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Local artist brings unique quillwork to Akwesasne
By Andy Gardner While beadwork or basketmaking may come to mind when some think of traditional Mohawk art, local artist Kiera Pyke puts a unique...
Ieráhstha Akohiatónhsera: Sydney Jacobs
Iehiá:tons Mahlon Smoke Karihwatákie kanatakwé:kon tsi nentewákiere nón:wa nikahá:wi tenhotíhkwa'te ne tahatikonhsatákie ne tsiá:ta nikanake...
Artist Profile: Sydney Jacobs
By Mahlon Smoke There is a philosophy that exists throughout our community that what we do now will affect the next seven generations. Something that...
Tammy Bonaparte ~ Artist Profile
If you're driving down St. Regis and you find yourself at the four corners of School Road you may notice some women made of wood wearing brightly pain...
Family Tradition
Music runs deep in the Jackson clan and despite a rough start, young Billy Jackson wants to keep that going. Billy Jackson is the son of local legend...
Artist Profile: Dave Fadden
At the Native North American Traveling College, Dave Fadden works to help educate and teach people about the culture and art. In his 6th year at the T...
Artist – Don J. White
Within the Longhouse, a young water drum singer named Don J. White or DJ sings powerfully and with all the might a 4-year old can muster at that age....
Kiawentiio Tarbell
Lawn sales can contain hidden treasures. At one particular lawn sale on Kawehnoke a small treasure with a big future was found. Kiawentiio Tarbell is...
Kit Thomas
Akwesasne Artist Kit Thomas made her first appearance in an art gallery in California over the weekend. The Illusions Art Exhibit had its Opening...
A Peek Into the World of Dukon Harris
This past weekend I had the pleasure of a visit from Dukon Harris and his family. He is a very talented artist who resides in Ganienkeh with his wife...
Basket Maker Carrie Hill
The art of basket making was in Carrie's family for a long time, and to ask if anyone had inspired her for her to start, she gave a totally different...
Ann Mitchell, Basket Maker
To many people, basket making is an art, creating an involved and often elaborate piece of art from something as strong and unbending as a black ash h...
Kirsten Thompson Makeup Artist
Kirsten Thompson has been a Make-up Artist since 2011, when an event that changed her perspective of life made her realize it was too short. She...
Niio Perkins – Modern Traditionalist Artist
It's not unusual to find independent, strong Mohawk women. And it's not unusual to find strong, independent and creative Mohawk women. What makes...
Actor, Artist and Dancer...Brandon A. Oakes
Brandon Oakes' roots are in Ahkwesahsne, a son of Larry Cook and Patricia Oakes. His late grandparents are Abe Cook and Josephine Swamp Cook as well a...
Shannel Garrow Wins Honorable Mention for Poem
Recently Jefferson Community College announced the winners of the 2013 North Country Writers Contest. Among the winners, winning Honorable mention in the Poetry genre was Shannel Garrow of Hogansburg...
Basket Making Artist, Ann Mitchell
Ann Mitchell is a young woman of 24 and is our featured artist for this week. Her basket making skills are growing steadily and are becoming more...
Akwesasronon Photographer Prepares for First Exhibition
Some of you may know well-traveled photographer Herbi M. Francis. Francis is soon to enjoy the accolades her work surely deserves at an exhibition ent...
Fashion Designer Kawenniiosta Jock
Kawenniiosta Jock is an emerging Akwesasne designer who creates wearable pieces of art by bringing her artistic inspirations to life through her...
Brandon Lazore
You may not have heard about Syracuse based Kanienkehka artist Brandon Lazore, but he is beginning to make big moves in the art scene there. Lazore,...
Ben Benedict's Wood Carvings Win Again
Ben Benedict grew up around craftsmen, he made his first bird carving out of a piece of scrap cedar he found lying around in his father’s lacrosse f...
R.E.D.D.
Matt “Big Worm” Mitchell and Hunter White are two Hip Hop artists from Akwesasne. Together Big Worm and Hunter are R.E.D.D., and just recently cel...
Victoria Ransom
We told you last week that Victoria Ransom’s art is being featured at AxeNeo7. This week we got a hold of Victoria to tell us about herself and her a...
Toronto Jewish Film Festival Opens the 21st edition of the Festival with "CowJews and Indians: How Hitler Scared My Relatives and I Woke Up in an Iroquois Longhouse-Owing the Mohawks Rent"
TORONTO – The 21st annual Toronto Jewish Film Festival opens April 11 with “CowJews and Indians: How Hitler Scared My Relatives and I Woke Up in an Ir...
Ryan Hill Wins Ice Sculpting Contest At Winterlude
Ryan Hill, originally from Six Nations, is an artist here in Akwesasne. You may have seen him during the summer working on large stone carvings in...