Articles from the June 16, 2011 edition
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Tewatero:rok highlights youth native film efforts
The 6th Annual Native Student Film Festival was held this past Monday morning, which was well attended by Akwesasne community members and students....
Major police operation targets drugs in Kanehsatake
Reports have been circulating of 500 police officers from three different agencies taking part in a major police operation coordinated between Kanehsatake, Akwesasne, Oka, Montreal and the North...
Original medicine games played in Akwesasne
At the end of May, Akwesasne hosted a delegation of Choctaw traveling from Mississippi for a cultural exchange of each nation’s medicine games. 51 people from the Choctaw territory traveled by bus, s...
Akwesasne Toastmasters hosts open house Celebrating first anniversary
Public speaking has often been reported to be among the top ten fears around the world, in many cases being ranked higher than the fear of death....
Andrew L. (Andy) Bero
Andrew (Andy) L. Bero, age 64, of 41 Seymour Road and Hilltop Drive in Akwesasne, was born in Frogtown on August 8, 1946, the fourth of eight children...
Howard S. Porter
AKWESASNE - Mr. Howard S. Porter, age 83, of 1520 State Route 37 and 1993 4th Line Road, Ohsweken, Ontario, passed away on Monday evening, June 13,...
‘Skanewati’ Dave King
A wake for ‘Skanewati’ Dave King will start at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 17th at the Homemakers in Snye. A Memorial Service will start at 10 a.m. on...
Niawen
Niawen Kowa, The Akwesasne Jr. A Indians would like to thank the following sponsors for making our lst Annual Jr. A Indians Golf Tournament a success. The tournament was held on Saturday June 11th at...
Letter to the editor
Letter to the Editor: The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe has recently issued statements concerning opposition to non-tribal gaming economic development taking place in the Akwesasne Kanienkehaka Territory....
Letter to the editor
Letter to the Editor: She:kon, the Kanien’keha:ka Onkwehonwe Gaming Commission (KOGC) is the traditional regulatory authority of the Kanien’keha:ka Kaianerehkowa Kanonhsesne – People of the Way of th...
Letter to the editor
Letter to the Editor: New York School law reads: According to the Commissioner of Education, the unauthorized release of a student involves serious issues of health and safety. It may constitute...
Seneca Nation Wins Stay in Tobacco Tax Case
The Seneca Nation of Indians, acting on an adverse court decision Wednesday on a state law that attempts to tax tobacco wholesalers’ transactions with Indian retailers, won a stay in the Appellate D...
May students of the month
On Tuesday, June 14th, the May students of the month enjoyed a pizza party with the principal in the school library. A student of the month is...
SRCS inducts new members into NJHS
On June 9, twenty-one new members were inducted into Salmon River Central’s National Junior Honor Society. This organization has been in place for t...
Memorial Day Parade Winners
Best Overall Float-Charles Lazore Memorial Best Marchers-T.R. Leger School Best Commercial Float-Twinleaf-Kerry Terrance who donated their $125.00 winnings to the American Legion Best Float-Akwesasne...
Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Gears Up for Ironworkers Festival
The Akwesasne Mohawk Casino is set to host its 9th Annual Ironworkers Festival on July 23, 2011. Native American steelworkers from across the U.S. and Canada will be participating in the special...
Volunteer Opportunity at Community Garden
If you are interested in volunteering your time or plants to the community garden at the St. Regis Parish, please contact Agnes (Sweets) Jacobs or...
Do You Know... Methadone
Street names: juice, meth (also used to refer to methamphetamines) What is it? Methadone belongs to the opioid family of drugs. It is used most commonly to treat addiction to other opioid drugs such...
Tsitsiahserón:ni Prepare Fish!
Kitsiahserón:nis I am preparing fish Tsitsiahserón:ni Prepare fish! Kihskien’tótsions I am deboneing Tsihskien’tótsi Debone it! Kitsténhtha I am removing scales Tsítstenht Scale it! Kihnahrá:...
GOING GREEN IS EASY
11 Tips to go green simple ideas is to cut down on waste, reusing energy, and centering yourself towards efficiency. The list below shows ways you can help the earth by minimizing wasted energy. It ha...
Haudenosaunee News
• The Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on the repatriation process held a meeting on Monday, June 13 to prepare for the NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) Regional C...
Protecting the Earth for the next seven generations
We are not the owners of the soil or the Earth, but we are dependent upon the Earth for our survival. It is our responsibility for its protection so that successive generations of our People and the o...
The Waters From ‘Words that Come Before All Else’ Environmental Philosophies of the Haudenosaunee, Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force
It is another that our Creator made the rivers and the streams and the rains and the oceans. And in the beginning of time, beyond the memory of you and I, our Creator spoke to the rivers and our...
Blast from the Past
Circa 1960’s Akwesasne 4-H Club The 4-H Club ran for many years and included many young people of Akwesasne. Tom and Helen Laughing used their t...
Consumer Corner
Together we have learned about barbeque sauces for your grilling purposes as well as the best and healthiest brown hot dogs to buy. Some readers could say “the cart before the horse”, because thi...
