A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Submitted by Marie Morell In addition to becoming the first sponsor at the Platinum level ($1,000.00) for the first book in a series called AKCOUNTIES (AK: Akwesasne, CO: Cornwall, UNTIES, United Counties) about our area's multicultural diversity and art culture legacy, Parade of Nations for the Developmentally Challenged presented Dr. Shah a plaque saying: Presented to Dr. Natavarlal Hiralal Shah PONDC Permanent Honorary Chair During the 2017 PONDC Multicultural Festival There is goodness in...
Happy Thanksgiving – (US Model)....
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Lake Placid Hockey Hall of Fame. Mac Thomas and granddaughter Chanel Thompson standing next to the plaque of Gordon "Pete" Sears, a teammate of Mac's at Oswego State University in 1972. Pete Sears went on to play for the USA Olympic team 1972 in Sapporo, Japan where they captured a silver medal. Mac told Chanel the story of when players like Mike Benedict Sr., Paul King Jr. and himself played against Pete in high school hockey when he was a star goaltender for Lake Placid High School. He told...
By Doug Kanetiio George Report of the Special Committee to Investigate the Indian Problem of the State of New York: This report is commonly known as the Whipple Report, after the chairman of the Special Committee, J.S. Whipple. The Committee was charged to investigate and ascertain the following: the social, moral and industrial condition of the tribes; the amount of land cultivated; the tribal organizations and manner in which they allot land among their tribal members; the title to the lands on their reservations; the claims of the Ogden Land...
Tried to resume playing golf after a 3 year absence, and some outings I felt like a "Din.o.saur."...
Submitted by Paul Hetzler, Horticulture and Natural Resources Educator Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County “Squirrels have been criticized for hiding nuts in various places for future use and then forgetting the places. Well, squirrels do not bother with minor details like that. They have other things on their mind, such as hiding more nuts where they can’t find them.” Unfortunately, that succulent passage was penned in 1949 by W. Cuppy in his book “How To Attract A Wombat.” I say unfortunately because I wanted to write it...
Children at Ista's Little Helpers celebrated Red Ribbon Week. Their favorite day was crazy hair day! Submitted by Chrissy Jacobs....
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Submitted by Colleen Nolan What started off as a discussion among three women turned into a full DIY Class for Women. This past Sunday, October 29th, the DIY #1 – Headboards session was held at the Grand Mohawk Inn's gym with fourteen women participating in this session. A Facebook post, over a month ago, generated more than 100 women stating interest in joining the DIY class. The first session was initially targeted to ten individuals, but due to the demand was increased to twenty. The women p...
The Salmon River Modified Volleyball team finished their season undefeated with a 14-0 record. Back L-R: Kobryn Burns, Kayla Cunningham, Kendra Tarbell, Coach Whitney Brockway, Halle Lazore, Tanyr Laffin and Savannah Swamp. Front L-R: Ryanna Bero, Lila Mitchell, Teya Mitchell and Ava Bero. Photo submitted by Whitney Brockway....
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The September decision by the Allergen drug company to enter into a contract with the St. Regis Tribal Council to protect its Restasis eye drug patent is drawing fire from members of the US Congress who are introducing legislation to strip all Native nations of the authority to enter into such agreements. The reaction has resulting in a significant downturn in the company’s stock. In one news report the following information is cited as a cause of concern for both the Tribe and Allergen: From the web site: www.minyanville.com dated October 1...
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Avid fisherman Morris Thompson caught this 51" Muskie (around 30 lbs.) early Sunday morning, October 15, 2017. He released it back into the St. Lawrence River. Submitted by Laurie Thompson....
By Doug George-Kanentiio, Akwesasne Mohawk In April of this past year a group of Akwesasne Mohawks who were of the Sixties Scoop generation in Canada had our one and only meeting with an attorney representing the lead plaintiff in the litigation against Canada for forcibly removing us from our homes and, without the consent of our families or councils, placed in non-Native foster homes. We were informed that upwards of 100 Mohawk children from Akwesasne were taken each year from the community over a 20-year period (1966-1986) but that the...
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The following is a Sixties Scoop update from the law firm of Wilson Christen regarding the pending negotiations with Canada. Confidential discussions are taking place to attempt a Canada-wide settlement of the 60s Scoop. Chief Marcia Martel (Brown) believes these discussions may result in a resolution aligned with her vision, and the hopes of many survivors she has consulted within her community. She believes there is the strong potential, through these discussions, for achieving justice for all those who experienced harm. As a result, she has...
Sunday, September 24, 2017 - Kenny Arquette, Stephanie Ransom and Alan (Chico) Arquette are standing below the North Country Heritage Award given to their father Henry Arquette by the Traditional Arts in Upstate New York (TAUNY). Henry was also honored in Washington, D.C. with the National Heritage Award for his basket making skills. Other traditional arts awards included the Akwesasne Basket Makers, Cecilia Mitchell, Tom Porter, Ray Fadden, Bill Loran, along with the Akwesasne Women Singers...
The Muskies lax team didn't do too good during the regular 3 Nations league. They recruited other local Junior and Senior players to form a top notch team and ran the gamut of the round robin segment, and continued to peak as a group, and breezed through the medal round to win the cup. Congratulations!...
Bailey is in her second year at the Hockey Training Institute in Toronto, which is similar to OHA in Cornwall. They play Jr. teams, NCAA division 1 and 3 teams, and prep schools in both USA and Canada. Friday night they played against Brooke at University of Maine, in which Maine won easily. But that's to be expected, playing against high school-aged kids. However, Bailey had an excellent game, and is now being watched by Maine as a potential scholarship candidate. She's pretty excited and...
A heavy discussion at the Akwesasne International Powwow last weekend. Photo by Debbie Cook-Jacobs....
Submitted by Teneya Mitchell On September 9, 2017 the grandchildren of some of the residents at Iakhihsohtha came to do crafts and make flowers that said "I love MY Tota because..." Inside the petals they expressed why and they made painted sunshine hands that said ''YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE". On this day we also made our handprints for the women officers that would be coming on September 12 for National Police Woman Day. It was a very productive day, with lots of company and fun all around....
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