A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The AAMB Professional Development and Employment Program and its participants are working on a community project that will benefit the impoverished Attawapiskat First Nation located in Northern Ontario. This community project involves utilizing the skills they have been learning in the course and applying it to help the Attawapiskat (or “People of the Parting Rocks”) this winter. The nine students that are participating in the program are taught by Linda Lalonde, who is teaching them very pra...
On Dec. 7, the ladies and gentleman enjoying cards, coffee and visiting at the Tri-District Elders Lodge on Kawehno:ke received special visitors who came with a gift. Representatives from the construction company Michels Canada, and Enbridge Gas, visited the elders and offered their thanks and appreciation for the community’s patience during recent gas pipeline work on Kawehno:ke. Enbridge contracted Michels for the pipeline work that took place near International Road throughout the past few mo...
The fact is we live in a world of ignorance. Many people believe that Native American people have integrated into North American society and ways of life and have become near extinct, if not completely extinct. Some believe Native American people are comprised of one group of people instead of a myriad of different languages and cultures. Some claim that they are “1/3 Cherokee” or that their “Great-great-great Grandmother was Apache.” According to others, we live in Teepees and get around...
AKWESASNE MOHAWK TERRITORY- The Assembly of First Nations lent its support to the community of Akwesasne in its urgent battle against drug abuse and chemical dependency. At the AFN’s Special Chiefs Assembly, held in Ottawa, Ontario on December 7, 2011, First Nations Chiefs passed by consensus a resolution supporting the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne’s declaration of a ‘State of Crisis’ due to the community’s alarming rate of substance abuse. “Drug abuse has become an affliction for our youth at unprecedented levels,” stated Kanatakon District Chi...
HOGANSBURG – Mr. James William Thomas Iserhoff, Sr., age 45, of 30 Ransom Road, passed away suddenly early Thursday morning, December 8, 2011, at Cornwall Community Hospital after suffering an attack at home. James was born June 11, 1966 in Moose Factory, Ontario, the son of William and Lenore Cheechoo Iserhoff. He attended schools in Moose Factory. On June 11, 1999, he married Valerie Lazore of Akwesasne, in Moose Factory. They resided in Moose Factory before moving to Akwesasne four years a...
AKWESASNE – Mr. Louis W. “Boo” LaFrance, age 82, a resident of Iakhihsohtha Home for the Elderly, passed away on Friday morning, December 9, 2011. Louis was born February 28, 1929 in Ogdensburg, NY, the son of the late Louis A. and Christine White LaFrance. He first attended schools in Ogdensburg before moving to the Hogansburg schools. He joined the US Army in 1951 serving with the combat engineers during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in 1953. Louis first worked in Hamil...
On November 30, 2011, Bob as he was called, passed away peacefully in his sleep at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital’s nursing home where he was a resident. He was the son of the late Louise (Martin) Serra and Joseph Serra. He is survived by his son Kyle Serra, an older brother, James (Sonny) Serra, and three sisters, Beedy Gray of Akwesasne, Barbara and Norma, and by many cousins, nieces and a nephew. He was born February 10, 1941 in Brooklyn NY and was raised in Queens, NY, but he and h...
AKWESASNE – Mrs. Melinda M. Johnson, age 63, of 53 Sweet Grass Lane, passed away Saturday evening, December 10, 2011 at Ottawa General Hospital, where she had been a patient for over a month. Melinda was born March 12, 1948 in Newfoundland, the daughter of the late Archelus and Delilah Watton Ivany. She attended schools in Newfoundland and Toronto. She married Thomas “Mr. Baseball” Johnson on July 5, 1969 at St. Regis Catholic Church with Rev. Francis Arsenault, officiating. Melinda was first...
