A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Salmon River managed to secure many new titles for three separate varsity teams this past fall including a Section X Overall title for Girls Varsity Volleyball, Section X Class B titles for Boys and Girls Varsity Soccer. St. Regis Mohawk School Principal Sharlee Thomas extended an invitation for these athletic champions to make a visit to the students at the school to show their school spirit this past Tuesday morning. Students were proudly wearing green that day and waved signs encouraging the...
Red Ribbon Week is a national celebration to raise awareness about the harmful effects of drugs and alcohol, and the benefits of a drug free lifestyle. It is the largest anti-drug awareness event in the United States. The Akwesasne Coalition for Community Empowerment hosted the Akwesasne Red Ribbon Family Challenge. This event included educational, fun and exciting activities throughout the week of October 24th-28th. Activities included a Suicide/Addiction Awareness Walk, presentation on...
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a proactive crime prevention strategy utilized by planners, architects, police services, security professionals and everyday users of space. Currently two officers with the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service have achieved certification to provide CPTED inspections and are offering free residential inspections to community members. CPTED (pronounced “sep-ted”) places emphasis on the physical environment, productive use of space, and beh...
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne created an Akwesasne Election Law working task group whose duty was to develop recommendations to amend the law. These recommendations were printed and distributed to the community on Sept. 12, 2011 with a focus meeting scheduled in each of the three districts under MCA’s jurisdiction. These public meetings were used to discuss the recommendations and to receive comments, suggestions, concerns and/or other recommendations for consideration. Once this was done the draft was once again brought before the MCA for a...
Delores Herne Roberts, formerly of Hogansburg, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday October 26,2011, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, surrounded by her loving family. Delores was born in Bombay, NY on January 14, 1935 the daughter of Thomas and Louise Canadian Herne. She attended Bombay High School and worked at the Warner Factory in Massena NY prior to joining the U.S. Air Force. After moving to Minneapolis she worked for Sears Company until her retirement. Delores married John Roberts in November 1955. Delores is survived by her...
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Healthy Homes Initiative recently held a logo contest for the project. The logo contest was open to students under the Akwesasne Mohawk Board of Education. The Healthy Homes Initiative received a total of 153 entries and the Healthy Homes project team viewed all the logos submitted and had the difficult task of selecting a winner. The prize for first place is an Apple iPad 2 16GB, the prize for second place is a Toshiba laptop computer. The judges also selected...
Thank you, HUNTER’S HOPE BENEFIT LUNCH ON OCTOBER 28th Hunter’s Hope Committee had a successful luncheon on Friday, October 28th at the Brass Horse Lounge. The committee served up some amazing Lasagna and Cabbage Roll lunches. There was a huge response from the community for orders, considering how many benefits were on at the same time. We are very grateful to all that came out and picked up dinners and to those that were delivered free of charge. Hunter’s Hope Committee thanks all the organ...
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH In Appreciation We held our annual Food-Craft Sale and coat give-away on November 5th. We were blessed with a very successful fund-raiser. Niawen to everyone in Akwesasne and surrounding communities for supporting our efforts. Peace to you all! Hogansburg United Methodist Church...
The Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club would like to thank the following for their recent contributions to the Club: Ms. Emily Lauzon for her monetary donation! Akwesasne Housing Authority Employees and Kerry Jacobs for their monetary donation! Ms. Sheila King for volunteering at the Volleyball Tournament! Ms. Jill Benedict for making our October Birthdays cake! Mr. Atha Lazore for volunteering to complete some Club projects and improvements!...
Thank you, We would like to thank everyone who helped with Pauline Gray’s wake and funeral. Thank you to the Home Support Program, Mohawk Council, the Outreach Program, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and to everyone else who made donations. Your help and support was very much appreciated in our time of sorrow. The family of Pauline Gray...
The children of the West (Americans) are fighting amongst themselves (again) over distribution of a wealth that does not belong to them, a wealth derived from Indigenous lands. The opportunity to redefine wealth based on a more realistic view of the earth and an understanding of man’s place may be now. There is a very old Iroquois prophecy called the The Two-Headed Serpent. Stuart Myiow of the Mohawk Traditional Council of Kahnawakeh told this prophecy, as did our ancestors. He’d say, “This is the Two-Headed Serpent Prophecy. We must remem...
POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE ECSTASY – Phillip H. Tarbell was arrested Nov. 3 in New York City after allegedly trying to sell 1,800 pills of ecstasy stored in a candy box to an undercover officer – the 1,800 pills have a reported street value of $60,000. After Tarbell had initially contacted the undercover officer, they arranged to meet at the Fairfield Inn near John F. Kennedy airport. During the alleged transaction Tarbell also informed the undercover officer that he had access to add...
This is a story of Emma Niles and her friends, as she journeys through a new part of her life. Author Linda Lazore of Akwesasne is proud to announce the release of her new novel Sacred Ground, (published by iUniverse). Surviving high school is a bizarre enough experience for most kids, and for Emma Niles, that’s only one of her challenges. It’s her senior year, and she has to find a way to put the multiple stresses of her home life behind her. Her parents have just been through a messy divorce, and now her father has remarried. Add on cla...
