Articles from the April 25, 2019 edition
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Walking With Our Sisters – Return of Vamps
For the past six years, the Walking With Our Sisters installation has travelled across Canada, expressing grief, sorrow, love and hope for our murdered and missing Indigenous sisters. The final Walkin...
The 18th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Opens in NYC
April 22, 2019. More than 1,000 Indigenous Peoples participants from all over the world will be at United Nations Headquarters from 22 April to 3 May...
By Introducing Machine Readable Zone for Indian Status Cards
By Mahlon Smoke Kawehno:ke Rec. Center. Earlier this year, the Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) introduced a machine-readable zone (MRZ) for Secure Certificate of Indian Status (SCIS) cards. This is t...
Teaching the Next Generation About the Properties of Skunk Oil
By Mahlon Smoke Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club - Rain drizzled down as young children watched Teiohontsiakwenhte Skidders set up a trap in a...
St. Regis Recreation Easter Party
By Derrick Lafrance Easter was four days away but the Kana:takon kids got into the spirit early. An Easter Egg relay and party was held on Thursday,...
Alternate to Tribal Election Board appointed
Congratulations to Deborah Terrance on being appointed as an alternate to the Tribal Election Board. Debbie took her Oath of Office this past...
Niawen
From the Family of Alex Sharrow: We would like to thank the community for all the support and comfort you have given us in the last few months of Alex’s life. We will be forever grateful to those who...
Akwesasne Students Receive Entrepreneurship Completion Bonuses
April 23, 2019 (Cornwall, ON) – On Friday, April 18, 15 Akwesasne students from Cornwall Collegiate & Vocational School and TR Leger School of A...
2019 Maple Project from the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment
Submitted by Dave Arquette "Kakwitetstsi Nikahawi Enniskowa Tsiniwenh:nites nonen ronterontara;raks Tho:ne' Onen Entitewahwe'non:ni ne Orontakeri, Tho...
Dangers of Drunk Driving
By Derrick Lafrance With prom season and the end of the school year weeks away the students of Salmon River were given an eye-opening presentation of...
The Ottawa River Connection: Telling the Stories of the Ottawa River in Poetry and Song
On Wednesday, May 1, at 7 pm at Schnitzels, the River Institute will do something just a little different as it celebrates its 25th Anniversary in Cornwall. Science and Nature on Tap will play host...
The Failures of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Process
By Doug George-Kanentiio Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, that $60,000,000 effort designed to address the “cultural genocide” we, the former ‘inmates’ of the residential schools experienc...
Hiawatha Meets The Peacemaker
Reprinted with permission from Traditional Teachings by the Native North American Travelling College Hiawatha had lost his family of seven daughters. It was truly a great loss, and he was very...
Northern Borders / PTECH Career & Workforce Exploration Field Trips
March 2019 Field Trip (April 23, 2019) On Friday, March 29th, Northern Borders PTECH students traveled to Elderwood of Uihlein and the new Adirondack...
Free Technology Training for Adults 55 and Older
By Pat Banker, 4-H Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension Franklin County 4H Digital Ambassadors who were trained by Microsoft sponsors in Washington D.C. in February, are ready, willing, and able...
Reader Comic 1
She is tamping down on impeachment. Poor old Madam Pelosi, she can’t keep up with her political opponent. The Devil’s Advocate Donald J. “Bl...
Puyallup tribe celebrates cannabis store grand opening on 4/20 with Cheech and Chong
Reprinted with permission from Indian Country Media 4/20 is the grand opening of Commencement Bay Cannabis in Tacoma, Washington, the Puyallup tribes'...
Police Blotter
St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Police: On April 12, Arthur J. Niles, 63, of Moria was charged with speeding (allegedly 54-35 mph zone). Ticket is returnable to Tribal Court on April 29. On April 12, Adam P....
Kana:takon School 1999 - 2000
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AMBE JOB POSTING - TEACHERS
SALARY: Based on PSAC / AMBE Salary Grid The Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education (AMBE) was created in 1985 by the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA). AMBE is responsible for providing educational...
Art Opening
POTSDAM: Artist Esthela Calderon will discuss her new art exhibit, “Pollen,” and the environmental concerns that inspired, 5 p.m., SLC Arts art gallery at Potsdam Town Hall, 18 Elm St.; rec...
Kanien'keha Teachers
Salary: Based on PSAC/AMBE Salary Grid The Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education (AMBE) was created in 1985 by the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA). AMBE is responsible for providing educational...
PROGRAM ASSISTANT
Salary Level: DS11 ST 2 $43,322.24 SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the supervision of the Program Manager and member of the management team, the incumbent is responsible for supervising the...
CASE AIDE
PAY LEVEL: HS8 ST2 $41,211.04 SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the supervision of the Clinical Coordinator and the Case Supervisors, the incumbent is responsible for providing supervision on one of...
