Articles from the May 19, 2011 edition
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SRMT moving forward with expansion project
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Election Board reviewed two appeals that were filed against the results of the April 30 referendum on the question, “Do you support the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s exp...
Akwesasne Senior Games 2011
Age is just a number. Our elders here in Akwesasne have certainly proved this last week as they participated in the 2011 Senior Games. A territory...
Bruce Power to postpone nuclear shipment
Bruce Power announced on Tuesday that it has withdrawn its application to the U.S. Department of Transportation to ship 16 used nuclear fuel containers from Lake Huron, Ontario to the country of...
Iroquois Nationals travel to Prague
The Iroquois Nationals are days away from their first game in the FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship that is being held in Prague, Czech Republic. Their first game will be held on Saturday...
Salli “Kawennotakie” Benedict
AKWESASNE- Salli “Kawennotakie” Benedict, age 57, of 869 Island Road, passed away Sunday afternoon, May, 15, 2011, at Cornwall Community Hospital. Sal...
Niawen
Thank you, The Akwesasne Freedom School students and staff would like to thank the Hogansburg Volunteer Fire Department, the ambulance service and the Mohawk Council Akwesasne Police for their timely...
In Memory
In Memory Happy Birthday to my son Bobby Joe Jacobs May 18, 1960 Nov. 17, 2002 My Son Can you hear me My son Can you see me As I pray for you My Son...
In Memory
This week it will be five years since my father Lincoln White passed away at the age of 89 on May 16, 2006. I sorted through family photographs we...
On the Passing of Mohawk Artists Aroniawenrate and Kawennotakie
Two of the most creative Mohawk artists of our generation have now passed into the spirit world but not before leaving a powerful legacy of their life...
Letter to the editor
MCA sad to report on the passing of Salli M. Kawennotakie Benedict Submitted By: Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Akwesasne Mohawk Territory - It is with great sadness that the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne...
Letter to the editor
Letter to the Editor: It was Thomas Jefferson who once said that information is the currency for democracy. As a parent and resident in the Salmon River Central School District, this statement rings...
Akwesasne Freedom School gears up for summer fundraising
The Akwesasne Freedom School students, parents, teachers and friends turned out this past Saturday morning to a breakfast fundraiser. With maple syrup being made by the older grades at the school...
23 Charged with possession of contraband tobacco
Cornwall, Ontario – The Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF) made and assisted in twenty three (23) contraband tobacco and drug seizures in the f...
Alcoa donates trees to SRMS
Alcoa launched their Ten Million Trees initiative on Earth Day 2003, the goal being to plant 10 million trees worldwide by 2020. These trees would...
Tsi Snaihne Students of the Month for April
The students of the Month for April enjoyed a pizza party with the principal in the school library on Monday, April 16th. A student of the month is...
Al-Anon Step One - We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable
Many of us come to Al-Anon filled with despair and hopelessness. Some of us come to find out how to get another person sober; others grew up in alcoholic homes or left alcoholic partners and no...
Environment
With the warm weather arriving we should be considering putting in a compost. I have included two articles from Richard Gast, who is from the Malone Cornell Cooperative Extension. One article is how...
Haudenosaunee News
• Our apologies for the Iroquois Nationals players list that appeared last week. Here is the correct list of people going. Abrams, Percy-staff Bomberry Cory Bucktooth, Brett Cogan Jr., Ronald D...
It’s a Girl!
Name: Jadyn Heather Cook Born: Friday, October 22, 2010 Weight: 6lbs 15 oz. Parents: Jody Cook & Robbie Joe Cook Maternal Grandparents: Dana White &...
Kwah Í:ken Tsi Iokennó:ron It was raining very hard
1. Tsi kanenhstá:ton The Reserve 2. Ahkwesáhsne Ahkwesáhsne (literally where the partridge live) 3. Thontaiawénhstsi taie’nahkwáweron tsi na’ok...
THE PEOPLE
“Today, we have gathered and we see that the cycles of life continue. We have been given the duty to live in balance and harmony with each other and all living things. So now, we bring our minds t...
The circus is visiting Cornwall
Circus Mondo is proud to present the new edition of its show at the Cornwall Civic Centre in Cornwall on Tuesday, May 31. A traditional circus that will be enjoyed by the whole family You will be in...
Spring Showers Bring Jackpot Power to the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino
Akwesasne Mohawk Casino – The 2011 jackpot total continued to rise in April. The Akwesasne Mohawk Casino continued to “shower” players with a grand total of $2,053,234.43 worth of jackpots. The new t...
Tsi Snaihne School celebrates bus drivers and monitors
Tsi Snaihne School students and staff members said thank-you to our bus drivers and monitors by holding a Bus Driver Appreciation Day on May 17, 2011. Students made cards thanking bus drivers and...
Volunteers manned the grills at the American Legion Post 1479 for the Mother’s Day dinner. Great job!
L-R: Arnold Gray, Todd Connors, Walter Tarbell, Mike Cook and Scott Jock...
