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F '- \ 1 . • , ' I, >': •!' • . Photo: Dlanne Swamp Charlie Hill, Oneida comedian, meets Akwesasne's celebrity Matt \Aardvark\ Herne. Photo: Dlanne Swamp \An American Indian Evening\ ONONDAGA TERRITORY — A historical event took place at the Ski Lodge, Syracuse University Ski Top Road in Onori- daga Territory, on Sunday April 21, 1985. In the annals of comedy, this historical meeting will be written as \Oneida Comedian Charlie Hill Meets Mohawk Aardvark!\ '•'. ' Charlie Hill from the Oneida Nation, Wisconsin, nationally ; known in night dub acts across the country, is on his Eastern Native tour. This tour brings Charlie out to the Qnondaga tcnito;y to visit with the people on thisarea.and to perform , tor the Native Student Organization, from Syracuse LIriiversi- tv .•-.'• : ••.,',• - The \An American Indian Evening\ show started off with songs by musician Marty Krigbaum, then Joanne Sheneh- doah, from Oneida sang a few Floyd Westerman songs for- the people. Joanne had a programmed music background to back up her singing but at the start of her act, there was a power failure. The show went on with the help of candles. Joanne did a splendid job of singing. A very interesting presentation about Oneida Matriarch Mary Winder was given by Professor Lawrence Hautpmann. -T7: : An Impromptu comedy presentation was given by Matt ' Aardvark \ Herne. Aardvark did his impressions and one which he is currently adding to his repertoire of impressions, 'Charlie Hill,\ which he performed especially for Charlie's Approval. Judging by the amount of laughter from the real. Charlie Hill, the Aaxtlvark's performance met with.approval. Ray Halbritter, President of S.U. Native Student Organiza- tion gave a plaque to past President and Staff Advisor for 1984-85, Allan Jenkins, and he was also presented with a Bear Clan necklace. Another Past president was also given a plaque and Turtle Clan necklace his name i$ Gary Gordon. Ray Halbritter stated that this was in appreciation for the help these two men gave with the Student Organization and' also in appreciation for the assistance they gave to the Native. students who attended Syracuse University. •_• ••••\• Mr. Charlie Hill gave his comedy performance, by candlelight, and with Ray Halbritter thanking past presidents Charlie thought it only appropriate to thank all the kitchen help for'the fine dinner they prepared, because \it is hard to find good white help these clays!\ \ ' The Hill performance was terrific, the audience gave.him overwhelming applause. If anyone hasn't seen or heard Charlie Hill this performace is a must. He made us laugh so hard there were tears in our eyes. It was a very furt and enter- taining evening at the Ski Lodge on Syracuse University cam- pus. • • .'• •..• •:.- DianneSwamp Acid Rain Index I' { t tv f fe t %' -T &l t*V &\ tfJ- gv ; !• From Huntington Forest, N Dec. 5-12 Dee. 13-19 Dec. 20-27 Dec. 28-Jan.2 Jan. 3- 9 Jan. 10-15 Jan. 16-22 Jan. 23-30 Feb. 2- 6 Feb. 11-15 Feb. 20-27 Feb. 27-Mar.6 Mar. 6-13 Mar. 14-19 Mar. 27-Apr.l Apr. 7-Apr. 13 Apr. 28-May 4 .Y. 5.11 4.06 4.71 4.53 4.27 . 4.18 4.37 4.12 4.32 4.36 4.24 4.59 4.06 4.36 4.41 3.87 4.30 From Akwesasne (Station A) April 13 4.0 April 22 5.3 April 29 5.7 . y ' ' Y^t^M ' • •- Kr/HH 40 X more' acidic than normal or moderately acidified per- cipitation. .•.;••,;' PH ' • •• ; ••' ;•••;••/ The acidity or alkalinity of a substance is measured on a logarithmic scale from 0 to 14, known as pH. A pH of 7 is neutral, wherewapH of 14 is extrememly acidic. Due to the logarithmic nature of the scale, a pH of 4 Is 10 times more acidic than a pH of 6 Unpolluted . . rainwater has a maximum acidity or minimum pH of 5.6 ' From The Eastern Door Volume 3, Number 9 Price: $ .50 ••&% Motors to Cleanup Dump Site Here are some of the smiling winners from the $nye School that participated in the Fun Race held in $f»ye. Other schools participating were the Akwesasne Freedom School, St. Regis Village School, Snye School and the Akwesasne Mohawk School on Cornwall Island. i-Rs Heather Garrow K-student, Stacey Rourke K-student, Reginald Herne K-student, Larry Jock Pre-K student and Leanne