A Voice from the Eastern Door
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AKWESASNE — Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Court Judge Barbara R. Potter issued a decision on Tsiothóhrha/December 28, 2016 dismissing all claims in a case challenging the manner in which the Tribal Council managed an investment through the Tribally owned economic development arm, the Tewathahonni Corporation. The 2013 Tribal Procedures Act is aimed at transparency in the decisions made by Tribal Council. “The Tewathahonni Corporation Board of Managers includes our elected Tribal Council and three Tribal Members with extensive business, inve...
According to some, the Women's March on Washington DC, started with one woman's post of Facebook, it soon had sister marches in all 50 states and in a reported 80 countries around the world including Montreal, Sydney, London, and Tokyo. The Washington March saw over a half a million women, children and men of every race, nationality and sexual orientation marching in solidarity. The Women's March's vision... "We stand together in solidarity with our partners and children for the protection of...
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By Theresa Braine, Indian Country Media Network (January 24, 2017) Just 72 hours into his presidency, Donald Trump has signed executive orders designed to move both the Dakota Access (DAPL) and the Keystone XL oil pipelines forward. Keystone XL is the TransCanada pipeline that was defeated in 2015 after then President Barack Obama decreed it was not in the best interests of the United States. The pipeline needed U.S. Department of State approval because it crossed the international border with Canada. DAPL has been on indefinite hold since...
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne is notifying the community that the MCA General Meeting taking place this Thursday, Jan. 26 will be video recorded. The video will be shared on the MCA website. Council voted to pilot the video recording trial run in order to engage more community members in the affairs of Council and MCA, to gather more feedback and input, and to connect with its membership, many of whom can’t get away from their homes and families for the meetings. MCA’s Communications Unit will oversee the recordings. In order to respect com...
On January 21, 2017, Joanne Shenandoah received the Lifetime Legacy Award. Shenandoah, a Grammy Award Winning artist, lecturer, educator, and ambassador of peace has spent her life advocating for the rights of Native Americans through song, lyrics and performances. The American Indian Society of Washington, DC presents its most prestigious award to a Native American whose life's work has led to the improvement and empowerment of Native Americans through social, political, legal, environmental...
MASSENA -- The St. Lawrence Centre has been sold. Shapiro Group, a Montreal-based company, is now listing the mall on State Rt. 37 on their website as a retail property. The entry includes directions to use their information request form to inquire about leasing space. The company’s website lists 36 properties with space for lease, mostly around Quebec and Ontario. The properties, according to the website, include “office buildings, commercial/industrial properties, vacant land, retail strip centers, enclosed malls and mini warehousing faciliti...
Jenni Monet • January 22, 2017 (Fort Yates, ND) In a unanimous vote, Standing Rock Sioux tribal council members voted to close the network of encampments behind the Dakota Access Pipeline protests within 30 days, including the main Oceti Sakowin, Rosebud, and Sacred Stone camps. Council members also voted against providing any temporary camps or shelters to individuals who should remain at the camps after the February 19 deadline. The decision was made in an emergency meeting held on Friday, January 20 at the tribe’s headquarters in Fort Yat...
Dear Editor: Every couple of years, our native peoples post a job opening. ‘’Wanted. Chief. Must be able to do what we ask them to do. Must also be able to follow rules. Will give you a guidebook of rules acceptable to our firm. Generous salary comes with job. Anyone wishing to apply for the job, please submit your resume to the people. You may also campaign, and agilely tell us why you are right for the job. If the majority of our native people feel you are a good choice for the job, we’ll hire you. Oh. You will also be required to promi...
Thank You, We, the family of Hubert “Hubie” Rourke, wish to extend our greatest appreciation to everyone for all that was done for us during our recent loss of a husband, father and grandfather. To Marshall and Janine Rourke for opening their home to us, thank you. The ambulance service, for all the monetary donations, all the beautiful flowers, and the delicious food, thank you. To the Pall Bearers, who gave their time to do one last thing for Hubie, thank you. To Brass Horse for letting us use their building for the final meal, thank you...
The Strand Center for the Arts is thrilled to host a Native American Artists Exhibition in the Main Gallery in February, 2017. This forthcoming exhibit features artwork from several local Native American artists including: Sue Herne, Dukon Harris, David Fadden, Martin Loft, Leah Shenandoah, and Jordan Thompson. It will take place in The Strand Center Main Gallery on Friday, February 3 and a free reception will be held from 5:30-7:30 PM that night. The artists brought together for this show have...
Akwesasne Child and Family Services and the Community Support Program are pleased to announce the Little Ladies Club. This club is a safe place designed for young ladies ages 11-14. The club will teach important life tools while building long lasting friendships with other LLC members. The goal of the Little Ladies Club is to support, encourage and believe in the strength of our next generation of powerful and positive little ladies. The first club meeting will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 from 5:pm-7:00pm at the Home Makers in Tsi...
