Indian Time - A Voice from the Eastern Door

Submitted by Paul Hetzler, Horticulture and Natural Resources Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County As many anglers know, trees and trout are closely related. Not in a family...

Letter to the Editor June 24, 2019 I have been reading and rereading a letter that I received from The Saint Regis Mohawk Election Board dated June 12, 2019 stating that my letter which they received...

Dear Editor: There is a large sign on Rt. 37: SWEARING-IN CELEBRATION JULY 1 at 11a.m. This announcement is a little premature since there are challenges as to how this past election was conducted....

Sekon/Hello: After nine years into my retirement I decided to go back to work. I now work for the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino and Resort. I would like to give it Kudos. The Casino has given many young...

Submitted by Paul Hetzler, ISA Certified Arborist No one wants to be told they have a weathered complexion, but many trees this summer, especially maples, are looking a bit worse for the wear as a...

By Doug George-Kanentiio As we all know there is great power in what we name, in what we elect to use to identify who we are. We are taught by traditional custom that the natural world is attune to th...

Letter to the Editor Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Election Called Into Question Violation of Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Election and Referendum Ordinance has Community Members Calling for New Election...

The family of David “Uncle Dave” Francis would like to extend a Niawen kowa to all of our amazing family and friends, Iakhihsohtha Lodge, Home Care Home Support, Dr. Horn, Caring Hearts,...

From the family of the late Louis Levi Oakes (Mohawk Code Talker of Akwesasne) The family wishes to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us following our loss...

Family purge for healing The uneasy necessary Love grew from wildness Reclaimed Soothed our souls calling Generations deep Within history Constant conviction of change Wallowed in adaptation Resorted...

By Doug George-Kanentiio, Akwesasne Mohawk Abortion in Native societies is a complex issue involving family, clan and community. There are very specific moral teachings which discourage this act...

Niawenkó:wa Akwesasró:non! Everyone give yourselves a pat on the back. Sonkwaiatí:son (Our Creator) is smiling on us, seeing his children picking up trash and taking care of Mother Earth on May...

I would like to thank my family and friends for everything done for me while I was hospitalized in Cornwall, and then bypass surgery in Ottawa. My family and friends organized Find the Joker, Stanley...

5/14/2019 I have appreciated over the years receiving Indian Time. As you explained in the beginning to a friend of mine, that this was just a local newspaper and this is something I have found to be...

By Doug George-Kanentiio I attended the April 29 session at Kana:takon in which Jeremy Bouchard, an attorney with the Gowling law firm in Ottawa, made his pitch to have former students of the...

By Gourmet May Summertime is here and I realize I don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. My hubby started his summer work schedule, which means he will be working later in the evenings th...

From Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) 18th Session, 22 April – 3 May 2019 Item 11: Human rights. Dialogue with the Special...

By Gourmet May If someone out there is just learning how to cook, like me, I strongly encourage you to look into foil packet recipes. The concept is super easy: make an envelope out of aluminum foil...

From the Family of Alex Sharrow: We would like to thank the community for all the support and comfort you have given us in the last few months of Alex’s life. We will be forever grateful to those wh...