McDonald k-stttdent. Mohawk Housing Corp. to Build 49 Unite AKWESASNE — The Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation started work on 24 housing units which are located on Tavern Road near Rooseveltown. This project is one of three that the Housing Corporation has started to work on. The units will be called the 'Iroquois Village Apartments' and work started on the four buildings on March 15th. The apart- ment complex will provide housing for elderly people and families. The elderly units will be two one story buildings with one bedroom apartments. One of these apartments will be for a handicapped person. The other sixteen units will,occupy two - two story buildings and three of these units will be for handicapped people.. : funds for the apartment complex came from the Farmers Home Administration (F.H.A.) Survey ..application's are being taken at the Housing office on McGee Road which will show heed/ \'••'.'•'. '. . • ' ' ' .• •'\•• • . . '•'••• • '•''- . Bill Helmer, Project Supervisor estimated that the job would be completed by December 1985. He has one year to '..'.complete the job and of this writing he is a month ahead of .-.schedule., His crew consists of 22 men, seven Of which are from Akwesasne. Three of the four foundations have been completed and the frame is up for one of the buildings and some plumbing is dqne. '. •-*- - \'.'_' ' '\'.'' .'\•'• •'•: '•'• ,-''. .. The color scheme fofthe buildings wilt be done in various shades of browns (native colors), like r 'buckskin' and . 'hickory'. The shingles for the roofs w-UJI feef'pjd ,:g£dj»r' ? .;' terior ?ri^ Ktterior^iooM will be done •\^'d0f[-^^9^r ;J| TC bronze cnuulking for the door and window frames. After The apartment complex is completed, the road that will 'go arOund the complex and will be called the 'Akwesasne Trails Road.' , .. • ' .'' - •• ' ' .;;•.••.' •.-'.• •. . .Ray Jock, Clerk-of-the-Works for the Mbhavvk Housing Corporation said, \I have begun to get estimates for a demonstration model one bedroom unit that we will build on McGee Road.\ Tfe demonstration model is the second project the Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation has started. Work for the one bedroom unit will start in May. It will be completed by various craftsmen from the reservation. The ; water and sewer will be provided by the St. Regis Mohawk tribe. V .'.- ; ' / ••. • • '' . .'-.. •' ' . :.•••-•.;'::. . v \There are 130 applications on file for the unit, one of these .applicants will rent the unit with option to buy. The demo- model should be completed in August, ~ .\•' The Housing Corporation has a selection committee that reviews the applications that are on file for the unit. These applications are from people with sub-standard housing or sub-standard rentals. The applicants are rated in the follow- ing areas: 1) homeless or does not own a home, property or iand, 2) on a fixed income and cannot afford to buy a home, 3) willing to settle down, the Housing Corporation does not want someone that is going to stay there for 6 months and then leave. The occupant of the, unit will work towards home ownership and people with financial difficultiesor handicapped people will be considered. Funds for this building come from the Rural Revitalization Programand the unit that will be built on McGee Road is nicknamed 'RARP' The demonstration model will be a trial 1 home built to specifications of the Homeless Housing Assistance Program who have been awarded $924,000 to the.Housing Corpora- tion if they can complete 24 more units like the demo-model for 1924,000. In August the representatives from the H.H.A. will inspect the demonstration model and upon approval they will give the Housing Corporation the money to''build the other twenty four units. Carol Lazore; Executive Director of the Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation said, \We expect to deliver 49 units within the next two years.\ Ray jock who oversees the Mohawk Housing Corporations interests in these projects has been checking out building supplies and prices for materials and is also taking bids for work on the one bedroom unit. The Mohawk Housing Corporation is presently looking for 20 to^30 acres of land to build the other 49 units on. These units will be called the 'Mohawk River Village Apart- ments. 