A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The Akwesasne Mohawk Casino officially broke ground on their $74 million expansion project yesterday. This expansion project is projected to create over 350 construction jobs over the next 20 months as they build a 150-room hotel, relocate the Mohawk Bingo Palace and Class II gaming facilities to the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino and add other amenities to their services. “This is a historic occasion where we will be creating job opportunities here in the North Country like we haven’t seen in a num...
The St. Lawrence County Arts Council is hosting their 24th annual Artists’ Studio Tour this coming weekend and for the second-year Akwesasne will have a host site at Tsi Tetewatatkens – Office for the Aging. 36 different artists and craftspeople are being highlighted in 19 sites throughout St. Lawrence County. At these sites you are able to meet with the painters, potters, photographers, sculptors, jewelers, basket makers, quilters, fiber artists and creative people of all sorts. “The purpose of this is to give you a chance to pick up the b...
The annual Halloween party was held last Friday Oct. 28 at the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Early Childhood Development Program. Running Deer Construction donated the use of their float and Junior David donated another wagon to provide all of the children with a hay ride to the Tribal facilities. The children dressed up in a range of costumes like Woody from Toy Story, unicorns, Ironman, Captain America and witches galore. A Tribal Police escort ensured the safety of the traveling group as they m...
1st Class Seconds is owned and operated by retired SRCS staff members Beverly Lazore and Karen White. They are a gently used clothing store that opened their doors at the Akwesasne Gas Log Cabin building on Nov. 12, 2009 and will be celebrating this year with a one-day 25% off sale that Saturday. They have also recently changed to their winter hours of 11:00am-5:00pm Monday-Friday and 12:00-5:00pm Saturdays. “When we look back to when we first started we can’t believe how much clothes we wer...
PJ was fishing again last week, which is not an unusual sight to see this time of year. The location he chose for the afternoon was behind the Communications Building in Kana:takon where he was trying to catch small mouth bass. Late afternoon he had a bite and ended up reeling in a small mouth bass weighing in at 7lb 4oz – which is 1lb short of the current NYS record. “I was so excited and was worried that it was going to snap the line as I was reeling it in,” said Burns of the battle to bring...
The Salmon River Girls Varsity Soccer team has moved onto the Championship game set for tonight. They played their semi-final round against the Ogdensburg Lady Blue Devils last Saturday afternoon and won by a score of 3-1. Lady Shamrock senior Karyss Terrance netted two goals during the game with the third goal made by Abby Kelly. The Salmon River Girls Varsity Soccer team is the top seeded team in Section X Class B and will play against #2 seed Potsdam Sandstoners. Salmon River comes into the game with a league record of 7-1-0 and non-league...
The Massena Lady Raiders varsity volleyball team overcame the Chateaugay Bulldogs Tuesday night in the overall Section X Semi-Final Round. It was a nail biter as the Lady Raiders won the first two sets and then the Bulldogs came back and matched them for another two sets. Massena fended off Chateaugay taking the fifth set and advancing to the Championship game of Section X. This win came after the Massena Lady Raiders took the Class B title from Malone’s Franklin Academy last Friday night in a...
Sken:nen Teiokwahawi – ‘Carrying the peace with us’ is a grassroots movement that has been working to collect winter clothing to be transported to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota before the cold winter months hit. Neddie Thompson has played a major role in sparking this years’ drive to ship supplies to Pine Ridge. The effort began in September 2011 and the idea was to use the Native American Music Award to bring awareness to the public of different ways to help Pine Ridge. A local g...
The fall Drug Take Back Day provided by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police Department is scheduled for this upcoming Saturday Oct. 29 from 8:00am-3:00pm. The last event like this was held on April 30, 2011 and Akwesasne lead the state in participation on that Prescription Drug Disposal event. Community members wishing to dispose of their expired medicines were able to stop in and drop them off into containers that were sealed and then incinerated. At that April Drug Disposal event 4 boxes (1’X3’) were filled with expired medication from Akw...
The annual 7 Miles for 7 Generations walk to benefit the construction costs of the Diabetes Center for Excellence, which has officially begun with phase one of development over the summer. 65 participants had registered for the walk and are still collecting their pledges this week, so the official amount collected by the registrants will be announced at a later date. All monies raised will be put towards fundraising for phase two of the project. As an incentive of the walk four bikes were...
Darcy Cree opened her doors to RejuveNations Day Spa during the summer and officially hosted their grand opening this past Saturday. The Grand Prize Winner of a Day Spa Package was Vanessa Martin; the winner of the shellac manicure was Marlana Thompson; and the winner of the facial was Darlene Lavare. RejuveNations Day Spa is a beautiful facility located at 5 Herne Road on the west end of Route 37 in Akwesasne. They are open 5 days a week from Tuesday-Thursday 10am-6pm; Friday 12noon-8pm and...
Salmon River Varsity Athletics has proved to be a powerhouse in many areas in the fall Northern Athletic Conference. With the first season under the restructured NAC new Northern Division, Salmon River has been both a strong athletic program with potential for years to come. The fall sports season has been winding down and with that seniors from the class of 2012 have been honored by their teammates, coaches and fans at their last home games and home meets. Girls Varsity Soccer The Girls...
