A Voice from the Eastern Door
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Thursday, September 14, 2107, that they will begin evaluating Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) in an operational environment this month as part of a pilot program. Testing will take place in three USBP sectors beginning with Tucson followed by Rio Grande Valley and Swanton later this year. The Swanton Sector includes, in Vermont: Clinton and Essex counties; in New York State: Franklin, St. Lawrence and Herkimer counties; and in New...
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) announced a series of new and continuing Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program Grants awarded to organizations around the district working to prevent substance abuse and promote recovery. These grants are administered by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The DFC Grant Program was created under the Drug Free Communities Act of 1997. “Substance abuse touches our communities, our scho...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced recently the Tupper Lake museum was successful in its grant application for $245,161 for a Museums for America Grant for its Two Row Project. The Wild Center will partner with the Six Nations Indian Museum, the Akwesasne Cultural Center, the Indigenous Education Institute, and the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry for this three-year project. The Two Row project will bring several Native Ame...
Submitted by Emmy Mitchell With the heat wave we are having in Akwesasne and with the help, support and generosity of our community and those around us, the Ahkwesahsne Homemakers were able to raise the temperature again! We are now at $20,000.00 toward our goal of $75,000.00 for the "Parking Lot Paving Project". Niawenko:wa / Thank you everyone for your tremendous support. The Ahkwesahsne Homemakers send you our gratitude and appreciation, because without you, we would not be where we are at to...
September 20, 2017. Karla General (Akwesasne), Attorney at the Indian Law Resource Centre, along with Dalí Anger, Coordinator of Red de Jovenes Indigenes de America Latina, were panelists on the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. The UN's annual half-day discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples under the theme "Tenth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples." The moderator of the discussion was Albert...
The 2017 Nations Cup host committee wishes to thank everyone who helped out in making the tournament such a successful event. The four days of lacrosse was enjoyed by many local enthusiasts as well as visitors from other communities who watched eight teams compete for a chance to claim the championship. Thank you to 97.3 CKON for your generous sponsorship and support; the community as well as local sports teams and athletes appreciate the efforts put forth by our live and local radio station. Niawen:kowa to the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino...
To All of our Sponsors and Fans, The Akwesasne Jr. B Indians would like to thank all of our sponsors and fans for their ongoing support that we have received over this past season and previous seasons. Without your support, we could not continue to operate. We would like to thank the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, the Dreamcatcher Fund and all of the businesses that sponsored a jersey for the players. Although we fell short of our goal of winning the Founders Cup, we did our community proud by making it to the...
September 25, 2017. Today I was able to speak to the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne about the residential school issue, a terrible chapter in Canadian history, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cited in his speech to the UN last week and for that I give him credit. Those of us who are still living, the survivors of that experience, want to make a gift to the Mohawk people, the young people now in school and to all Canadians. We are proposing to use a part of the funds set aside by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to construct on Mohawk territory a...
SUNY Potsdam’s Crane Symphony Orchestra will take the stage for their first performance of the academic year on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Helen M. Hosmer Hall. The orchestra will be conducted by Associate Professor and Director of Orchestras, Ching-Chun Lai. The concert will open with Christopher Theofanidis’ “Rainbow Body,” followed by Carl Maria von Weber’s “Concerto for Bassoon,” with a solo performed by Matthew Boice, the 2017 winner of the Student Concerto Competition. The performance will conclude with Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s...
By Kaniehtonkie At the United Nations on Thursday, September 21, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed Canada’s efforts to address what he called a domestic “shame” and the treatment of Indigenous peoples. Using the world platform at the UN General Assembly, he spoke almost entirely about the challenges Indigenous people face, in historical and in contemporary times, and his governments efforts at change and reconciliation. He admittedly stated Canada is a country, “that came into being without the meaningful participation of those w...
Sunday, September 24, 2017 - Kenny Arquette, Stephanie Ransom and Alan (Chico) Arquette are standing below the North Country Heritage Award given to their father Henry Arquette by the Traditional Arts in Upstate New York (TAUNY). Henry was also honored in Washington, D.C. with the National Heritage Award for his basket making skills. Other traditional arts awards included the Akwesasne Basket Makers, Cecilia Mitchell, Tom Porter, Ray Fadden, Bill Loran, along with the Akwesasne Women Singers...
Fri. Sept. 29th Dr. Horn Booked follow-ups 9:00-11:30 Mon. Oct. 2nd Dr. Forson 9:00-11:30-walk-in Dr. Horn 9:00-11:30-walk-in Tues. Oct. 3rd Dr. Forson 9:00-11:30-walk-in Dr. Horn 9:00-11:30-walk-in Wed. Oct. 4th Dr. Forson 9:00-11:30-by appt. Dr. Horn Iakhihsohtha Well Women’s Clinic 9:15-2:30-by appt. Thurs. Oct. 5th Dr. Horn 9:00-11:30-walk-in Dr. Levac Referral/Follow-up Please note: Dr. Forson’s walk-in clinic has a 15 patient limit; Dr. Horn’s walk-in clinic has a 20 patient limit and Dr. Saylor’s walk-in clinic has a 12 patient limit....