1 If anyone has land to sell (reasonable) for the units, you can contact John Cook, Vice-President of the Mohawk Housing Corporation. ••_.'-• Cindy Terrance IfQepPOINT ^-Qn April 22nd the Environmental ||oti^tibrivAgency announced that General Motors, Central f^dy Piytslon, voluntarily complied with the \Super- - order tp'plan for a long term clean-up of the GM facili- ^{dunip'S|t0 that bprders the St. Regis Indian Reservation a* Racquette Point ;$fhe; EPA anti JNewYOrk State believe that contamination S ay be migrating from the General Motor's Central Foundry [vision and may pose a threat to public health and the en- ronrheritv : •:'•;•:''..••, ••' ' - : \• The GM compaiiy has agreed to undertake an investiga- Uph that v/iliaeterrnine the extent of the contamination. The i will tfren select the best long term solution for hjhb^6| The project will be conducted in with a technical work plan developed by the . The cost of GM's investigation and study is expected to d *l,b6b,0OO and it should be completed in about 18 ;',month$y.'', : ;-. ,';..•'• .-'-; 1 -';.':.'.''••'\ • • •\' '. ' . \•' ' ..-. ' ;. EPA Regional Administrator Christopher J. Daggett said, i*'We are .pleased that GM has agreed to do this work. The problems posed by the site are complex and do not lend ': themselves to % quick-fix solution. The neighboring St. Regis . Indian 1\ribe arid others who are interested will be kept ap- fprised.of progress.and will have ample opportunity to par- ticipate in a fult public reviews.\ V. :lh September 1 985, the GM site was.placed on the United Slates' Environmental Protection Agencys' list of priority ifoidc waste hazards to be cleaned up-through the \Super- ;%irid\prpgram. Iri October of 1983 the EPA named GM in a '.#§0.7,000 lawsuit that charged illegal use and disposal of the toxic chemical Poiychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB's). It was the highest penalty ever sought by the EPA for PCB violations under the Toxic Substances Control Act. The \Superfund\ program was funded with '1-6 billion- to clean-up various toxic was^e sites. the GM Central Foundry Division site is a 165 acre aluminum easting facility on the St. Lawrence River, near Massena, St. Latyrence County, New York which borders the S.t/Regis Indian Reservation. The site contains two areas that : Have received an\estimated total of 30,000 cubic yards of paiychlorinated bipheriyr (PCB) contaminated sludges gettprated from hydraulic oils which were formerly used in the plant's machinery. A portion of.the waste lies below the w|iter table. A ;Storage area contains an additional 9,000 : gallons of contaminated Oil in an abandoned pump house. ! New YorkS^te's.pepsirtmertt of Environmental Conserva- c i^T.'>^f : ^vi^^V^^A;A;Sfe^fei ; v:^;J:•^,f^-.j-..-.•• • -.:• -••.,;,-,. .. •. • -. L Dump site at the GM Central Foundry Plant which borders Racquette Point. Photot Cindy Terrance tion (DEC) identified the potential groundwater and surface water contamination problem'as emanating from the plant. Much of the St. Regis Indian Reservation is dependent on private wells for drinking water, as well as the St. Lawrence River for its public water supply. PCB concentrations have been measured in groundwater monitoring wells at levels up to 1500 parts per billion andin surface water at levels up to 47 parts per billion. EPA has completed a work plan for site- investigation and study of the best cleanup method. At this time it is not known what avenue General Motors and the EPA will take to clean up the toxic waste at the dump-site. There are two ways that Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB's) can be disposed of, dumping arid incinera- tion. Incineration requires specialized combustion plants because PCB's do not burn below 800 degrees Celsius. Effi- cient incineration of PCB's requires •: .matures above 1200 degrees Celsius. Dumping is the least expensive method of disposing of PCB's. There has been evidence of PCB contamination found in Tony Cole's well at Racquette Point, The Cole well is a deep