A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
Ashley Thompson, Donna Rockwell-Jock and Nelson Jock, members of Onkwe. Back row stand Kiliii Yuyan and Charles Mann.
Charles Mann and Killii Yuyan visiting Tsionkwanatiio on Thursday, October 15, 2020.
Donna Rockwell-Jock shows a Mann and Yuyan a table chock full of harvested foods from Onkwe gardens.
Writer and photographer take a closer look at the bounty of this year's harvest.
Besides the harvest, Ashley Thompson show Mann and Yuyan crafts and artwork.
After the visitors have eaten, Onkwe members enjoy the feast.
Two of National Geographic's staff were in Akwesasne for two days trying to capture a capsule of Rotinnonshonni agricultural society in photographs and stories. They were greeted and welcomed at the Mohawk Nation Longhouse and then proceeded to visit the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's Agriculture division's gardens and farm and Nelson Jock and the Onkwe Project.
They are working on a feature article on food sovereignty in Indian Country scheduled for publication November 2021, particularly interested in the Rotinnonshon:ni agricultural ties. They are visiting Indigenous nations across Turtle Island. Writer Charles Mann had visited Akwesasne before for his book, in which he wrote a chapter on The Great Law of Peace.
They also visited Nelson Jock and family with Jock sharing his knowledge of over fifty wampum belts and their symbolism and meanings.
Charles Mann and Kiliii Yuyan spent time with Onkwe is a group of Onkwehonwe (Original Peoples – The Mohawk name for original-people) Onkwe group shares and teaches traditional knowledge of inherited from elders farming and gardening techniques with families and youth of all generations to come.
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