Articles from the August 5, 2021 edition
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Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club Main Clubhouse Closed Due to Positive Cases
15. AKWESASNE. The Akwesasne Boys & Girls Club (ABGC) received notification from public health officials of three (3) positive COVID-19 cases at its main unit in Rooseveltown, New York. To...
Some Highlights from the Red Road to D.C.
By Jason Mark. Photos by Wingspan Media. Reprinted with permission from Sierra Club. Washington, DC. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland took time from...
Jillian Weir, with roots in Tyendinaga, doesn't qualify for hammer throw final round
Jillian Weir, a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte – Tyendinaga – competed in the 2020 Olympic Women's Hammer Throw event. Jillian com...
Sipekne'katik Concludes Search at Former Residential School Site
Sipekne’katik, FN – Dr. Jonathan Fowler, Roger Lewis, and their survey team have scanned broad sections of the area at and surrounding the former Shubenacadie Residential School site and have not det...
William "Bill Henry" Reidy, III
William "Bill Henry" Reidy, III aged 51, of Akwesasne, and Arkansas, died of the COVID virus on August 1, 2021 in Clarksville, Arkansas. He was born... Full story
Thank You Letter
On behalf of my family, I would like to thank all the people involved for the sendoff for my son James “Jimmy” Schultz. My mom Sandra Lazore, my surviving children Brandon Bigtree, Christopher Sch...
The 31st International First Peoples' Festival offers a selection of new films
Montreal, August 2nd, 2021. From August 3 to 11, resistance and resilience, the work of memory and the updating of belonging, the cinema shows the...
"Beans" premiers at Port Theater, Cornwall, ON
Beans, starring Akwesasronon Kiawentiio, premiered at the Port Theater on Friday, July 30 at 7pm. Kiawentiio, along with a number of family members...
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Special Election 'Unofficial Results'
On Saturday, the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe released their unofficial results of the SRMT Special Election. With a final count of 493 votes for Ron...
Public Health and Health Center to Provide COVID Vaccine at the Franklin County Fair
Franklin County Public Health and Community Health Center of the North Country will team up to provide free first dose COVID vaccinations to those 12 and older at the Franklin County Fair from...
Morris 'Onagottay' Blanchard – celebrated artist says he's Indigenous & a Sixties Scoop survivor
According to Blanchard's family and members of eleven First Nations and other close acquaintances, Morris 'Onagottay' Blanchard is not who he says he...
Where the CDC recommends masking up
The CDC recommended Tuesday that fully vaccinated Americans start wearing masks indoors again in places with high Covid-19 transmission rates. The cou...
TRADITIONAL NATIVE CORN & FOOD
From Kakhwakon Cookbook Recipes, sponsored by Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation Reprinted from Indian Time Vol. 27 #21-2009 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CORN Ancient corn was began by Native Americans who...
Tsi Ní:ioht Enkató:ri Ne Kà:sere-2
8. Skennén:'a katóries I am slowing down (driving slowly) 27. Ietékta's tsi iohahserén:ton I am stopping at light 28. Khahseró:tha ne tewani'tonkwar...
Memo to Biden administration: Less talk, more action
By Kolby Kickingwoman. Reprinted with permission from Indian County Today. The climate change crisis and missing and murdered Indigenous epidemic are inextricably linked, with added negative impact...
Tribe's EOC Reports 3 New COVID-19 Cases, 13 Quarantined
15. AKWESASNE. The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's Emergency Operations Center, in coordination with Health Services, is reporting a spike in...
Kahnawake Project Enters Key Phase
The Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) started harvesting aquatic plants in the bay this week, as it prepares to begin the dredging proces...
Two Arrested for Mischief in Kana:takon
On July 26, 2021, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police received information of two individuals spray painting walls at the Water Treatment Facility located in...
South Stormont Donates 100-Acre Wetland to RRCA
The Township of South Stormont and the Raisin Region Conservation Authority (RRCA) are pleased to announce that over 100 acres of wetland and forest,...
Harvest and Enjoy Mint from the Garden
by Melinda Myers Add a bit of cool flavor to your beverages, meals and desserts this summer with homegrown mint. Try using peppermint leaves in fruit...
Extreme Heat Waves in a Warming World Don't Just Break Records – They Shatter Them
By Scott Denning. Summer isn't even half over, and we've seen heat waves in the Pacific Northwest and Canada with temperatures that would be hot for D...
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Paul Hetzler With their marvelous interpretive-dance routines, complex social life, and delicious honey, honeybees are widely respected, but they’re anything but sweet to wild pollinators. In fact, a...
Early color changes in North Country bad sign for trees
By PAUL HETZLER If the trees held a race to see which ones would be the first to have their leaves turn color, the winners would be losers. Premature leaf color change is a reliable indicator of...
Pfizer Vaccine Immunity Timeline for 2021-2022 School Year
AKWESASNE — The Saint Regis Mohawk Health Services is reminding parents that the date to have your eligible school-aged child fully vaccinated for the upcoming school year is quickly approaching. S...
