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I «?v. I INDIAN TIME •<t. •••••••••••• 1 CAN-AM LACROSSE fINALS Can-Am East winners, AkwesasneWarriors, journeyed down to Cattauragus to play the Newtown Golden Eagles, winners of the Can-Am West, on Sept. to and 11 to play the final series For the league title The Warriors won the two game-total point series by defeating the Golden Eagles in both games. The games were <atted good old fashioned lacrosse with few penalties and no The Golden Eagles had just come from their third place finish at yalieyflfeid, where the Presidents Cup tourney was held this y&r. One can only assume that had the Warriors represented Can-Am in Valleyfield, they also would have finishedatleast third, and perhaps higher. IN THIS ISSUE: Wampum Belts Handsome Lake Life On The Farm Freedom School Local News Community Events Employment Art - : : Poetry Volume I, number 7 September 23, 1983 Price: $ .50 Hanii't Boots, a Mohawk language instructor working with the first grade, AKWESASNE 1 FREEDOM SCHOOL \Our community still has a fety people who are knowledgeable in the natural medicines. They have given their consent to pass on their knowledge to a few of the students of the school. Parents, teachers and students alike will plan our survival: 1 ^ - The Freedom School was started by concerned parents. who felt that the public school system Was not reinforcing their children's identification with their cultural and historical background but instead, taking that identification and slowly erasing it. These parents and their supporters felt that now was the time to strengthen the children so that once again the Onkwehonwe nations can stand tall among the other human beings that reside upon our Mother Earth. The school officially started in Sept. 1980. With a handful of dedicated people and approximately 100 students,.the Freedom School was born. The people of the Freedom School were native people from many diverse cultural backgrounds ranging from the Inuit of the far North, the Ito- quois of the Six Nations Confederacy, the Dakota people .of the Great Western Plains, the Ojibwe, the Cree people of the Rockies, to the people of South America. . . • These were people of many nations^ombinihg their efV forts to to make a future for their decendants. Cultural and traditional teachings are stressed, with a mav jor effort to produce fluent Native speaking students. Elders and resource people from our own community as well as from other Native territories, come to Akwesasne to strengthen the children. If for some reason these people can not come to the school, then the students are taken to them.. . This strengthens the ties in our community:between the young and old. It is<of vast importance to our community that there should exist communication between' these generations. The Freedom School plays an important role in closing this gap, strengthening what our elders have always repeated to us. \Respect and honor the aged for they have^ lived such as you.\ They are the eyes of the youth and use their life experience to secure iT future for generations to come. ' ' : In today's lifeline whole concept of being an On kwe hon we is myth heard or found in books. At the Freedom School the students experience the ceremonies of old, hear the old stories and songs from our elders and resource people, love, , hate, joy, sadness, sickness, death, birth, all those things thai! make up a culture which is as old as the clouds that float through the sky. ;, There is a common bond between the students, as there is within the families. They care for one another and they : understand a common purpose, that they strive to_secur.e a future for the smaller ones and those who are coming. '• The three academic \Rs reading, writing and Arithrriatic is taught because the parents realized that if our children were to survive within a dominate society, then these basic skills would be needed. . We have a staff of eight teachers and one \floating aid;\ The credentials and certification of bur teachers is riot an im- mediate concern. The Akwesasne Freedom School is an ef- fort to revitalise a people's culture and tradition. Arid, to en- sure that the Mohawk language does not disappear. .,.-,'• ;The school will teach those skills which are necessary for a native community to survive the \space age,'\The Freedom School- discourages any discrimination on the basis of sex Our older students are taught the basic fundamentals of various skills such as capentry, masonary.,baste etect%al ; wie>rk and plumbing, and what traditionaUy'^s*^^!- women's craftslike Sewing, quiltmaking, and baking are taught to the students as well. Total immersion in the Mohawk language began this, year for pre-K 2nd Kindergarten. A gradual transition to total immersion is plan- ned to include other grades also. Our community still has a fe^ people who are knowledgeable in the natural medicines. They have given their consent to pass oh their knowledge to a few of the students of the school. Parents, teachers and '•students alike will plan our survival. : '.-.