When I was growing up on Akwesasne Mohawk Territory there were social habits which reflected an historical response to the devastating communicable diseases which came close to wiping out our ancestors. Beginning in the early 17th century illnesses such as smallpox and influenza struck the Iroquois hard. As with theContinue Reading
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Suspends Wholesale Tobacco Licenses Tribal Programs Owed $103,745 in Lost Licensing Fees AKWESASNE – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Compliance Department recently completed an investigation into the improper sale and distribution of New York State-issued cigarettes from mid-October to December 1, 2017. The investigation found that threeContinue Reading
CFN – POSSIBLE HOMICIDE IN TSI SNAIHNE On December 30th at approximately 1:14 a.m. Akwesasne Mohawk Central Dispatch received a telephone call from the New York State Police advising of a possible homicide in Tsi Snaihne, Quebec. Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service officers attended a private residence on OakContinue Reading
CFN – The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service (AMPS) is investigating a shooting incident that occurred on December 28th, 2014 in the village of Kana:takon. At approximately 5:17 pm, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service received an emergency call of shots being fired at a motor vehicle. During the investigation the PoliceContinue Reading
CFN – By December of 1814 the war between the US and Britain was coming to a close. Britain was under growing pressure to restore trade with the US and reduce the tax burdens of its citizens not only from the conflicts in North America but with France on theContinue Reading
CFN – The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne is responding to a National Post article that reported on the RCMP’s $92-million dollar plan to place a myriad of high-tech, high-security equipment along the U.S.–Canada border to act as an electronic surveillance “fence”. One of the locations being targeted for this latestContinue Reading
CFN – Iroquois on both sides of the Canada-US border were drawn into the War of 1812; for those mostly Mohawks who fought alongside the Canadian and British forces it was a matter of survival for they had good reason to suspect the expansionist Americans while their relatives to theContinue Reading
Akwesasne – Last week I was able to attend the two public sessions in which the people of Akwesasne had an opportunity to discuss the proposed land claims settlement as presented by the St. Regis Tribal Council and printed in the Indian Time newspaper. .The first public information gathering wasContinue Reading