And how can we tell on Racquette Point? Contrary to the popular belief that the sun shines brighter in Racquette Point and this makes us so much happier than everyone else – we are really upset this spring. And we are finding we are becoming upset just about every spring.

In what used to be a beautiful place to walk, garbage now lines the side of the road.

As we shed our jackets and head out for some fresh spring air we were appalled to find old toilets, discarded TV's and bagged and un-bagged garbage alongside our quiet tree lined road. Looking closer we found hundreds of soda cans and bottles, plastic and paper cups, beer cans and bottles, fast food wrappers and bags, not to mention the 'thrown out the window without a care' cigarette boxes.

Photos of garbage lining the roads have circulated on Facebook and Twitter and other social media. Residents are openly upset on how we stand in support of other nations and communities against oil pipelines, the tar sands, against anything and everything that would pollute our land waters and air and yet we fail as caretakers of our own land. Akwesasne is dirty. And it's our fault.