Eagle Watch expands to Onondaga

The Akwesasne Eagle Watch took their caravan and anti-Oxycontin posters to the Onondaga Nation this past weekend to help their fellow Haudenosaunee community combat drugs and violence like they’ve been doing in Akwesasne since springtime.

The Akwesasne guests joined up with members of the Onondaga Nation and marched along one of the nation’s main roads.

““We are sick of the of the drug dealing, the drug using and people coming out here and thinking they can do what ever they want,” Onondaga resident Michelle Jacobs-Thomas said. “We have a lot of good people here and we have some people who are lost. We want our people to know that we are here to help them.”

The marchers carried anti-drug and anti-violence posters. Some walked and others participated by riding in one of several vehicles that made up the caravan.

After learning about the Akwesasne Eagle Watch, a group of Onondaga people formed the Onondaga Eagle Watch and they plan to coordinate future events together.

The Akwesasne Eagle Watch’s next community event will be a mini smoke dance competition on Sept. 4 at the St. Regis Mohawk School. Dancers are encouraged to attend for fun to get practice time in for the following weekend’s Akwesasne International Powwow.