A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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MCA held a series of informational meeting on the proposed Akwesasne Oien:kwa Kaianerenhesera (Akwesasne Tobacco Law), those meetings were held on Wednesday, June 1 at the Tsi Snaihne Homemakers building, on Saturday, June 4 at the Kawehnoke Tri-District Elders building and on Tuesday, June 7 in Kana:takon at the Kanonhkwatsheri:io building. They also held meetings with families and individuals. The MCA Tobacco Law is nearing the end of the long process writing of the law. Starting in 2005 to 2015; MCA Council accepts the law in concept, then...
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne formally apologized on Monday, May 31, 2016 for the mistreatment of indigenous peoples and pledged to right the wrongs. Wynne's apology comes with and announcement of $250M promised for improved health care centers, suicide prevention strategies, help victims of domestic violence, improved children's services, preservation of indigenous languages, and aboriginal injustice measures for abuse that occurred in residential schools. The most influential and consequentia...
Akwesasne, NY – On Onerahtohkó:wa/May 28, 2016 the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council met with U.S. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21) to discuss drug addiction and efforts to create a detox facility in the Akwesasne community. The discussion also touched upon federal resources being made available through the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act that passed the House of Representatives on May 12, 2016. The bill authorizes the appropriation of $103 million annually over the 2017-2021 pe...
Submitted by Alex David (Ottawa, ON) – Wrestling Canada Lutte has announced the team members competing June 10-12, 2016 at the 2016 Junior Pan Am Championships in Barinas, Venezuela. Nolan Terrance made the Greco-Roman team at 120kg. As part of the Greco Roman team Nolan will compete on Friday, June 10, 2016. 14:00 – 16:30 – Qualification rounds and repechage 18:30 – 21:00 – Finals and award ceremonies Nolan Terrance is the son of Alexandra and Jason David. He currently finished his freshman...
With a devotion to perfection and a penchant for innovation, Carrie Hill has taken the age-old art of sweetgrass basket weaving to the world stage. Rolls of coiled black ash splint stretch out across the tables in Carrie's CHILL Baskets Studio, that she proudly states, "is a building that baskets built." She talks about her latest and most exciting endeavor so far in her basket making career. "I was out with my husband one day and I received an email from a Camille Benton," said Carrie. "The...
By: Rachelle Garrow-Hayes On Wednesday, June 1, 2016, Salmon River High School held its annual Academic Awards Ceremony. This year there was a change in the format of the ceremony that seemed to delight many parents and students. The traditional ceremony that was usually held in the high school auditorium was changed to the cafeteria were a turkey dinner, with all the trimmings, was served to over 300 students, parents and family members. "The awards banquet was very well attended," reported...
AKWESASNE- Mrs. Loveday A. McDonald, 79, of 2125 River Road, Sugarbush Island, passed away unexpectedly Friday morning, June 3, 2016 at Cornwall Community hospital, where she was admitted on Thursday. Loveday was born August 1, 1936 in Oka, Quebec, daughter of the late Paul and Mary Jacobs Gabriel. She attended school in Oka. Loveday married Daniel M. McDonald on February 23, 1957 in Oka with Rev. Michael Mitchell officiating. He predeceased her on April 29, 2014. Loveday was a housekeeper for t...
Ida Mae (Jacobs) Thomas died peacefully in her sleep on June 1, 2016 at the Cornwall Community Hospital after a 23 year battle with cancer. Ida, or as her family and dearest friends called her, Hub, was born December 23, 1937 at home to Mitchell and Elizabeth (Cook) Jacobs. She attended St. Regis Mohawk School and Massena schools before graduating from Haskell Indian Day School in Lawrence, Kansas. Hub married Ronald Thomas on August 31, 1957 at the St. Regis Catholic Church and was a homemaker...
AKWESASNE – Mr. James David White, 82, of 37 St. Regis Road, peacefully and unexpectedly passed away Monday morning June 6, 2016 at his home. James was born June 18, 1933 in Hogansburg, the son of the late Jack and Elizabeth Jacobs White and attended Mohawk schools. As a young man, he worked in local lumber camps. He later went to work as a demolition laborer in Syracuse and worked locally in the construction of the Seaway. James was a laborer for the 1000 Islands Parks, working in many state p...
Here I stand the first year at your grave, Still trying to accept the decision the Creator made, I drive myself crazy for a hint or a clue, Of why at thirty he had to take you. I would have made the choice, If I'd been giving one, Today someone will die; either you or my daughter I would have stood tall and cried "Creator let it be me!" But obviously Creator doesn't work that way For whatever reason he wanted you that day And now here I stand with tears in my eyes Every day this year, I can't...
As most of you that didn’t know, Everett Lazore (Big E) took a mild heart attack the day before Easter. He was hospitalized for almost three weeks at the Cornwall Community Hospital. Doctors there had sent him for testing at the Ottawa Heart Instutute were an angiogram was performed. The angiogram had shown that Everett had two coronary artery blockages, one was at a 70% blockage and the second was at a 98% blockage. While there at the Ottawa Heart Institute the Doctors decided to do an angioplasty procedure right away where Everett had one s...