•'. -, The, parents hold fundraising events periodically which heips to keep up with payroll. Proposals are sent put every year to different foundations which provide^ financial assistance to such projects as the this one. Private donations come in from individuals all across the continent. We also 3receive the support and funding from many European friends who wish to see the Natives Peoples of this country 'survive jand remain a people The A.F.S, has a number of self-sufficiency projects which promises to bring in a steady income and benefit our com- munity. Projects in various stages of development includes a bakery /coffee shop, greenhouse/flower shop, a carpen- try/woodwork shop, a sewing shop/fabric warehouse, a can- nery/sugar shack, and a natural food store. ;.,> : Perhaps the most most important aspect of the Freedom School is^that we are all re-learning the social skills of the ex- tended family, We must proceed slowly with much thought and discussion, and with the greatest care because this really is bur last chance to; remain a people. ;*..\:/!••. ••'.- • Brian Cole Owen Tiiman, new director oj the Partridge House. Akwesasne Police Vehicle Damaged Morning smms KWESASNE .In the early morning hours of Wednesday, September 14, shdjts were fired at an Akwesasne Police vehicle which was parked near the Police station In St. Regis Village. Fortunate- ly, there were no officers in the vehicle at the time. Two rounds from an •undetermined firearm struck the vehicle fforri the rear shattering a rear side window and the door window of the front passenger side as it emerged. The se- •. cond round struck the tailgate . Police Chief Pete Sunday said they were investigating the f Incident but declined to comment on the leads they were ?'* working on forfear of jeopardizing their investigation. Chief * * Sunday said they were wafting for a ballistics report which |! will determine, the, type Of weapon used in the shooting. He Jl estimates that the shots were fired from close range between $f 4 and 6am- Alter the dispatcher had gone off-duty. He add- * that tbey^li^Wf been unable to find any witnesses who nave hear^^eshot^even though it would have caused \ ~*l!e p^Wiri'the Village at that hour. Sunday said information regarding the incident investigation The Akwesasne #5-2000 ip the village, or if you are tgete, CJUI die Long Sault O.P.P. at St. Regis Akwesasne Police vehicle damaged in early morning shooting. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .. /.•$••/''•;'::/..'\• '':;;] %r' /} - i: :i c - : . ...#• OWENTILMAN — NEW DIRECTOR OF PARTRIDGE HOUSE Owen Tiiman, 40, is the new director of the Partridge House, an alcohol treatment center on Magee road. Formerly a halfway house for recovering alcoholics. The Partridge House under the direction of Owen Tiiman is now operating as an inpatient treatment center through the new Primary Residential Treatment Program (PRTj. 'An inpatient treat- ment cttiXti <3titete&om••% haUway house in ttw decree of treatment offered. Farm Cottage is a state funded inpatient treatment center in Ogdensburg which has- been treating par tients before they are released to halfway houses. The Par- tridge House will be getting to alcoholics earlier.in the recovery, Owen says that the Partridge House, as an inpa- tient treatment center, will help the alcoholic understand a sober way of living as a solution to drinking. This is ac- complished through an intensive six week individual and family counseling period consisting of educational lectures on alcoholics anonymous and regular attendance to A.A. meetings. He stresses family counselling as being an integral element in the recovery process and the patient's family is urged to participate through Aionon, a family oriented education, counselling, and sharing program. Owen Tiiman is a native of Oklahoma of the Otoe Sac-n- Fox, a Siouxian people 0im Thorpe was Otoe Sac-n-Fox). Owen has had two years of University education and a year in technical College. He and his wife, Mia Tiiman, a Certified Alcohol Counselor for Akwesasne, have been active in the field of Alcohol Rehabilitation for about two years doing outreach work in Oklahoma, field work in schools and com- munity organizations. According to Oweriy there is a need for an Indian inpatient treatment center because alcoholism is a serious problem, being the #1 killer of Indian people. The Partridge House, in its third year of operation now has the distinction of being the only Indian treatment center east of the Mississippi. Presently, the Partridge House is a six bed unit with hopes of becoming bigger and better by expanding.eventually into a 10 to 15 bed unit. Owen also intends to expand their outreach work and perhaps go regional in the future. Par- tridge House already is taking patients from Caughnawaga. Although open to anyone, Partridge House is primarily in- tended for Indian people. It receives patients through refer- rals from the court system and walk-ins Partridge House of- fers a home like atmosphere and has a phone line open 24 hours a day. Owen slid, that Partridge House with its staff of 3 residents, the services of a C.AC. (Certified Alcohol Counselor) and secretary Diane Connors can accomplish in six weeks what it takes Alcoholics Anonomyous alone a year to do. • •;•••..'.•• ' ' - .':.•••' : \ ; , • ' * : .' He said that funding is always the problem but that a grow- ing waiting list should more than justify increased funding. Partridge House offers workshops in woodwork and arts & crafts, a physical fitness room and a nutrition program to un- do some of the damage-done by the disease of Alcoholism. Owen stresses that Alcoholism is a dtoea£$ and should be regarded and treated like any other human disease. The Par- tridge House offers a well rounded educatJoo^program in alcoholism which Owen hopes to make nwofe widely available through extended outreach work. If alcohol or alcoholism becomes your concern' in any way, call (518) 358-2223 night or day for hcJp^or informa- tion. The Partridge House is always there when heeded. •.••:§.:-.[y''-\ ': ;••'
