Indian Time - A Voice from the Eastern Door

The Snye Homemakers building played host to this annual event where young campers learned valuable skills and lessons. The three-day event was hosted by Mohawk Council of Akwesasne and Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe. The Native North American Travelling College and Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police were on hand to help. Trapping, archery, snowshoeing, wampum belt class, and a number of other activities took place.

The Travelling College Travel Troupe member Satekaronioton Fox gave a presentation on Lacrosse and all aspects of the game from the making of the sticks to the game's significance in our culture.

St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police Officer PJ Burns and local trapper Gary Gray took the participants into the marsh in Snye around Whoville and explained the different aspects of trapping.

Satekaronioton Fox of the Native North American Travelling College Travel Troupe explaining the making of lacrosse sticks.

Ian Clute spent the weekend showing the participants how to make Wampum belts. The guests designed their print on paper and the instructors worked with them.

Clute also had the participants in Snowshoeing. In last year's event they made their own snowshoes and last week those shoes were used.

The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne's Alana Jaquemet, Leona Barnes and Kyle Thompson gave presentations. Thompson's was on the Tree Of Life, Jaquemet talked about Suicide Prevention and Barnes discussed prevention.

The entire Winter Cultural Camp was divided up into groups for the different activities and one of them were taken to the former IGA building in Hogansburg for Archery.

Every day the campers were given breakfast and dinner and the end of each day's event was marked by a Social from the Akwesasne Men's Singers.