Greetings/ She:kon Friends of the St. Lawrence River, This summer we are tackling a series of 5 In-River and Shoreline Clean-ups on the St. Lawrence River at Cornwall. Planning for the Great St. Lawrence River Cleanup 2016 is underway and we need your help to take back the Great River. Over the past months the general public as well as the Upper St. Lawrence River Protection Network (an association of 20+ River related organizations and individuals) have noticed that our beautiful River is being damaged because of debris being discarded into...
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe held their annual elections on Saturday, June 4, 2016 from 9am to 5pm in the lobby of the Tribal community building. Beverly Cook, the incumbent Tribal Chief won with 430 votes, followed by Donald Thompson Jr. with 246 votes and Ruth Herne Bell with 236 votes. There were several write-ins; Matt Rourke, Terry Garrow, Nash Sunday and Matthew C. Philips each receiving one vote. 6 votes were considered VOID. For the office of Sub-Chief, Shelly Jacobs won with 476 votes,...
Akwesasne Exhibit at the St. Lawrence Power Development Visitor Centre 2500B Second St. West, Cornwall Open now until September 23, 2016 Hosted by the Native North American Travelling College and Ontario Power Generation...
Ranenrihiostha going for a splash. Last weekend was the community wide garage sale and while the adults were clearing out their kids' closets, those kids took to the Snye Channel to take a break from the high 80's temperatures. Photo: Derrick Lafrance....
The family of Ashley Ann Gray would like to express our deepest gratitude to the Akwesasne Community for their outpouring of condolences and support. A very big thank you to all who donated food and monetary donations. Our family is humbled and appreciative to the MCA, Tribe, Snye Recreation, the Brass Horse, Tackle Box Marina, Spinners Pizzeria, the prayer group, Donaldson Funeral Home, ACS Pool League and Women’s and Men’s Pool League from Akwesasne, and to my Aunties and Uncles, brothers and sisters. Forgive us if we missed anyone. Sin...
We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all family & friends who attended the 80th birthday party for Mitch Sunday at the Snye Recreation. The turnout was nothing short of amazing. Thanks to Angie who pushed me into having this party, our children & Angie who sure helped in more ways than one to make this a success. Big thanks to the cleanup crew, you people are great! Love to all, Liz, Mitch, Vaughn, Faron, Janelle, Dean & Jodi...
Third Place float in the parade went to the tribute to Charlie Lazore. Indian Time apologizes for the error in last week's issue....
Submitted by Lynda Brown Nia:wen to some special helpers for the Tsi Snaihne School's Mini-Stick Lacrosse Tournament on May 27th. Organizers: Mr. O'Connell and Aaron Jock Scorekeepers: Tia Terrance and Iohseriio Tabor Photographers: Kakwitene Thompson and Mr. Bonaparte Jr. B Indians: (who were honorary refs & players)Ty Ty Thompson, Kason Tarbell, Dave Terrance, Ky Tarbell, Keegan Thomas, Tyler Brown Everyone had a good time playing and watching the tournament. Congratulations to the following...
Submitted by Sheila Lafrance Iohahi:io is pleased to announce their most recent graduates attended the Convocation Ceremony at St. Lawrence College on Friday, June 3, 2016, and received their college diplomas and certificates. Congratulations on your outstanding achievement and wishing you all the best in the wonderful career you have chosen....
Last week several local students who are looking for a future in carpentry took their first big step as they completed a one year program at Iohahi:io Adult Ed. Their achievements were recognized in a ceremony last week at the Snye facility. But the speakers not only recognized their hard work but also the dedication of their families to making sure they made it to class everyday – from the babysitters to the bus drivers. Several local organizations played a part in the success like the M...
Mohawk Lesson...
Submitted by NNATC Wesakaychak was a harmful person who had the power to change into any form to accomplish his use. To prove his intelligence, he often found himself in trouble. His main purpose was to set things right in the world, but he did things to fulfill his satisfaction. Wesakaychak called everyone his brother and sister and was able to communicate with the plants and animals. He never found one place to call home because he was always travelling around the world. Wesakaychak was...
The MCA Environmental Health Officer would like to remind and warn the Akwesasne community about the hot weather conditions that may impact community health. Individuals suffer heat-related illnesses when their body temperature quickly rises and they are unable to cool themselves. The risk of heat-related illness increases with the amount of time spent in the heat, the temperature and an individual’s sensitivity to heat. Although an increase in the number of hot days is dangerous, it is the combination of heat during the daytime and n...
By Shelly Palmer | May 21, 2016 I love Alexa, the Natural Language Processing (NLP) system in my Amazon Echo. She wakes me up every morning, she knows my schedule, she can control many of my z-wave and Zigbee compatible devices (switches, outlets, etc.), she can tell me the temperature and weather forecast, she can play any piece of music available on Amazon Prime, she can play me an “A” (via a skill called The Pianist), and she’s the perfect oven timer. I love her so much (and, as we shall discuss, “love” is an interesting way to describe...