By Tehanetorens To most people a wampum belt means any beaded belt made by Indians. Glass beads were introduced by white traders, and with these the Indian people did beautiful embroidery work. Before the introduction of glass beads, embroidery work was made with porcupine quills. The long hair from the bell or chin whiskers of moose was also used. With the introduction of the crude glass bead, the far more artistic porcupine quill and moose hair embroidery became a lost skill. The true wampum bead was not made of glass. Along the Atlantic...
By Jennifer Herne, LVT As a Veterinary Technician I have witnessed the surgical procedure of a cat being declawed. I have never really understood why people choose this option. In some states the procedure of declawing cats is now illegal for veterinarians to perform. Instead, I choose to educate owners about this procedure and why it is detrimental to cats. The most important thing to understand about clawing and scratching is it is NORMAL behavior of cats. They do not do it to get back at you...
By Anna Johnson, Center for Rural Affairs USDA took an important step last month to bring more fairness to the livestock industry. The impact of three introduced “Farmer Fair Practice Rules” will be significant across the nation, creating much-needed protections for farmers. Much of the livestock industry is vertically integrated; meat processors enter into contract agreements with farmers to grow livestock. The processor owns the feed and animals, and sells them to the farmer at a set price. This arrangement is especially prevalent in the pou...
New York State’s annual Free Snowmobiling Weekend for all out-of-state and Canadian snowmobilers will run from Friday, February 3, through Sunday, February 5, 2017. Registration fees will be waived for properly registered and insured out-of-state snowmobiling enthusiasts wishing to explore New York’s 10,500 miles of trails. During free snowmobiling weekend, town registration fees will also be waived for all in-state, out-of-state and Canadian snowmobilers. For more information on snowmobiling, including online registration for out-of-state sno...
(Milton, Ontario – January 23, 2017) In October, 2016, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced a significant decrease in the amount of losses attributed to the CRA scam, following a large number of arrests conducted by Indian Authorities at a number of “call centres” in India. In the months following those arrests, the RCMP has continued to see that the number of reports related to the CRA scam remain at a fraction of what was reported prior to these arrests. Though the reports have diminished, it is clear that this scam has not e...
After a successful world premiere at the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival in October 2016, Michelle St. John’s documentary Colonization Road will air across Canada on CBC’s weekly point-of-view documentary series Firsthand, Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 9pm (9:30 NL). Colonization Road will then be available to stream at cbc.ca/firsthand/episodes/colonization-road. Colonization Road is an eye-opening documentary that examines First Nations and settler relations through Ontario’s first roadways. Anishinaabe comedian and activist Ryan...
Seneca Falls, NY is located within the ancient boundaries of the Cayuga Nation, a member of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Haudenosaunee. It is also the birthplace of the movement towards securing the right to vote by American women, a decades long struggle beginning at the first national conference in 1848. Most of those in attendance at that time would not live to see the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920 which codified the right to vote by women. There were few instances in western European or Asian history where...
We would like to introduce a new team that will represent our community with the other well-established teams. The Ahkwesahsne Heat started in the Fall 2016 lacrosse season. The team was formed allowing a group of boys to play that would not have been able that season. There were many ideas and drive to get these boys on the field. We gave equipment to players that needed some, and began holding practices. The parents fundraised for two tournaments and the boys did very well in them. On Oct 22nd the Heat boys played along with Plattsburgh in...
Submitted by Paul Hetzler, CCE Horticulture and Natural Resources Educator Given that maple producers have to boil down roughly 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup, you would think that dry weather might improve things. Obviously if drought could get rid of a bunch of water for free, the sap would become concentrated and you wouldn’t need to boil as much. Heck, in an extremely dry year maybe we could just drill into a maple and have granular sugar come dribbling out. If only it worked that way. In general, a shortage of water d...
Submitted by Lynda Brown December Perfect Attendance 2016 Head Start Niko Arquette Kymani Cook Kaina Coonishish-Coon Aydrie Ingle Kingsley Bradley-Leaf Claire Adams Autumn Phillips K4 Warryn Ingle Amelia Mitchell Cansas Morris Guiliana Terrance Kenvie Thompson K5 Socoyah Lazore Channing Morris Kirby Watson III Grade 1 Callyn Ingle Phinleigh Jacobs Kaden Lazore Kysen Lazore Ocean Lazore Hayden Lazore-Terrance Kaheritakhe McDonald Xavier Oakes Jovie Thompson Grade 2 Rayiah Ingle Porter Oakes...
Submitted by Tammy Russell Students at the Salmon River Middle School participate in the Student of the Month Program. The program is based on the featured character trait from the book of the month. The books for each month are chosen based on content that addresses human feelings and encourages the human universal values of empathy and caring. The character trait identified for December was loyalty. Ms. Olivia Cook from the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Alcoholism/Chemical Dependency Prevention...
