A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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1. Akwáh ken'nihá:ti onkwehón:we Quite a few Native people 2. Enionkhinatahré:nahse They will visit us 3. Tonanawanda nithoné:non They came from Tonawanda 4. Onondaga nithoné:non They came from Onondaga 5. Tanon Tuscaora nithoné:non And they came from Tuscarora 6. Albany o:ni nontahón:ne People also came from Albany 7. Washington D.C. o:ni nontahón:ne People also came from Washington, DC 8. Ronterihwatsterístha ne Onhwentsia'kehkha They take care of the environment 9. Ohserón:...
History of the Clans Many thousands of years ago the population of the humans on the earth was very small. As years passed it increased considerably. Along with this increase many problems began to occur. Many new villages were created, and families grew further apart. There was a time when first cousins were considered like brother and sister, but now first cousins had become like strangers. The respect and love family members had for one another diminished, causing social problems in all the villages. With the larger population the number of...
1. Ki:ken onkiahiakseró:kten teioweienhnhara'ón:ne It was a busy weekend 2. É:so wahonten'nikonhró:ri There were many celebrations 3. Akhwátsire wa'thatí:ta'ne wa'onkenatahré:nahse My family stopped to visit me 4. Kanisténhsera akawenhnísera Mother's Day 5. Wa'akwakia'tarò:roke We gathered 6. Wa'kiathinonhwará:ton ne ka'nisténhsera We greeted the mothers 7. Karíhton wa'onkhikhónnion ne ohrhon'kè:ne The police cooked for us 8. Karíhton ò:ni wa'onkhikhwahéhrhahse The police serve us 9. Sahat...
The Great Game Continued from last week. By happy inspiration, one bird thought of the water drum that is used in social and ceremonial gatherings. Perhaps a piece of the drums leather could be taken from the drumhead, cut and shaped and attached to legs of one of the small creatures. It was sone and thus originated the bat. The ball was now tossed into the air, the bat was told to catch it. With his skill in dodging and circling he kept the ball constantly in motion, never allowing it to hit the ground. Through his impressive performance he...
The game of Lacrosse has been a mainstay among the Rotinonshonni. The first purpose of the game is spiritual. It is a medicine game to be played upon request of any individual, clan, nation or the Confederacy itself. Iroquois Lacrosse is a holistic process that binds communities and the nations of the Rotinonshonni together. This is the reason that we say it was a gift to our people from the Creator. Lacrosse is a “medicine” game because it promotes the health and strength of the Nation, ensuring a continuance of our tradition and an und...
Given the impending world crises in the areas of food and energy, a comprehensive strategy for survival will include a concept of liberation technologies which free people from dependency on economics which are controlled by external interests. Liberation technologies have political cousins, just as colonizing technologies have, and those political cousins need careful consideration. Liberation technologies are accompanied by liberation political structures and liberation theologies. Of these two entities, colonized peoples in the West would...
Continued from last week. Our Strategy for Survival The dialectical opposite of that process would be the rekindling on a planetary basis of locally based culture. Prior to the advent of colonialism, culture was defined as the way of life by which people survived within their own environment, and their own environment was defined as the area in which they lived. Thus, the process of survival involved the use of locally developed technologies which met the specific needs of the area. It was mentioned earlier that technologies have political...
1. Onerahtókha kaié:ri enhská:ra'ne 3:24 iotohétston nénkie tsi kanenhstá:ton ne Ahkwesáhshne On April 8, 2024 at 3:24 pm in Ahkwesáhshne 2. Tenkiaterahkwá:seren 2 orbs (sun and moon) will be on top of each other 3. Teiotonhontsiatasè:ton ne kiokiehnékha karáhkwa The earth goes around the sun 4. Teiorahkwatasehákie ne ahshonthenhnéhkha karáhkwa ne onhwén:tsia The moon goes around the earth 5. Enkarahkwa'hó:roke ne kiokiehnékha karáhkwa The sun will be hidden 6. Ne :'e tsi ne ahsonthenhnéhkha...
Our Strategy for Survival Continued from last week. The specter of regional famine, or even worldwide famines, cannot be interpreted as the simple product of a world of scarce resources overwhelmed by the needs of expanding human populations. The situation is not that simple. In the United States, for example, a simple program of energy conservation – insulation of dwellings, office and industrial buildings would cut back energy consumption by more than 25% in 10 years, and even given growth predictions in terms of populations and economy, the...