The Beginning with Books program is not a new one to the St. Regis Mohawk School, but has been brought over to the Akwesasne Library to provide easier access to the Akwesasne community. The program itself runs during the school year every week on Wednesdays from 10:00am-11:00am targeting pre-school aged children and their parents. With the move to the Akwesasne Library the Headstart program is now able to send a different class over each week to participate in Beginning with Books. “I like d...
This week we start a new case that PISToLS was asked in investigate. The request was sent to Indian Time Newspaper as part of this series from Mary Faye Roundpoint of Tsi Snaihne. But before we get into the case we will have another lesson from the paranormal side to help you understand what we do and how we do it. With understanding, the unknown becomes the known, and maybe we can help you understand what is around you everyday and make it just a little less scary. PISToLS has had commonly...
The Tsi Snaihne School held their annual community meal followed by their Harvest Social yesterday with an open invitation to parents and the entire community to participate in the event. 47 different family members contributed to the meal this year and many parents stayed to help set up and break down in preparation of the social. Even the Akwesasne Freedom School classes made the trip to Tsi Snaihne to participate in the day’s events. “Our children really enjoy having the chance to share a m...
The Green Food Box program held their monthly distribution day yesterday at the St. Regis Recreation Center. With the winter months approaching there were changes in the format of the distribution location this month. Instead of having the vegetables picked up outside under the canopy everything was moved indoors at the recreation center. “We will be running the program through the winter,” said Pamela Lazore-Pembleton. “We’ve changed things a little and now everything is prepackaged by the tim...
For the second time in the history of the Intertribal Deaf Council the annual Cultural Gathering for the Deaf was hosted within the Akwesasne territory back in early September. The Sacred Circle committee was established in 1994 and is comprised of Native American deaf people whose mission is to provide education, information & referral, and training about American Indians, Alaska Natives and First Nations Indians who are Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing and late-deafened to tribal councils, fa...
It was a festive afternoon at the St. Regis Mohawk School last Friday as students, teachers, parents and other family members attended the first Student Achievement Assembly of the school year. With a packed gymnasium award recipients sat in front of the audience to wait to receive their awards. St. Regis Mohawk School Principle explained that for student achievement the SRMS appreciate the effort that they students make to build and strengthen their school community. They recognize students...
Fishing has been an activity that has flourished in our territory with it dating back to our earliest beginnings as a means of survival. Carrying it into the 21st century is Akwesasne’s own PJ Burns who has worked with other avid fishermen to implement a ‘Kids for Fishing’ program to pass on the rod and reel to the youth. PJ first started fishing when he was around 8-years old and finally made the leap into the professional fishing circuit three years ago in 2008. “I fish from Magog, Quebec...
The Akwesasne Library, Museum and Cultural Center celebrated 40-years of serving the Akwesasne community last Thursday night with a reception held onsite to honor the history of the building, staff and board. Irving Papineau the president of the board of directors provided a presentation on the history of the building and programs that it houses. Glory Cole, the Akwesasne Library Executive Director talked about the upgrades to the current building and Sue Ellen Herne also made a presentation on...
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Animal Control Program hosted a feline spay/neuter clinic on Oct. 2, 2011 at the HAVFD Station #1. The Spay Neuter Now commuter clinic pulled into the fire station in the early morning that day and would end up providing spay/neuter services for a total of 32 cats and kittens. This event was for tribally enrolled members with the funding from a USDA-APHIS grant that was received by the Animal Control Program for $10,000. This spay/neuter clinic was the fourth of i...
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Indian Health Services announced at last Saturday’s Tribal Meeting that the operations of the IHS will extend their hours of operation. The extended hours of operation began this past Monday, October 3 and include the following: Monday – Thursday from 8:00am-8:00pm Friday – Regular hours (8:00am-5:00pm) Saturday – 8:00am-noon IHS Director Deb Martin and her staff have been working on the feasibility and implementation of these extended hours for the past 4-years. These changes allow for IHS to better serve the...
The Salmon River Central School’s Cross Country program has grown by leaps and bounds over the past year as their participant numbers jumped from 5 runners last season to 26 this season. “There has been a lot of recruiting this past year,” said SRCS Mohawk Ombudsman Kim Russell. “This program has been building and now had enough runners to have a full Boys and Girls Modified and Varsity teams for this season.” The SRCS boys modified team has won a cross-country league meet in Gouverneu...
Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club organized a back to school party to celebrate students returning to school. This event took place last Friday afternoon at the Club between 3:00pm-7:00pm. “We had a great time here on Friday with all of the kids, a lot of the kids stayed right until 7:00pm,” said Jessica Cree-Jock, the Executive Director of the ABGC. “There were even tons of parents who enjoyed this event.” The back to school party included two bounce houses, DJ Jose Verdugo, a Program Assistant, who...
Salmon River Central School held a presentation for Grades 11 and 12 with local law enforcement units to provide information on what each respective agencies function is, and what to do and not to do when crossing at the international border. This presentation was developed from a joint effort between leadership from the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and Mohawk Council of Akwesasne. SRMT Sub-Chief Stacy Skidders, Tsi Snaihne District Chief Karen Loran and Kawehno:ke District Chief Wesley Benedict all participated in coordinating the various...
