Indian Time - A Voice from the Eastern Door

By Doug George-Kanentiio Akwesasne Mohawk In 2016 I wrote a column about the situation at Standing Rock and the ecological harm coming about through the use of fossil fuels. I cited an Iroquois prophe...

Submitted by Paul Hetzler, ISA Certified Arborist Each time I present on invasive pests, I begin with a slide of Chicken Little, a character who fomented mass hysteria by convincing the other animals...

Submitted by Paul Hetzler Offhand I can’t think of a lot to say in defense of envy, greed, and gluttony, but sloth is different. Some creatures’ lives depend on sleeping for half the year, a fact...

By Doug George-Kanentiio (November 11, 2019) The music of America was rightfully indigenous for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the immigrants from the east. Not only drums and flutes but...

By Doug George-Kanentiio Two weeks ago the students in the Akwesasne and Cornwall school acknowledged one of the most bitter episodes in Canada’s history by wearing orange to draw attention to the...

Summarizing of Residential School Experience The Akwesasne children taken from their homes and placed in residential schools endured abuse on many levels. None of those who experienced time in these...

Niawen Kowa We, the family of Maryella Chubb (Laughing), would like to thank the following community members & friends for going out of their way to help us during our difficult time. Aronhiaies...

The family of Abraham Lazore would like to thank everyone and anybody who helped the family out at the time of need and thank you for all your prayers and special words they all said to the family. A...

Sending a huge thank you to all who were there and helped us through a difficult time. -the family of Lester Cook...

By Rosemary Bonaparte This past week I went to Quebec with the Tri-District Elders. Our first visit was with the Wendake First Nation Reserve, Hurons. Our tour was to the longhouse, the waterfall and...

Hi, my name is Edward, I am the new FedEx driver for the Akwesasne village. It seems that there is a very big problem with people not getting their packages delivered through the FedEx service. I am...

By Doug George-Kanentiio The Laws of Burgos were enacted by Spain on December 27/1512 in response to the massive slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Native people in the Caribbean by the Spanish...

September 16, 20 l 9 Dear Editor: SAVE OUR BUILDING!!! That is what the signs read in front of our Tribal building on Route 37. We need to have a substantive discussion on the merits of making use of...

On behalf of the St. Regis Mission Church, we want to say Nia:wen (thank you) to all those who participated in this year’s golf tournament, to all the sponsors, to the Cedar View Golf Club for...

The Powwow committee is grateful to have hosted many people at the 2019 Annual Akwesasne International Powwow. This includes our 303 registered dancers, 47 tiny tots, 7 drum groups, 11 traditional...

Family of Elizabeth Oakes We would like to express our gratitude to all our family, friends, and community for your thoughtfulness, your generosity and support during our time of sorrow. Your...

The family of Isabel Garrow would like to thank everyone for their donations of food, flowers, monetary gifts and their hard work during the recent passing of Isabel. All of your kind words, comfort...

August 12, 2019 Dear Editor, On Saturday at the Tribal meeting there were several references to the lawsuit, now in our Tribal Court, over how the last Tribal election was conducted. The chair did...