A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Reprinted with permission from Survival International November 2, 2019. An indigenous Amazon Guardian has been shot dead by loggers and another wounded after they were ambushed by loggers. Paulo Paulino Guajajara, known also as Kwahu Tenetehar, was shot in the neck and died in the forest. His colleague, Tainaky Tenetehar, was shot in the back and arm but escaped. The Amazon Guardians have been patrolling their territory in the eastern Amazon, which has been heavily invaded by loggers, for...
Acclaimed actor and Oscar winner, Wes Studi earned a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 19th Annual Native American Music Awards held at the Seneca Niagara Casino on November 3, 2019. Wes Studi received an Oscar "on October 27, 2019 to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences." The Honorary Award is not called a lifetime achievement award by the Academy, but it is often given for a life's work in film....
By Kaniehtonkie For the past 100 years, the United States government has used the month of November to recognize Native American heritage in some form or another. And given the mass atrocities they subjected upon Native peoples for centuries, it seems it’s the least they can do. On October 31, 2019 the Trump Administration declared November as “National American History and Founders Month,” which is ostensibly a celebration of the country’s “dedication to promoting liberty and justice.” In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint res...
The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) condemned the attack on Turtle Island News, an Indigenous paper at Six Nations Territory located in Southern Ontario in a press release on November 4th. The release stated, "According to a report published in the paper, a person or persons doused the office building with gasoline early in the morning on Oct. 28. Six Nations Fire Chief, Matthew Miller, is calling it a targeted attack. Firefighters responded swiftly and the paper is still operating."...
By Mahlon Smoke For the past few years, the Travelling College has been holding a Harvest Festival that celebrates the changing seasons as well as teaching the community about various traditional activities. Making a fire and preparations, making your own cornhusk doll, corn washing, and storytelling by Dave Fadden were some activities held at this year's Harvest Fest on Sunday, November 3, 2019. This year the college also held a Jigging Contest with music provided by Crosswinds band and on the...
Review by Kim Lawrence, Snowplow Records (Abridged) Award winning singer/songwriter Atsiaktonkie is on the Rise again with a new album in the works as well as a new incarnation of his band, December Wind. At a recent show Atsiaktonkie and his crew rocked the Edwards Opera House with a mix of the band's earlier rock songs as well as a peek into what is to come. The audience loved it all. Old friends came out to hear the band and new friends were made...and with a surprise debut, a pint-sized...
By Mahlon Smoke The Onkwehonwe Midwives Collective held a special seminar with Rhonda Lee Grantham as their speaker on the importance of knowing the special properties of roots. From ginger to nettles to even the important properties of Bone Broth, Grantham shared her 25 years' worth of knowledge of different teas, broths, and the healing properties that the modern day may have forgotten. To the willing learners, she asked what this time of year, autumn, means to them. Each person had a...
Niawenko:wa sewakwe:kon from the Akwesasne Justice Department! With everyone's contributions leading up to the pet wellness clinic, held October 22-25, we were able to provide 105 spay/neuter surgeries for dogs and cats in the area, and 120 pet wellness checks - an overall total of 225 healthy dogs and cats in Akwesasne!...
On Sat. Nov. 9, you’ll have an opportunity to learn the ins and outs of home garden and small scale berry production, when Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Franklin County and Bonesteel’s Gardening Center, in North Bangor, welcome retired CCE Regional Horticulture Specialist Amy Ivy, for a morning of relaxed, informal learning and casual, lively discussion. This is an exceptional opportunity to ask questions and share experiences about varieties, fruit quality, cultural practices (site selection, establishment, maintenance), pest man...
(November 1, 2019) The Cornwall Police Service is scheduled for a site-based assessment as part of a program to achieve Basic Law Enforcement Accreditation by verifying it meets International law enforcement policing Standards. Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA®), the accreditation program requires agencies to comply with the gold Standards in public safety. The Cornwall Police Service voluntarily participates in this process by complying with 189 standards established by the commission...
By Derrick Lafrance Halloween 2019 was no sooner in the books when the Tsi Snaihne Recreation Center turned into Christmas. This weekend their 15th annual Christmas Enchantment will be held. Trees were donated by community members and organizations and they will be up for raffle. The community will be able to view the trees this weekend but today and Friday the elders and school kids get a chance to see the beautiful arrangements. The kids will be given a snack after they walk through the...
DISTRICT MEETINGS: • Tsi Snaihne - Kentenhkó:wa/November 12 @ Iohahi:io (6 PM) • Kawehno:ke - Kentenhkó:wa/November 18 @ Kawehno:ke Recreation Centre (6 PM) • Kana:takon - Kentenhkó:wa/November 18 @ St. Regis Recreation Center (6 PM) GENERAL MEETING: • Kawehno:ke | Kentenhkó:wa/November 16 @ Kawehno:ke Recreation Centre (6 PM) For more information, please contact Mohawk Government at 613-575-2348....