1. Tewarontahrá:raks ne wáhta okwire'shòn:'a nè:'e tsi wahón:nise shiwatákie tsi eh niionkwarihò:ten We tap maple trees because it is a traditional cultural practice 2. Wahón:nise, ionkhihsothokon'kénha í:iah tehotikhwaién:tahkwe shontahseróhetste, nè:'e ionkionhnhéhkwen Long ago, our ancestors had no food after a long winter 3. Iotohsera'tsha'nihtòn:ne tsi wahontóhetste ne onkwehón:we Our ancestors passed through an extremely severe winter 4. É:so niionkwè:take wahontonhkária'ke...
Continued from last week. Our strategy for survival: The invasion of the Western hemisphere by European powers was preceded by centuries of social development which had resulted in societies in which the interests of the few had effectively become national policies, and the interests of the many were without voice in national affairs. In order that we might formulate a strategy for survival in the modern world, it had been necessary that we look at the forces and processes which threaten survival, and to begin to understand the real...
1. Tsi kanakerahtsherakè:ron wa'titewatatawíhon Nations did trade 2. Kákhwa tánon kanénha wa'kiakwatawíhon We did trade food and seeds 3. Entewakwé:ni entewatátenonte We all are able to feed ourselves 4. Tsiahià:ksera iotohétston Last week 5. Entákta, Enniskó:wa kióhton wahská:ra'ne On Saturday, March 9th 6. Wa'akwatkenní:sa'a kanonhséshne We did meet at the longhouse 7. Ón:kwe ronatenèn:raien The Ón:kwe group 8. MCA Ionónhsonte Ata'karitéhtshera tánon Onhwentsia'kéhkha Shakotitsièn:tha Ronte...
Continued from last week. We, the Haudenosaunee, have clear choices about the future. One of the choices which we have faced is whether to become Westernized, or to remain true to the Way of Life our forefathers developed for us. We have stated our understanding of the history of the changes that have created the present conditions. We have chosen to remain Haudenosaunee, and within the context of our Way of Life, to set a course of liberation for ourselves and the future generations. Our liberation process is not one that is exclusive to us...
1. Kí:ken iohia'kseratákie kióhton iawén:re enhská:ra'ne entewatáhsawen ne kakwite :ne nikahá:wi This week, it will be spring again on March 19 2. Otsi'ten'okòn:'a enhshón:newe ne kén:'en The birds will return here 3. Otsi'ten'okòn:'a tontakón:ne The birds did come back 4. Otsi'ten'okòn:'a kontirennotákie onkwathón:te'ne I heard the birds singing 5. Okwira'kéhshon tsik nón:we ó:ni otsi'ten'okòn:'a kontirennó:ton Everywhere birds are singing in the trees 6. Terí:teri kontirennotákie Blueja...
Continued from last week. Although treaties may often have been bad deals for the Native nations, the United States and Canada chose not to honor those which exist because to do so would require the return of much of the economic base and sovereignty to the Haudenosaunee. The treaties contain the potential for independent survival of the Native people. The dishonoring of treaties is essential to the goal of the U.S. and Canadian vested interests which are organized to remove all obstacles to their exploitation of the Earth and her peoples. The...
Taonsakaté:ni ne átste It ought to change outside again Ensewenhniserésha’ne The days will get long again Ohrhonkéhrtsi á:re tontakarahkwíneken’ne The sun is up early in the morning again Sénha karì:wes á:re ienskaráhkwen’ne The sunset is later in the day again Ensewenhniserehsónhake The days will be long again Sénha karì:wes á:re tenkió:karahwe It will get dark later again Enwá:ton sénha karì:wes átste enwé:seke nó:nen entewaio’tenhserén:ta’ne tánon entewateweienstá:ko We can spend more time outside after work and school Nó:nen iorákote,...
Continued from last week. By pretending that the Haudenosaunee government no longer exists, both the U.S. and Britain illegally took Haudenosaunee territories by simply saying the territories belong to them. To this day, Canada, the former colony of England, has never made a treaty for the lands in the St. Lawrence River Valley. But the truth continues to remain and plagued officials yet today. The Haudenosaunee territories are not and have never been part of the U. S. or Canada. The citizens of the Haudenosaunee are a separate people,...