On Monday, Nov. 7 the October students of the month enjoyed a pizza party with the principal in the school library. This month the award winners will also enjoy breakfast with the veterans on Thursday, November 10th. The veterans breakfast is open to the community, so if there are any veterans interested in joining the students please contact the school for more information at 613-575-2291....
AKWESASNE, ONTARIO — The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA), Akwesasne Mohawk Police Services (AMPS) and the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Commission have issued the following public statement today regarding the vehicle accident that occurred on Oct. 26, 2011 on North Road in Hogansburg, New York, which claimed the lives of two young Akwesasne residents. The MCA, the Police Commission and AMPS continue to place the public’s safety at the highest level and are taking the incident very seriously. In doing so, public comments will be limited until the...
Vaughn Aldridge Vaughn Aldridge Jr. Reva Anderson Frank Arquette Mike Arquette Peter Arquette Steve Arquette Francis Arquette Robert Duffy Arquette Peter Back James Barnes Joseph Barnes Tony Barnes Al Bero Barr Jerry Bero Barr Gordon Beaubien Leonard Beaubien Lud Beeson George Belgarde Carl W. Benedict Cynthia Benedict David E. Benedict Ernie Benedict Gary Benedict Harry Benedict Linda Benedict Mark Benedict Sam Benedict Donald Bero Dwight Bero Jimmy Bero John A. Bero John H. Bero Kenny Bero...
The AMBE Foundations campus continues to improve. We are still in the same building as last year, but our programming continues to evolve and offer a differentiated learning experience for our students. We are offering more courses that move away from the conventional pen to paper format. Students have the opportunity to earn hands-on technical studies credits in Cosmetology, Hospitality, and Woodworking. Three days a week students can achieve a phys. ed. credit by participating in Cross fit classes. Workshops provided by the Ionkwanonhsasetsi...
AKWESASNE MOHAWK TERRITORY- The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne learned last week that the Canadian Human Rights Commission ruled against the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) in their claim that they did not fall under the CHRC’s jurisdiction regarding the Fallan Davis vs. CBSA case and that the case should therefore be dismissed. CBSA had filed a motion for dismissal of Davis’ human rights complaint claiming the CHRC did not have authority over them because CBSA does not provide a “service” to the public. The CHRC, however, disagre...
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 eight boys and one girl (Edwin, Dennis, Wayne, Jeff, Harris, Brian, Sam, Steve, and Maxine). I visited her this week to pester her about her life and to hear what story she would tell me, this is some of what she had to say: When were you born? “1924” (for all of you without a calculator that makes her a young 87) Where did you grow up? “My grandpa...
The Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Circle was developed to meet the needs of Grandparents who have physical custody of their grandchildren. This situation is becoming more common here in Akwesasne and Mohawk Council of Akwesasne’s Wholistic Health and Wellness program within their Department of Health has been working to help meet the needs of these grandparents. This group meets once per month at the Tsi Tetewatatkens – Office for the Aging facility on the second Thursday of the month. The group took a break during the summer mon...
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal programs hosted different activities this year in support of the national campaign of Red Ribbon Week. The Tribal Courts held an Anti-Drug Essay Contest; the Alcohol/Chemical Dependency Program held activities throughout the week and the Tribal Police organized a Drug Take Back event. Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the United States. This year it was celebrated nationally on Oct. 22-30, 2011 and served as a vehicle for communities and individuals to take a stand for the hopes and...
In the past, the annual Caregiver’s Conference has been held on the weekend but a recommendation was made to host it as a dinner this year in honor of the 10-year anniversary. Caregiver’s Night Out was held last night at the Tsi Tetewatatkens – Office for the Aging and was open to caregivers in and around the community of Akwesasne. Each year has a different theme of speakers as part of the conference and for this year the theme of ‘Aging In The Home’ was chosen. There is currently a caregiver...
We know that acts of genocide were perpetrated on our people because we refused to be separated from our lands. Tremendous harm was done by those who would prevent us from speaking or learning our language; by those who would prevent us from practicing our ancient rituals, our healing and doctoring ceremonies, our celebrations, our condolences. The spiritual cloak that was our shield from unrelenting grief and loss from one generation to another was torn from us leaving us vulnerable to what sci...
Two babies (boys) born about one month apart were baptized at the St. Regis Catholic Church in October 2011. This celebration was not your typical event. We will focus just on Baby Eric Bentley Oakes, five months old now. Eric Bentley’s Rakeni is a first time dad Dustin Oakes, and Eric’s Istha is a first time mom, Jordan Cook (both missing from photo). The mothers of this couple are first time Sohtha’s (grandmothers). Dustin’s Istha (mom) is Carrie Jacobs and Jordan’s Istha (mom) is Jaime Jacobs – no relation. A little more interesting...
Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards, Manitobe, Canada The 6th annual Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards were handed out at MTS Centre in Winnipeg tonight. Lorne Cardinal and Kyle Nobess hosted the spectacular show, which was televised live on APTN. Errol Ranville was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The audience of just over 4000 enjoyed performances by Derek Miller, Ghost Keeper, Elisapie Isaac, Kelly Daniels, Don Amero, Samian with Florent Vollant, Pacific Curls, and C-Weed Band with Ali Fontaine. Alaska, United States...
