Indian Time - A Voice from the Eastern Door

Richard Tahakie Peters was born on September 1, 1925. His place of birth, he claims was disputed between Ontario and Quebec due to the nonexistence...

Leona Cook is our elder for this week’s Indian Time spotlight. She is such a fantastic young lady of 82 years. Leona was born in 1930 in the family...

Allen David Edward Jock Sr. was born March 15, 1941 in Smith Falls, Ontario. He is the son of Elizabeth and Jacques Jock. He has one sister Eileen...

Peter Sunday was born at home, a little house with no rooms just an upstairs and downstairs, in Snye in 1938. His parents were Joseph Basil Sunday and...

Recently, Joellene and Roy Adams celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. September 15th 2012 marks 50 years of wedded bliss for the Adams’....

Our lady this week is Elaine Joyce Cook, Kanatatsenri.....born July 11, 1938.  Elaine’s parents were Thomas Benedict and Annie Oakes. The memory...

Julia David (Tekonwakwenni) was born and raised on Cornwall Island.  She was born on September 28, 1928 and grew up with one brother and three...

Shirley Jacobs, was born October 14, 1934, was born in a house in Kanatakon, raised on Cornwall Island, and later returned to Kanatakon. Most of...

Christine Chubb (“Chris”) was born on July 3, 1912. She was born in the farmhouse of her maternal grandparents, Louis & Katherine Dauime Back,...

Beatrice Wahienhaweh Jacobs was born to Sarah Barnhart Phillips and John Deer on June 23, 1912. She married Louis D. Jacobs on June 26, 1929 in St....

Yes! Cecelia Sylvester celebrated her ninety-three years on May 12, 2012 with an outdoor BBQ at her home, East End of Cornwall Island, with family...

Photo’s submitted by Peter Sunday who has been cleaning up garbage in the ditches near his home. There are ten bags of garbage, which are not just...

This column was previously called ‘Elders Highlight’. We found many of our elders were too shy to contribute or maybe they didn’t like the...

There is a young lady, Beatrice Lazore, soon to be 80 years old on March 13th.  She was born on St. Regis Island in 1932 and this week will share...

It was an interesting visit with a very gifted man this past week.  Solomon Cook was born January 8, 1920 at the home of his parents, Kahawihson...

This week’s elder visit was with Mary J. Francis, a long time resident of Kana:takon.  Mary is well known and respected by so many people and we...

Katsitsientha Ella Louise (David) Cook provided such a welcoming visit at her home this week and shared many pieces of her life.  It is always a...

When talking with elders, one never knows what to expect. They could talk about their families that are big and small or life growing up on a farm...

This week’s Elder Highlight will shine on elder May Cole. She has five brothers and sisters (Buster, Charlene, Bobby, Betty, and Helen) and raised...

This week’s elder friend is Freeman Lazore who was born in the Fall of 1912 and is a resident of Raquette Point, Ahkwesahsne.  Freeman is mostly a...

Our featured elder this week lives in the village of Kana:takon.  She is Charlotte Francis who was born on November 2, 1926 on Yellow Island where...

Teddy Thompson is our chosen elder for this week at Indian Time.  What a wonderful teacher and a man with a wealth of information. Teddy was born in...

Our latest visit was with Norman and Nancy King, as they will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on August 5, 1961.  The wedding took...

During the early mornings or sun-setting evening walks, you can pass by the beautiful and inviting home of one of Ahkwesahsne’s gentlest ladies on...

Ninety-one years ago, September 26, 1920, a little girl was born at Christie’s Island on the St. Lawrence River within the territory of...