9 Ahkwesáhshne Akohserà:ke Wahonten'nikonhró:ri 2024 Ahkwesáhshne Winter Carnival 2. Khia'teiohserá:ke Every year 3. Iakhihsóhtha Our grandparents 4. Wahonterihwahténkia'te They put on the event 5. Wa'onkhiia'tohserón:ko We had a spa day 6. Wa'akoko'tsión:ni She fixed her hair 7. Wa'akoratsken'tón:ni She braided her hair 8. Wa'akokonhsahserón:ni She did her makeup 9. Wahshakotiia'tará:ko ne Ronontí:io tánon Iakonontí:io They selected the King and Queen 10. Wahonwaia'tar...
Policies of Oppression in the Name of “Democracy” Economic History of the Haudenosaunee Continued from last week. Throughout this period many other Native peoples had been moving into our territories to gain some respite from the colonial onslaught. Far to the South, in the colonized area known as the Carolinas, the Tuscarora were faced with imminent destruction. In their drive to gain some more land and economic advantage, English colonizers were using the same techniques which were being employed in the Northeast. In 1713 the dis...
1. Tekonnonhwará:tons Kanoronhkhwáhtshera Awenhnísera Happy Valentines Day! 2. Enníska Kaié:ri iawén:re shískare February 14th 3. Kanoronhkhwáhtshera nikawennò:tens Love words 4. Konnorónhkwa I love you 5. Rinorónhkwa I love him 6. Khenorónhkwa I love her 7. Khenorónhkwa ne akhwá:tsire I love them, my family 8. Akítshé:nen wakenorónhkwa My pet loves me 9. Katatenorónhkwa I love myself 10. Kwanorónhkhwa kwátere We love you, grandchild 11. Kenorónhkwahkwe I used to love it 12. Ón:wa wenhniser...
Policies of Oppression in the Name of “Democracy” Economic History of the Haudenosaunee Continued from last week. European Churches, especially in colonial practice, take on their feudal roles as economic institutions. Among natural world people, they are the most dangerous agents of destruction. They invariably seek to destroy the spiritual/economic bonds of the people to the forests, land, and animals. They spread both ideologies and technologies which make people slaves to the extractive system which defines colonialism. In 1704, the fir...
1. Okaristiiáhne, Enníska niwenni'tò:ten énska shískare, áhsen niwáhsen tsiá:ta nikahseriiè:take iotohétston ne tsiá:ta ohrhon'kè:ne On Thursday, February 1 at 7:37 am 2. Wa'kiaonhwentsíshonhkwe The earth did shake 3. Ahkwesáhshne, othore :ke nonkwá:ti Kanón:no tánon énkie e :neken nonkwá:ti ne Tsiaontarí:kon In Akwesasne, northern New York, and southwestern Quebec 4. Ronakiohkowá:nen wahónttoke Many people noticed it 5. Wahsáttoke kénh tsi wa'kiaonhwentsíshonhkwe? Did you notice the earthq...
Policies of Oppression in the Name of “Democracy” Continued from last week. Champlain, accompanied by his newly found business partners, marched into the center of Mohawk territory. This war party encountered about 200 Mohawks. The first volley of gunfire killed three men, and the second created such confusion that the Mohawks retreated, leaving twelve men who were taken captive. The period of warfare which follows this incident has come to be known as the “Beaver Wars.” The introduction of trade in beaver pelts inevitably triggered a long se...
3. Onkwen'tskwe'nanón:wake My chest hurt 22. Wentó:re tsi wa'katón:rie I had a difficult time breathing 23. Onkhnia'sanón:wake My throat hurt 24. Ón:tohkwe It was inflamed 25. Onkwatewennahtón:ni I lost my voice 26. Onkwatenià:ko My lymph nodes were swollen 27. Onktsi'niónhkerote My nose was running 28. Wa'tewakenión:kweke My nose was stuffed up 29. Wa'tewaki'tsionhstánion I was sneezing a lot 30. Wa'tekhwishénhiie I was exhausted 31. Onkí:ta'we I did sleep 32. Kwáh í:ken onkenonhwá:kt...
Continued from last week. Policies of Oppression in the name of “Democracy” Economy of the Haudenosaunee Our leaders, in fact, are leaders of categories of large extended families. Those large extended families function as economic units in a Way of Life which has as its base the Domestic Mode of Production. Before the colonists came, we had our own means of production and distribution adequate to meet all the people’s needs. We would have been unable to exist as nations were it not so. Our basic economic unit is the family. The means of distr...
