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  • Niawen

    Feb 15, 2024

    Niawen We would like to send a Niawen:kowa to everyone who helped with the Akwatsi:re (family) of James (Dewey) Jacobs funeral. It was very appreciated by all the support we received. Thanks again also to all who accompanied us on the barge, ordered by his brother Ronnie J. in carrying Dewey’s casket across the river to Yellow Island to be buried, “underneath the huge oak tree”. There he lies forever more as he wished. Chad Green director/owner of Donaldson’s Funeral Home said, “this is my first time in crossing a river to bury someone,...

  • Housing Occupancy Specialist – Temporary Hire

    Feb 15, 2024

    Department: Housing FLSA Status: Non-Exempt, Full-time Monday-Friday 8-4 Salary: $19.20 per hour Closing Date: Until filled Native Preference in Hiring Background check for employment purposes Summary: Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Housing Occupancy Specialist will be responsible for tenant selection, occupancy rules and property upkeep of the rental properties owned and/or managed by the Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation and Hogansburg Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. Incumbent is a temporary/emergency hire. How to...

  • Three young women whose photo was taken at the Thomas Indian School

    Feb 15, 2024

    Three young women whose photo was taken at the Thomas Indian School. If you have any information on the identity of the women, please contact Indian Time. Photo submitted by the family of Sue Ellen Herne. Do you have any old photos that you'd like to share with our readers in Blast from the Past? Bring them in! Our offices are located on Hilltop Drive in the Communications Building. Stop letting your photos gather dust in the basement and bring them in for us! All photos are returned to their...

  • Basic Call to Consciousness

    Feb 15, 2024

    Policies of Oppression in the Name of “Democracy” Economic History of the Haudenosaunee Continued from last week. Throughout this period many other Native peoples had been moving into our territories to gain some respite from the colonial onslaught. Far to the South, in the colonized area known as the Carolinas, the Tuscarora were faced with imminent destruction. In their drive to gain some more land and economic advantage, English colonizers were using the same techniques which were being employed in the Northeast. In 1713 the dis...

  • Police Blotter

    Feb 15, 2024

    WARRANT Cornwall, ON – Danielle Smoke, 40, of Akwesasne, was arrested on Feb. 6, 2024, on the strength of an outstanding warrant. It is alleged on Dec. 13, 2022, the woman attended the Port of Entry and operated her vehicle in a dangerous manner after being requested to stop. Police were contacted and an investigation ensued. A warrant was issued for her arrest. On Feb. 6, 2024, the woman attended the Port of entry and was taken into custody by Canada Border Services Agency officers. She was turned over to the CPS, the warrant was executed, a...

  • Salmon River Central School Honor Rolls/ High Honor Roll & Principal's List

    Feb 15, 2024

    Honor Roll Grade 3 Emma Brockway Isobella Washburn Amelia Pierce Aubrey Moore Jacob Taylor Winter David- Harris Teharonhiawakon Honor Roll Grade 4 Noah Chapman Parker Landry Presley Gray Lainey Oakes Macee Mitchell Raven Bolster Sibell Dunn Mylee Mitchell Nicole Heath Honor Roll Grade 5 Alaina Fleury Nataliya Mitchell Kenvie Thompson Philomena Thompson-Arquette Trenton Lamb Keagan Phillips Malani Mitchell-Rockhill High Honor Roll Grade 3 Mia Wylie Nolan Bryant Harper Durant High Honor Roll Grade 4 Sonja Mitchell Cooper Black Abigail St. Onge...

  • Man Charged with Five Counts of First-Degree Murder

    Feb 15, 2024

    Ryan Howard Manoakeesick is accused of killing his young family and a relative in rural Manitoba on Sunday Warning: This story contains distressing details. A 29-year-old man accused of killing his wife, their three young children and a female relative on Sunday, February 11th. Ryan Howard Manoakeesick is charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his partner Amanda Clearwater, 30, Bethany Clearwater, 6, Jayven Clearwater, 4, Isabella Clearwater, 2 ½ months, and Amanda’s 17-year-old niece, Myah Gratton, Manitoba RCMP an...

