Articles from the February 25, 2021 edition
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Strong Roots Charitable Foundation Donates 700 Lacrosse Sticks to Iroquois Nationals Development Program
AKWESASNE MOHAWK TERRITORY – The Strong Roots Charitable Foundation is proud to announce it is helping build a strong foundation and future for a n...
Hogansburg man accused of trying to smuggle two Romanians into the U.S.
By Andy Gardner HOGANSBURG – A Hogansburg resident was arrested Feb. 17 in connection with an alleged failed smuggling incident. Kyle Thompson, 28, of Hogansburg, was charged with alien smuggling. T...
SLU Board of Trustees Elects New McCurdy-Sprague Trustees
St. Lawrence University's Board of Trustees has elected Andrew (Andy) Chan '14 and Emma Phillips '16 as McCurdy-Sprague trustees with terms beginning...
Update of the Cookhouse/ Longhouse Renovations
We are writing to provide an update of the renovations that have been made to the cookhouse/longhouse during the past year, all of which was made...
Local Support for COVID positive Akwesasronon
By Kaniehtonkie During a global pandemic, COVID positive Akwesasronon are left without local support. Support in the sense of dealing with long term COVID symptoms. More than a year into the...
NASA Rover Lands on Mars to Look for Signs of Life
By Marcia Dunn. Reprinted with permission from Indian County Today. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the r...
Tribes survive Texas storms
By Mary Annette Pember. Reprinted with permission from Indian Country Today Many across the country are battling the aftermath of a Feb. 13 winter storm as nearly 3.4 million customers around the...
Autism Corner
Last week I posted a flyer regarding Table Talk on Autism. It's a free event, just email the contact name listed. These individuals are interested in...
The Formation of The Grand Council
Reprinted with permission from Traditional Teachings by the Native North American Travelling College 1ST WAMPUM I, Hiawatha and the Sachems have planted a tree of Peace, which we will call Tsioneratis...
Katsheronniáhshions
1. Kateniiontáhshions - I am taking my apron off 2. Kakia'tahnháhshions - I am taking my belt off 3. Kakia'karíhshions - I am taking my blouse off 4....
Keeping Trees in the Ground: An Effective Low-Tech Way to Slow Climate Change
By Beverly Law and William Moomaw. Reprinted with permission from EcoWatch Protecting forests is an essential strategy in the fight against climate change that has not received the attention it deserv...
By St. Regis Mohawk Tribe wasn't consulted in crafting sports safety plans; health director acknowledges more shutdowns could occur
By Andy Gardner The director of St. Regis Mohawk Health Services says tribal officials were not consulted or asked to review the high-risk sports safety plans recently passed by the respective Salmon...
New initiative targets farmers struggling with stress, burnout, depression
By: Angele D'Alessio, Mental Health Promoter Canadian grain farmer Sean Stanford hit a low point a few years ago. His crops were poor, bills were pili...
SNOW JOBS
Submitted by Paul Hetzler Where agriculture is concerned, dairy is king (or is dairy queen?) in northern NY State. Looking out the window now in late February, though, it looks like we should be...
One Mother
My heart is heavy... yet incredibly hopeful I listen to my children’s voices in full expression Each and every day beauty and majesty of being alive With my loved ones My dear family, my relations R...
Deb Haaland's Heated Day Two Hearing
Reprinted with permission from Indian Country Today. Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico will continue to testify for her nomination to become...
Indigenous Services Canada COVID-19 Update for Indigenous Peoples and communities
11 Ottawa, Traditional unceded Algonquin Territory, Ontario. Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) is closely monitoring the number of COVID-19 cases reported in First Nations communities across the...
Tribe's EOC Reports 8 New COVID-19 Cases: 50 Total Active
9 AKWESASNE – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is reporting eight (8) new cases of COVID-19 today – making 50...
Tribe's EOC Reports 2 New COVID-19 Cases: 48 Total Active
10 AKWESASNE – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is reporting two (2) new cases of COVID-19 – making 48 tot...
Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 at Cornwall CVS
Parents/guardians, staff and students at Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School (CCVS) received notification on Monday, February 22 that two individuals at the school have tested positive for C...
MCA Reports Five New Positive Cases of COVID-19
9 The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne’s Community Health Program reports five (5) new active cases of COVID-19 in the northern portion of the community, as of February 22, 2021. Current COVID-19 S...
An Experience with the Moderna Covid Vaccine
By Mahlon Smoke As the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines begin distribution throughout the USA, there have been plenty of cities and states who have been doing what they can to make sure that doctors,...
First Nations, Canada Wide, United States COVID-19 Update
First Nations Epidemiological summary of COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities as reported to Indigenous Services Canada as of February 20, 2021. Atlantic – 0 Cases Quebec – 4 Cases Ontario – 73...
Franklin County COVID-19 Case Statistics
Daily Statistics for Tuesday, February 23, 2021: New Positives: 16 New Probable: 0 Active Cases: 334 Community Active: 144 New Deaths: 1 New Recovered: 9 Individuals in Isolation/Quarantine: 575...
St. Lawrence County COVID Update
Daily COVID-19 statistics for Wednesday, February 24th: 36 (thirty-six) new cases of COVID-19 were reported today, bringing the total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases to-date to 5,975...
