Articles from the August 26, 2010 edition
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Boat crash victim identified
Submitted by AMPS Akwesasne-The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service have released the identity of a deceased man who was killed in a violent boat wreck as Charles Cole Jr. age 20 of Akwesasne. A post...
Athletes compete in Hogansburg Duathlon
By Shannon Burns More than 30 athletes ranging from children to seniors competed in the Hogansburg Duathlon Friday evening and stopped traffic as...
By Tribal leaders meet on cig tax issue
Indian leaders and representatives from around the state met in Rochester last week and again this week to discuss New York State’s plan to enforce tax collection on tobacco sales at on-reservation s...
Bikers and Brass Horse unite to support cancer research
Motorcyclists from around the North Country showcased their bikes and had a chance at cash prizes Saturday at the Brass Horse Lounge’s Bikers vs. Canc...
Eagle Watch expands to Onondaga
The Akwesasne Eagle Watch took their caravan and anti-Oxycontin posters to the Onondaga Nation this past weekend to help their fellow Haudenosaunee community combat drugs and violence like they’ve bee...
Charles Robert “C.J.” Cole SOHTOKWEN
Charles Robert Cole Jr. “C.J.” of Raquette Point Rd. Akwesasne; age 21 years, passed away on Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Loving companion of Lau...
Priscilla C. Martin
CORNWALL ISLAND – Mrs. Priscilla C. Martin, “Skonwaie:ron”, age 77, of 36 Phillip Hopps Road, passed away Thursday evening, August 19, 2010, at the O...
Charlotte B. Thompson
MASSENA – Ms. Charlotte B. Thompson, 97, a resident of the Highland Nursing Home, passed away on Friday evening, August 20, 2010 at the nursing home. She was born April 26, 1913 in Massena, the d...
In Memory Stella Garrow Hamelin & Lucien Hamelin
In Memory Stella Garrow Hamelin & Lucien Hamelin July 19th and Aug. 20 (2004) Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us each and every day. U...
Niawen
The brothers and sisters of Richard “Ricky” Herne would like to express their sincere appreciation for all the expressions of sympathy shown to the...
New York Tobacco Taxes Compel Iroquois to Meet But What About the Land?
On August 18 delegates from the Haudenosaunee and other Iroquois entities met in Rochester to discuss how to respond to New York’s plan to impose taxes on tobacco sales to non-Natives even if such t...
Cornwall Regional Task Force Seizures
(CORNWALL, ONTARIO) – The Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF) made or assisted in contraband tobacco seizures in the following regions between A...
ABGC takes cultural trip to Maine
Submitted by N. Skidders On August 5th the Akwesasne Boys and Girls Club brought the New Generation singing group out to Maine to meet the Penobscot...
A’nowara’ko:wa Arena celebrates 15 years
The A’nowara’ko:wa Arena has been the community’s only sports arena since 1995 and many athletes have walked through the doors as have spectators. In...
The Akwesasne Wolf Belt and the Great Peace of 1760
“We will live together or die together. We promise this as long as water runs, skies do shine, and night brings rest.” The Akwesasne Wolf Belt, whi...
Young entrepreneurs selling lemonade
Four young entrepreneurs, jumping up and down waving their ‘Lemonade for Sale’ sign, caught my attention on Johnson Road in Kana:takon on August 18....
Ahkwesahsne girl attends vacation bible camp
The weather added a nice warm touch for the Catholic Vacation Bible Camp week held daily from 9am to 12noon at Blessed Sacrament, Cornwall. Spending...
Salmon River Title VII Summer Culture Program
Submitted by Katsitsionni The Title VII Program at Salmon River Central School sponsored the 7th Annual Akwesasne Mohawk Summer Cultural Program. The...
Seaway Dredging to Commence September 1st
Boaters Advised to Use Caution Akwesasne Territory -- The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is planning to commence a small maintenance-dredging project on or about September 1, 2010. In...
Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs Statement on Oxycontin
If you look to the ways of the Haudenosaunee, there is nothing in our teachings that would promote the use of mind changers. Throughout history, our people had to deal with mind changers ever since...
Part 2 Kana’tarokhón:we
12. Ó:nen enwá:ton eniethe’serón:ni. Now she can make flour 58. Ohén:ton ne rakhsótha shahaní:non ne kathe’serón:nis Before my grandfather bought the flour grinder 59. Ahsí:sa shes róntstha ts...
Haudenosaunee Confederacy News
•• The Haudenosaunee Peace and Trade held a meeting on Monday, August 23, 2010 at the Onondaga Nation cookhouse. In attendance were the Mohawk (Howard Thompson), Onondaga (Sid Hill, Oren Lyons and...
What is a “Treaty”?
Continued from last week A report of the Lords of Trade was read in Council at the Court of St. James, November 23, 1761. It states: That it is as unnecessary as it would be tedious to enter into a...
The Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794
A significant part of the history and culture of the Haudenosaunee and Indians of the United States is the treaty. In last week’s cultural corner you learned just what is a Treaty. An important t...
Mosquitoes…or TERMINATOR Mosquitoes
This past week end while having a family gathering it started to rain on us. Soon after the rain these giant mosquitoes arrived on scene to eat us...