  • Kanoronhkhwáhtshera Nikawennò:tens

    Feb 15, 2024

    1. Tekonnonhwará:tons Kanoronhkhwáhtshera Awenhnísera Happy Valentines Day! 2. Enníska Kaié:ri iawén:re shískare February 14th 3. Kanoronhkhwáhtshera nikawennò:tens Love words 4. Konnorónhkwa I love you 5. Rinorónhkwa I love him 6. Khenorónhkwa I love her 7. Khenorónhkwa ne akhwá:tsire I love them, my family 8. Akítshé:nen wakenorónhkwa My pet loves me 9. Katatenorónhkwa I love myself 10. Kwanorónhkhwa kwátere We love you, grandchild 11. Kenorónhkwahkwe I used to love it 12. Ón:wa wenhniser...

  • Nebraska Ruling a Win for Winnebago and Omaha Nations

    Feb 15, 2024

    By Isaac White. NEBRASKA – A federal court has mandated significant changes to the electoral district boundaries in Thurston County, Nebraska, marking a pivotal moment for Native American representation in local governance. This ruling comes after a year-long legal battle initiated by the Winnebago and Omaha Tribes of Nebraska, alongside individual tribal members, who argued that the existing district boundaries diluted the voting power of Native American residents, in violation of the Voting Rights Act. Thurston County, with a notable A...

  • Oregon Governor Revives Cultural Items Task Force

    Feb 15, 2024

    By Isaac White. Oregon is making sure they are serious in their effort to address the stewardship and documentation of Native American cultural items within Oregon, Governor Tina Kotek has announced the revival of a task force dedicated to this purpose after a hiatus of approximately four years. This executive order marks a renewed effort to catalog and manage Native American artifacts held in state and public collections across Oregon, building on initiatives first launched under her predecessor. The Task Force on Oregon Tribal Cultural...

  • Hawaii Senator Makes Passionate Speech on Returning Native American Items

    Feb 15, 2024

    By Isaac White In a fervent address to his colleagues on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) championed a cause deeply rooted in justice and historical rectification. As Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Schatz underscored the urgent need for institutions—including prestigious colleges and museums—to fulfill their obligations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA). This legislation, enacted over three decades ago, sought to address centuries of injustices inflicted up...

  • Native Entrepreneur Bill Moves Forward

    Feb 15, 2024

    By Isaac White. A bill that underscores a significant commitment to the economic empowerment of Native American communities, the House Small Business Committee recently gave its unanimous bipartisan approval to the Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act. This pivotal piece of legislation, championed by Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS), who is an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, alongside Representative Eli Crane (R-AZ-02), is poised to transform the landscape of support provided by the Small Business Administration’s (...

  • Plastic Bag Bans in U.S. Have Reduced Plastic Bag Use by Billions, Report Says

    Feb 15, 2024

    By Paige Bennett. A new report from nonprofits Environment America, U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and Frontier Group has found that bans on plastic bags around the U.S. have already reduced the number of bags used by billions. The report, “Plastic Bag Bans Work”, found that bans in three states – New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Vermont – and two cities, Portland, Oregon and Santa Barbara, California, have reduced the number of single-use plastic bags used each year by around 6 billion. According to Environment America, the num...

  • Entertainment Binge

    Feb 15, 2024

    By Isaac White. It’s one of those weeks where my outlook is grumpy. The 49ers lost the Super Bowl. I’m not feeling the greatest, and it makes me look inward. That’s not accurate, I think I’m being dramatic. Just a bit though. I’m not feeling great, and it stinks that the Niners lost, but we don’t get together weekly for me to be a Donnie Downer. I was going to joke about not being a Debbie Downer and a Seinfeld reference, but I’m not sure people would take offense. If you could piece together what I was going to say: congratulations. You’re thi...

  • 'Stand up': Original Osage Song Earns Oscar Nomination

    Feb 15, 2024

    By Sandra Hale Schulman. Special to ICT. It’s a 6 ½-minute song of hope, unity and survival with thundering drums and powerful vocal chants. Performed in the closing credits by the Osage Tribal Singers, “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from the Martin Scorsese film “Killers of the Flower Moon” is the first Indigenous nominee in the best original song category for the Academy Awards, which will take place March 10 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles and be televised live on ABC. The song was written by Osage Nation cit...

  • MCA Employment Opportunities

    Feb 15, 2024

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