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We, the medical doctors of your community, are writing this open letter because of the low vaccination rate in the Cornwall region. COVID-19 immunization rates far below the Ontario and Canadian averages are resulting in a high number of COVID-19 cases. While the Ottawa area experiences relief from COVID-19 due to excellent vaccine uptake, the Cornwall Community Hospital is now in crisis. Non-emergency surgeries are being cancelled. These procedures are still important. Many of our patients, family members and loved ones are waiting in pain,...
Letter to the Editor By Jared A. Brock Dear founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, board members Angela Ahrendts, Ken Chenault, Belinda Johnson, Jeff Jordan, Alfred Lin, and Ann Mather, and all investors, hosts, and guests; I write to you today in the hope that you will radically re-structure your company before it starts a class war in which you will almost certainly lose the lion’s share of your wealth, your moral conscience, your place in history as innovators instead of oppressors, and you and your family’s physical saf...
To Hon. C. DeBellefeuille, MP Akwesasne I am writing this letter with a great deal of grief and concern. As I write this, the news of another 182 unmarked graves at Ktunaxa Nation territory in B.C has just been announced. The news on May 28th of the 215 children buried at the former Kamloops Residential School shook the nation. If that was not enough, a much larger number of 751 were then found only a few days later at the old Marieval Residential School site. To some, this may come as a surprise, but to others who are aware of the cultural...
Letter to the Editor About a year ago I helped a fellow native to get a dog like mine. Whenever he would see me at a store he would go to my truck and play with my dog and tell me how much he wanted one like her. Unfortunately, another litter was born and there was a dog almost like mine. I took this guy and his 2 kids to see this puppy. His kids fell in love with it. I made him promise me this dog would be trained and live inside. He promised and I talked the owner of the litter into letting him buy a puppy. I was so happy the puppy would be...
July 27, 2021 Letter to the Editor, Shekon. The recent comments by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe concerning the Tribal Court decision ruling from July 16, 2021, surprised me by the nature of their candor and spirit. Any advice that I have ever heard by legal representation of a party involved in ongoing litigation is told to avoid comment pending appeal or rehearing. This has always seemed prudent advice. Yet, the SRMT seems intent on flooding the local media coverage with disparaging remarks about their incumbent legal process and court...
Letter to the Editor My name is Steven Jacobs I am a lifelong resident of Akwesasne. A many of you know I stand up for Native Rights and feel it is my obligation to protest if I see something wrong. On February 23, 2019 I attended at the Mohawk Police station to voice my concerns over the way the police officers acted towards some citizens. I did not participate in the violence that ensued, but I did let my emotion get the better of me and I threw a rock at the Police Station window breaking it. I know that this is not a proper form of politica...
Letter to the Editor Shekon, for those interested in the Mohawks of Akwesasne who attended that place while I was there (January 1967-June 1968) here are the names as provided by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. My file number is 1854, my other number was 73 (as marked on all of our clothing) account number 4-8-2-738. Unfortunately, these records came to some of us far too late to secure compensation and many, including myself, were denied. Most of those listed are alive and I hope will receive a formal apology and just...
By Doug George-Kanentiio. On July 1 the Akwesasne community demonstrated in the most powerful way its desire to address the terrible effects residential schools have had on the people and to support those who survived the trauma of being ripped from their homes and placed in institutions designed to beat the Native out of them. Equally compelling to the 1,000 people who marched was the finding of mass graves of Native children, buried on the grounds of the schools. Over a thousand have been located to date with many more to be found. Canada...
Dear Editorial Staff, This is a subject that is highly repugnant to most people in the world; so much so, that most of us want to block it from our consciousness. Yet, we as citizens of the world can do something if we all lend our voices in unison for change. As the civilized world recoiled in horror from last month’s annual “Yulin Dog Festival “in China, many are left with a deep sense of helplessness and sadness. The ‘Festival’ ‘, a twisted misnomer if there ever was one, is a blatant display of barbaric torture and slaughter of dogs, cats...
June 26, 2021 Open Letter to Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Voters, Understandably, there is a great deal of confusion and misinformation surrounding the June 5, 2021 Elections of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe. I hope this letter clarifies the events before, during and after the elections. After reading this letter, I hope you will support the actions that I have taken and that you will vote once again for me on July 31, 2021. I ran as a write-in candidate on June 5,2021. I met all of the requirements of the Tribe’s Election and Referendum Ordinance....
On behalf of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council, Chief Beverly Cook and Chief Michael Conners takes this time to respond to inaccuracies published in a Letter to the Editor in the June 10th edition of the Indian Time Newspaper. Remuneration to Former Tribal Chiefs: It is alleged that Chief Eric Thompson was involved in decision-making regarding remuneration, or “back pay,” to former elected tribal officials. Chief Thompson immediately recused himself from the subject. Recusal from any discussion pertaining to family members is standard pra...
Letter to the Editor Eric Thompson is in violation of the Ethics Ordinance, Tribal Procedures Act and the 2019 Good Standing Policy. All referred to documents can be readily obtained from the Tribal Clerk’s Office. Family cannot benefit while being in office, ask yourself, do you consider “Uncle” as family. If so then Eric is in violation of these ordinances. Elected Official fees are to be brought before the members for a vote. TCR-2020-58 to approve remuneration to former Tribal Chiefs for previously unpaid official fees for certain perio...
