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Presidents Cup Tournament begins Monday
The 2011 Presidents Cup Tournament is being hosted this year by the Snake Island Muskies at the A’nowara’ko:wa Arena between August 29 until the Cha...
MCA makes progress on CBSA complaints
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne has been working for the past two years on a claim against the Canada Border Services Agency within the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The CHRC is an independent...
GM-Powertrain hazardous waste dump disturbed
The Akwesasne community has been in debate the past week talking about the incident that occurred at the General Motors-Powertrain site last...
Rock Out The Bus donates $7,500
Rock Out The Bus was held on Friday July 29th in the Brasshorse Grille/Truck Stop #9 area and was organized by Carrie Thompson, Sky Timmons,...
NNATC hosts 2011 Friendship Days
The Native North American Traveling College hosted the 2011 Friendship Days over the weekend in a first-ever two-day event on the Ronathahonni...
‘Bears! Bears! Bears!’ at the Akwesasne Library
The Akwesasne Library hosted their annual Summer Reading Program in three different sessions throughout this past summer. Three different teachers...
‘The Gathering’ event to honor Jean Herne
Florence Patterson the volunteer CEO of Pamoja International Cultural Exchange Inc. (PICEI) is inviting the Akwesasne community to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony of the PICEI Annex Office. This offi...
Duathlon held at Generations Field
The third annual Akwesasne Duathlon was held last Thursday night at Generations Field and was organized by Northern Tribs Swimming. 32 participants...
MCA discussion meetings held in Snye
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne began advertising for a series of discussion meetings to be held in the Tsi Snaihne District in the coming weeks with one topic in mind: development of a Diagnostic &...
Kids for Fishing workshop held at Office for the Aging
In just three short weeks different groups from around the territory of Akwesasne stepped up to the challenge to organize a workshop for the youth of...
AFS Online Quilt Auction finished on Monday
The Akwesasne Freedom School’s first online quilt auction closed on bidding this past Monday with the successful bid going to Cindy Lazore for $...
Iroquois Passport returned to Mohawk Nation
The Iroquois/Haudenosaunee Passport that had been seized at the Cornwall Port of Entry on June 18, 2011 was returned to the Mohawk Nation Council of...
Blackfire visits Akwesasne
Blackfire, a traditional Native American Punk Rock and “Alter-native” music group stopped in Akwesasne this week as they make their way from New Mex...
Emergency Measures in Akwesasne
From individual crisis to community-wide issues the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Emergency Measures Officer is available to help on a wide-range of issues. “Emergency management developed from the Heal...
Tribe responds to opening of gaming facility
With the soft opening of the Three Feathers Casino over the weekend the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe issued a press release clearly outlying the distinction between the NYS licensed Akwesasne Mohawk...
Akwesasne Freedom School kicks off the school year with Online Quilt Auction
The Akwesasne Freedom School (AFS) is holding their first ever online quilt auction weeks before their major fundraiser of the year the Annual Dinner...
Cleaning chemical incident at the Communication Building
The Hogansburg-Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department and MCA Ambulance Unit along with the Franklin County Hazmat team responded to a cleaning chemical incident at the Communications Building in...
Mike Thompson of the Buffalo Bandits organizes LAX clinic
“I was very happy with the turnout of the clinic,” said Mike Thompson, well known goalie for the Buffalo Bandits. “I’ve wanted to do somethi...
AMPS enforcing the stop light on bridge
Reports have been circling the community of Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service Officers pulling over vehicles who fail to stop at the red light located on the southern span of the Three Nations Bridge...
AAMB launches innovative youth program
The Akwesasne Area Management Board began their summer program last week with the help of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, Ontario Power Generation,...
Soaring Eagles begins beach volleyball program
The weather was perfect as the Soaring Eagles beach volleyball organizers Kayla Skidders, Kuylynn Chaussi and Tommilee Thomas opened their weekly...
Women’s Reproductive Health Study adjusts guidelines
The Saint Regis Mohawk Health Services, in collaboration with the University of Albany, has been conducting a research project to study the impact of environmental contaminants and how they affect...
Green Food Box program feeds Akwesasne
The trial run of the Green Food Box program from the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Community Health Nurses saw 169 participants purchase 246 bags of...
K9 Connection graduates summer 2011 class
Owners and their faithful four-legged friends committed to six-weeks of training to open up communication to help smooth out home life. Dogs of all...
Grand Opening of Sunrise Acres
“This project has been one of our greatest bright ideas yet,” said Akwesasne Housing Authority Executive Director Retha Herne. “This has been a full...
