparent: Madeline Laffin...
The home opener for SRC Shamrocks took place on Wednesday December 2 at Fort Covington on home ice against Tupper Lake. There were many fans present in support of both teams. The Shamrocks came out on top with a score of 5 and 1 for the Lumberjacks. Blake Tarbell and Clay Thomas Assisted Evan Thompson to open the scoring for the night. In the second period, the helpers were Derek Hopps and Kyle Roundpoint to aid Oakley Thomas. During the third period, Blake scored again with an assist from...
3 hockey players from Ahkwesahsne are team members of Cornwall Girls Novice (Black) team. This Cornwall team usually has games in Cornwall on Saturday mornings at 8 a.m...
The St. Regis Recreation held a “just for fun” Christmas Kickball Tournament on Saturday, inviting community members to enter teams and compete in a sport just about everyone knows how to play. Teams were mixed with adults and children, both male and female, and players had a fun time competing Some were more serious and competitive than others! The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service team, who entered just to have fun, went undefeated in the tournament winning themselves a year’s worth of bragg...