Dear Indian Time, I am writing to inform the community of my observations: The surrounding areas are lifting the mandatory restrictions for the Covid 19 virus. They have recognized with vaccines available to the public and the large amount of data on the Covid 19 virus, it has been able to be managed well enough to lift and update old restrictions. I do think that our local governments have handled the Covid 19 virus in an impressive highly attentive manner thus creating a safe community environment throughout 2020. I thank them. At this time,...
With each passing year, fewer community members are able to recall a time when the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe faced financial hardship — a time when the Tribe struggled to fund essential services and keep community members employed. Even fewer may recall the creativity, ingenuity, and cooperative efforts of tribal leadership and business owners at that time to develop a revenue stream that continues to benefit the Akwesasne community decades later. In stark contrast to today, the limited availability of federal and state grant programs placed a...
Letter to the Editor Potential for Floating Agriculture Across the Mohawk Akwesasne Region There was a time long ago when the Mohawk people of Akwesasne practiced commercial agriculture for local and regional markets. While some Mohawk farmers raised cattle to produce milk and beef, other Mohawk farmers cultivated a variety of fruit and vegetables. Following the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the power dam, aluminum smelting plants opened at Massena and emitted massive amounts of...
Date: Monday, March 1, 2021 To: St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Re: Proposed land transfer to Roger Jock Comment period ending March 3,2021 From: Minnie Garrow, Akwesasne, 518-521-0741 Watkwanonwaraton: My requests for the following information should be also considered as a freedom of information request to the SRMT and be entered into the comments of the proposed land transfer to Roger Jock; I request copies of all meeting records, including dates, SRMT departmental participants (names may be redacted for privacy) pertaining to the negotiations (as...
Letter to the Editor Greetings to everyone from Corrales, New Mexico where we continue to "shelter at home," social distance, wear our masks and wash our hands as we have since March. How strange after 35 years of camps and travels to be sequestered and unable to gather in groups. But even though we had to cancel (nearly) all of our camps, we stayed open as a business and continued to manage our global mentor network and share our message of Natural and cultural awareness with our virtual...
To the Editor, I would like to say Niawen: Kowa to our leadership who have found so many ways to keep us safe and healthy during 2020. From quickly establishing the EOC’s that provided guidance and assistance and genuine concerns for our well-being., to inspiring and encouraging words to hepus through these tough times. The SRMT and MCA programs that have come up with so many creative ways to deliver quality services to our kids and elders to keep us fed, occupied and uplifted. So many Akwesasronon have gone about in their own quiet way to c...
It is the inherent nature of organizations and communities to conduct business and address issues within their own walls, without bringing those concerns to a larger audience, except as a last resort and not until absolutely necessary. As the president of the Salmon River Teachers’ Association, I am obligated to come forward with the truth about working conditions and the treatment of our Association and its members by the district administration. The members of the SRTA have soldiered on under the current administration for the past five y...
During a post-COVID era, winch boat racing could occur on the St. Lawrence River between Cornwall Island and City of Cornwall, upstream of Cornwall Marina 2000. A winch fitted to the boat is connected by towing cable to a retired former bridge pier, of which several exist along the river. When the boat pilot lowers a waterwheel into the river current, the waterwheel drives the winch to pull the boat upstream. A line up of several boats each based on a bathtub would race against each other. Each boat pilot would wear a life preserver and each bo...
The big question everyone’s asking, “Will this catastrophic attack upon the human race ever end.” The entire planet is being convulsed by the clever workings of an invisible enemy. A thing so small, we couldn’t see it even if we wanted to see it. The most striking thing that has been said was said by President Trump; “This corona virus is very intelligent.” Doctors and scientists can’t seem to corner it. As they think they’ve cornered it, it suddenly makes a gigantic U—turn and goes out of reach. It seems to be alive; it has an intelligence of...
Sekon Akwesasronon, Brothers and Sisters, my name is Greg (Gigs) David and I am the “Native American Facilitator” here at Bare Hill Correction Facility. I realize with this Novel Coronavirus (covis19) pandemic ravaging our planet that this is a bad time to be asking the people of Akwesasne for help, but here I am doing just that. The Native American Services here @ Bare Hill folded 4 years ago (2016) and last year we were able to start them up again. We were able to hold the “Harvest Thunder and Mid-Winter” Ceremonies so far, and then our “Mapl...
Ohiari:ha/June 5, 2020 Re: Saint Regis Mohawk Health Services Update She:kon/Hello Health Services Clients, With NYS in the process of their NY Forward plan, we have also begun modifying our protocols to ensure we are able to see community members that require health care services. Now and in the next few weeks, you will see some changes for us to begin bringing back patients and letting them know where to go for their appointments. To continue keeping our density levels down and to follow social distancing at the medical clinic, we will also...
January 21, 2020 To the Editor Indian Time Akwesasne In February of 2017, I wrote an article in Indian Time titled “A Border Runs Through It: Documents Shed Light on Historic Divisions at Akwesasne.” I wrote how the border between the United States and Canada was drawn through our community after the American Revolution. According to oral tradition, those who came to survey the boundary told us that it would not apply to us, that we could come and go with freedom. The War of 1812 taught us the hard way to dispense with the notion that the bor...
January 13, 2020 Letter to the Editor Tsikaristisere/Dundee Land Claim Settlement Extinguished Our Land Rights On December 20, 2019, the Akwesasne Court issued a decision that my appeal of the Tsikaristisere/Dundee Claim Settlement Agreement Referendum results did not meet the threshold to proceed to a full hearing. In doing so, the Court said that the referendum was conducted impartially despite the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne lawyers saying on multiple occasions that Council didn’t have to be impartial. Furthermore, the Court failed to f...