Reprinted with permission from Traditional Teachings by the Native North American Travelling College …continued from last week THE ARTICLES OF KAWIRIIO The Duties of Married Couples NOW WE WILL TELL YOU AND YOUR RELATIONS OF ANOTHER MATTER WHICH IS ALMOST THE SAME. Young married couples will have many great decisions to make during their lifetime concerning their marriage. Now the messenger will tell you that the mother should not interfere with the marriage of her daughter. This couple is living very happily and content until one day the m...
Thank you to all who participated in the contest!...
1. Onkwanèn:ra - Our group 2. Kanien’kéha iakwatoweiénstha - We are studying Mohawk language 3. Wa’akwatehnhohahserón:ni - We did decorate our door 4. Kí:ken tsi niiontkonwarò:roks nikahá:wi - Here at this time someone covers her face 5. Kwáh ó:ni é:so wa’akwawennatshenrión:ko - Also we really found a lot of words 6. Tánon wa’akwarahstánion - And we drew 7. Kenténha - October 8. Áhsen niwáhsen énska shískare - 31st date 9. Otskwa’rhéhne - Frogtown 10. Tsi nón:we - Where 11. Kanien’kéha iakwatoweiénstha - We study Mohawk language 12. Né:’e t...
November 6, 2019 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Jennifer Bosley reminds producers to review available USDA crop risk protection options such as the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP). NAP covers losses from natural disasters on crops for which no permanent federal crop insurance program is available, including forage and grazing crops, fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, floriculture, ornamental nursery, aquaculture, turf grass, ginseng, honey, maple sap, bioenergy and i...
By Derrick Lafrance There was an opportunity at Generations Park for young ones to go trick or treating before the big day and it was a good thing some of them took advantage of it. Halloween night was cold and rainy and very miserable for little ones to go door to door. So, on a nice fall day on Wednesday, October 30th they had their fun. A Trick or Treat day was held around the Tewatahita Walking Trail and departments from Mohawk Council of Akwesasne and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe got their...
By Mahlon Smoke Making a smoke dancing outfit is no easy task, it takes a lot of practice and a lot of patience to make a beautiful yet unique design for a smoke dancer. The Akwesasne Museum held classes dedicated to teaching anyone who wished to learn and make their own outfit. This class was dedicated to the hairpiece for a smoke dancer. On October 28th and 29th classes on how to make a beautiful hairpiece for a smoke dancer were taught by Rosebud Cook. The first class was about bundling the...
Massena Memorial Hospital encourages employees and community members to donate blood at the next drive on November 13, 2019. This blood drive will be held in the Community Education Room on the Lower Level of the hospital from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh is Massena Memorial Hospital’s donor center, which means blood collected at MMH stays close to home. For more info: (315)769-4262....
By Andy Gardner The Massena Memorial Hospital referendum has passed by a wide margin, 1,963 yes votes to 174 nays. Meanwhile, Republicans have taken over two seats on the Town Council. Republicans Bob Elsner and Sue Bellor are ahead in unofficial results that do not include absentee or affidavit ballots. They have respective vote totals of 1,332 and 1,073. They lead Democrats Melanie Cunningham, an incumbent, and Loren Fountaine, a newcomer. They have 908 and 889 votes, respectively. The MMH referendum passing means the town will transfer its a...
imagineNATIVE is proud to announce the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is now a Qualifying Festival for the Best Live Action Short category for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. imagineNATIVE is the first and only Indigenous film festival in the world that is Academy Award qualifying and is one of the few qualifying festivals in Canada. This announcement means the winner of imagineNATIVE’s annual Cynthia Lickers-Sage Award for Best Short Work, the Festival’s prize for short narrative works, will be eligible to sub...
AKWESASNE. In accordance with the Tribal Procedures Act ratified by tribal voters in a community referendum held on Ohiarí:ha/June 1, 2013; the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe is continuing to provide financial accountability to membership in the development and adoption of the organization’s Annual Tribal Budget. The Tribe will be convening a public meeting at Ionkwakiohkwaróron on Kentenhkó:wa/November 14, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. to present and explain the Draft 2020 Annual Tribal Budget. Beginning this week, tribal members are able to request a copy...
This event is our way to help raise funds for her weekly travel expenses to Syracuse and Boston where she receives her treatment while she battles her Host versus Graft disease. Friday, November 8, 2019 American Legion Mohawk Auction will begin at 12 noon on Friday and run until Friday evening. Dance with our local band Crosswinds to begin at 8:00pm. Basket donations can be dropped off at Roadblock Billy’s, 580 St. Rt. 37....
November 10, 2019 7am weigh in. Dinner included in entrance fee. Call 613 575 1096 for more info....
Submitted by Lynda Brown...