Fri. Sept. 29th Janet Brant, NP Diabetes Clinic 8:30-11:30-by appt. 1:00-3:30-walk-in Mon. Oct. 2nd Janet Brant, NP 8:30-11:30-walk-in 1:00-3:30-by appt. Lannie Mitchell, NP 8:30-5:00-by appt. Tues. Oct. 3rd Lannie Mitchell, NP 8:30-5:00-same day appt. Wed. Oct. 4th Janet Brant, NP 8:30-11:30-walk-in 1:00-3:30-by appt. Lannie Mitchell, NP 10:30-3:00-by appt. 4:00-7:00-walk-in Thurs. Oct. 5th Janet Brant, NP 8:30-3:30-by appt. Lannie Mitchell, NP 8:30-5:00-follow-up by appt. Please note: Janet Brant, NP walk-in clinic has an 8 patient limit....
Students from the Ahkwesahsne Mohawk School kicked-off their Success For All reading program by touring the world. The school's 2017-2018 theme is "Oh The Places You Will Go, When You Read," which is an adaptation on the beloved Dr. Seuss book. As a part of the reading program each student at AMS is expected to read 20 minutes on school nights. By completing this goal the students will be reminded of all the places that they can visit, experience and explore through books. To demonstrate just so...
The Muskies lax team didn't do too good during the regular 3 Nations league. They recruited other local Junior and Senior players to form a top notch team and ran the gamut of the round robin segment, and continued to peak as a group, and breezed through the medal round to win the cup. Congratulations!...
Submitted by Jennifer Herne, LVT The Akwesasne Animal Society spent last week providing spay and neuter surgeries and wellness appointments to just over 200 animals from Akwesasne. A group effort that included Akwesasne Animal Society Director Jennifer Herne, LVT; Grand River Veterinary Hospital practice partner Dr. Tammy Hornak, DVM; Toronto Humane Society veterinarian Dr. Karen Ward, DVM and University of Guelph 4th year veterinary students. The event took place September 18-22, 2017, at the K...
Reprinted from Wampum Belts of the Iroquois by Tehanetorens This is the original belt delivered by the Lenni-Lenape (Delaware) Chiefs to William Penn at the celebrated peace treaty under the elm tree at Shackamaxon in 1682. The hand of William Penn is joined in friendship with the hand of the Indian, and the two smokes (councils) of the two peoples are joined together as one. William Penn at that time said these words to the Indians, "We meet on the broad pathway of good faith and good will. No...
Saturday, September 30, 2017 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Paul Smiths College VIC The Adirondack Rural Skills and Homesteading Festival celebrates the talents of a bygone era with a distinctly Adirondack flair. With featured exhibitions on logging, farming with draft horses and a demonstration of competitive lumberjack sports by the Paul Smith’s College Woodsmen’s Team, the festival also offers dozens of workshops that appeal to a wide range of interests such as canning, cider making, woodworking, renewable energy, cordwood construction, small...
Series from September 13 to October 18 Wednesdays 11:00am – 12:00noon Generations Park To register or for more information please feel free to contact Lorrie Caldwell at 613-575-2341 ext. 3239 or email [email protected]....
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The Origin Story of Orange Shirt Day Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) Residential School (1891-1981) Commemoration Project and Reunion events that took place in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, in May 2013. This project was the vision of Esketemc (Alkali Lake) Chief Fred Robbins, who is a former student himself. It brought together former students and their families from the Secwepemc, Tsilhqot’in, Southern Dakelh and St’at’imc Nations along with the Cariboo Regional District, the Mayors and municipalities, School Distr...
October 4th is a day where we honor the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). The violence experienced by Indigenous women and girls in Canada and the United States is a tragedy. We must take the time to give thanks to the families who are our reason for demanding continued action. The Sister In Spirit (SIS) initiative began in 2005 when they conducted ongoing research that gathered statistical information on violence against Aboriginal women. The SIS research proved...
Submitted by Lynda Brown Students and staff members at Tsi Snaihne School had a fun day on September 22nd enjoying all the wild and crazy hairstyles of students and staff members at school. School spirit is high at Tsi Snaihne School!...
Bailey is in her second year at the Hockey Training Institute in Toronto, which is similar to OHA in Cornwall. They play Jr. teams, NCAA division 1 and 3 teams, and prep schools in both USA and Canada. Friday night they played against Brooke at University of Maine, in which Maine won easily. But that's to be expected, playing against high school-aged kids. However, Bailey had an excellent game, and is now being watched by Maine as a potential scholarship candidate. She's pretty excited and...
(September 20, 2017) New York, NY -- Citing recent extreme weather event as further evidence of the urgent need for climate solutions, the U.S. Climate Alliance (USCA)--an effort among 14 states and Puerto Rico to reduce greenhouse gas emissions--released a report showing that member states are collectively on track to meet and possibly exceed their portion of the U.S. commitment under the Paris Agreement. Representing the USCA, Governors Brown (CA) Cuomo (NY), and Inslee (WA), were joined by former Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss how...