In Memory If yellow roses grow in heaven, please pick a bunch for me, place them in my mother’s arms, and tell her they’re from me. Tell her I love and miss her, and when she turns to smile, place a kiss upon her cheek, and hold her for a while. It’s easy to remember, memories; they stay, but there’s an aching in my heart, that will never go away. Louise Bush December 8 1996 Margaret Lafrance December 15...
In Memory Clarence Thompson May 30, 1928 – December 22, 1991 In loving memory of our Dad who left us twenty years ago… Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on And cherished memories never fade because a loved one is never gone Those we love can never be more than a thought apart For as long as there is memory They’ll live on in the heart Remembering you with love, from your wife Dolores, your children, Darry, Dawn, Jeannine, Cathy, Jonathan & Shawn, their spouses, 14 grand...
Niawenkowa Akwesasne, I would like to thank everyone who helped me get to Bradenton, Florida this November 25-27 for the Nike 3d Blue Chip Lacrosse Camp. It was an experience, and something I wasn’t too sure on if I was going but with the help of our amazing community they helped me get there. The experience on my behalf was a good motive for the future of my lacrosse career. However, it wasn’t only a boost for my motive in lacrosse but also my academics. The overall camp was about the training,...
Niawen kowa, I would just like to send a great big Niawen kowa/thank you to all of our local emergency response teams. The HAVFD, the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police, the Mohawk Council Ambulance and the Fort Covington Fire and Rescue and to anyone else who may have responded to the scene of the car accident I was involved in. I am very grateful for their quick response time and their kind and compassionate care towards myself and my unborn child who is doing great. I’d also like to thank the state worker who came to check on me and see if I w...
Niawen kowa The family of Bruce Jackson would like to thank everyone for the overwhelming support received during our time of loss. We thank the Marines, Legionnaires, the bikers and the Legion Auxiliary for the delicious funeral meal. A big thanks for the donations of food, money, labor, prayers or simply being there for the tears shed for our loss. Niawen kowa...
Teen Fair The Community Health Program coordinated a Teen Fair for the students at AMBE Foundations Program and the Ionkwanonhsasetsi Adolescent Group held at Kawehnoke on December 6th, which was very successful and we’re hoping we can hold a fair yearly. Our participants asked some great questions at each health table. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this event....
Akwesasne Election Law Amendments – Use of “And” or “Or” Community Report, by MCA Kawehno:ke District Chief Abram Benedict Recently the MCA held meetings in each district as part of the law amendment process for the Akwesasne Election Law. The purpose of these meetings was to present the proposed amendments to the Akwesasne Election Law. During one of these meetings, the definition of Onkwehonwe and the use of “and” or “or” within its definition was raised as an issue within the law as it pertains to being able to run for Council. The Comm...
Dear Editor, On December 7, 1941, the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, leading to war in the Pacific. That day was described as “a day which will live in infamy.” On December 6, 2011, the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police involved themselves in the agenda of the Franklin County District Attorney Derek Champagne by detaining the Bear Clan representative of the Men’s Council Kanaretiio and then delivering him to the Franklin County Correctional Facility in Malone, without notice of rights or an explanation of charges. A complete debac...
Kanaretiio Case Calls for Diplomacy The arrest of Kanaretiio last week presents the Mohawk leadership with an opportunity to use their abilities to arrive at a resolution without having to resort to external courts, particularly those with no understanding of the complexities of life at Akwesasne. Kanaretiio took a strong stand on the land issue since he, like all Mohawks, knows that not only did we lose most of our ancestral territory (9.9 million acres) through fraud but large sections of the reservation, as set by the terms of the Seven Nati...
Joe Barnes has always been involved in the arts. Right from his time spent at the St. Regis Mohawk School, including art classes at Salmon River under the watchful eye of Mr. Sauther, then eventually onto Post-Secondary Education – Joe has always excelled at art. His mentor from high school pushed him to pursue the Post-Secondary Education at the Art Institute of Pittsburg where he graduated with a 2-year degree in Illustration and Cartooning. “In the Mohawk School people always asked me to draw...
