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Attention Community Members
December 22, 2019 At the December Monthly Meeting I, Ruth Bell, made a motion that a committee be formed to review our Procedures Act. The motion passed. The purpose of the committee would be to...
Letter to the Editor
Hi, my name is Edward, I am the new FedEx driver for the Akwesasne village. It seems that there is a very big problem with people not getting their packages delivered through the FedEx service. I am...
Letter to the Editor
September 16, 20 l 9 Dear Editor: SAVE OUR BUILDING!!! That is what the signs read in front of our Tribal building on Route 37. We need to have a substantive discussion on the merits of making use of...
Letter to the Editor
August 12, 2019 Dear Editor, On Saturday at the Tribal meeting there were several references to the lawsuit, now in our Tribal Court, over how the last Tribal election was conducted. The chair did adm...
Letter to the Editor
Dear Reader: Most of us know someone who is struggling with loss of memory, judgment, language, complex motor skills, and other intellectual function. These are a group of symptoms used to describe...
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor June 24, 2019 I have been reading and rereading a letter that I received from The Saint Regis Mohawk Election Board dated June 12, 2019 stating that my letter which they received...
There is a large sign on Rt. 37: SWEARING-IN CELEBRATION JULY 1 at 11a.m.
Dear Editor: There is a large sign on Rt. 37: SWEARING-IN CELEBRATION JULY 1 at 11a.m. This announcement is a little premature since there are challenges as to how this past election was conducted....
Sekon/Hello:
Sekon/Hello: After nine years into my retirement I decided to go back to work. I now work for the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino and Resort. I would like to give it Kudos. The Casino has given many young...
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Election Called Into Question Violation of Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Election and Referendum Ordinance has Community Members Calling for New Election...
Letter to the Editor
5/14/2019 I have appreciated over the years receiving Indian Time. As you explained in the beginning to a friend of mine, that this was just a local newspaper and this is something I have found to be...
Item 11: Human rights. Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
From Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) 18th Session, 22 April – 3 May 2019 Item 11: Human rights. Dialogue with the Special R...
Letter to the Editor
New cars and money were the phrases most heard that would happen if the referendum for a casino was passed. The referendum was passed and yes, we do receive benefits from the casino. Fuel allotments,...
Letter to the Editor
CKON just announced that the Employment Center is moving. I understand that the old building they were in really had many problems and they needed to move. Having attended Tribal Monthly meetings...
#FREEDOMOFTHEPRESS & #SHOPLOCAL
Indian Time newspaper celebrates 35 years of publishing this summer. Throughout these years, Indian Time has reported on Akwesasne’s conflicts and personal tragedies and celebrated everyone’s personal...
An Editorial on Editorials
I truly believe everyone has a voice. Everyone has a story, many stories, and they need to be heard. I have a voice; as an individual, a woman, a mom, a sister, an aunt and definitely as a...
Letter to the Editor
To the Community from a Concerned Elder: I am a concerned community member who is very troubled by the events of this past weekend. I was going past the Police Station and saw the lawlessness. The...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
I would like to know why we always spend thousands of dollars for needless reasons? The old Tribal Admin building is slated to be demolished to make room for additional parking for the Health Clinic....
Letter to the Editor
Dear Indian Time & Ms. Jaclyn Hall, In the January 24, 2019 (Vol. 37 #3) issue of Indian Time Newspaper, an editorial (opinion) piece was published...
Letter to the Editor
Indian Time received this letter from our dear friend Tom Porter in Kanatsiohareke. The letter was written by Laura Boak, expressing her heartfelt apology to all Native Americans. Tom wanted ‘to s...
Letter to the Editor
On behalf of the Sharenho:wane wolf clan of the Ronathahion:ni Path Makers of the Kanien’keha:ka, I do hereby notify the government of Canada and its agency, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne that we r...
Akwesasne Community Members
Akwesasne Community Members, Abuse of our frail and vulnerable Elders takes place every day by the people they trust most, their caregivers. The signs of abuse are evident but no one takes action,...
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Indian Time’s Kanienkeha translators, Dorothy Karihwenhawe Lazore and Mary Iotenerahtatenion Arquette, for the work they do to r...
Letter to the Editor
Editor, Several years ago, one of the Mohawk district chiefs expressed interest in a ferry service operating between Snye and the southeastern side of Cornwall Island. I advised the then district...
Letter to the Editor
Editor – Indian Time Some three decades back I was extended famous Akwesasne hospitality and wish to repay the favor. After travelling the world to help nature. From the Andes of South America, the I...