well and it is located further away from the dump-site than other wells which were tested and whose results were negative even though these wells were closer to the dump-site. The presence of PCB's in the Cole well proves that PCB contamination is moving through the groundwater below sea level around Racquette Point. , • Cindy Terrance ' * V, Mohawk Bingo Palace Buddy CoOk and Guilford White, co-owners of the Mohawk Bingo Palace were at the May 4th Tribal Council meeting to answer questions about their bingo enterprise and about the proposed plans for the Sawyer land at Rac- quette Point. Saturday, May 25th is the proposed date of the grand opening of the Mohawk^ Bingo Palace, at the Buddy Cook complex. This bingp operation has been the topic of many -'conversation's, lately, with shades of organized crime and with references; of what this type of business ventureTvould ultimately mean to Our community. Now we are able to add the co-Owners version of what this bingo operation is about. In ah interview with Mr. Guilford White, one of the co- owners, agreed to this interview so that he could have the Chance to give;his side Of the story. Mr. White said that amid all the insinuations that are being made about Buddy and his business enterprise, no one has asked them about any type of explanation; For example, CKON radio of which Mr. . White said \i think the radio is good for Akwesasne. I even support it through contributions, the guys tell me, listen to it, they're cailinig down the bingo, that's ok, but they should have asked ; what was my side of the story, I'm willing to answer questions, be interviewed, I felt bad cause they didn't ask me.\ At the tribal fiteeting,' Buddy Cook stated that there was nothing to hide, that everything was above board and the books would be available for inspection. Guilford White stated there would be plenty of checks, because there would be three different auditors working on the books, one that was selected jby the Tribal Council, one in-house auditor, and the Management would also select an auditor for the books. .' / ; '> ; -;\: : - ; '•: '•': •' • • . ' As far as the allegation of the organized crime involve- ment, Mr. White stated, \This is a bingo operation and the money Buddy and I invested is ours, it's not going to be in- vested in outside businesses, it's going to be invested right here, back Into the community.\ With the profits that the co-owners make from this enterprise, the plans are to invest in a shopping mall which is going to be at the lot purchased from Solomon Cook. The land is located across from the bingo hall. Mr. White denied the allegation of organized crime involvement and he had stated that what is injact be- ing done is for economic development of our community, which is providing jobs for people who otherwise would not be employed. Mr. White estimated that up to 75 people would be working on one given night at the bingo hall. With the construction of the shopping mall more people would be hired and once the mall was in operation there would be more jobs for the people in the community. Mr. White said there would be jobs for the college graduates who now have the opportunity to work at home with this type of develop- ment going on right here in our community. Work on the proposed Site will start by Mr White's estimation \in June or July once the bingo gets going \ As for the. Sawyer land, attached is the letter sent to the Tribal Council which was read at the May 4th meeting per- taining to the proposed plans for the development of a motel/resort. April 29, 1985 ^ ^ , _ Tribal Council • {•\frBfikSfc* 3 ** Larry Pyke, Cote? * -*• f -^^^^Sub-Chief l«i 1 ivj. Iroquois Village Apartments letter to allay any fears or misgivings reserve may have concerning future Point property I purchased iwyer and the resort complex, Basil ~ this month from the tribe. As we stated in our purchase offer pn the resort, the twO pro- perties are contiguous and will be developed together as one. Our overall plan will be for a phased development in managable stages over a time span of five to seven years. It is planned that a motel-resort complex, a conference center, a marina (or marinas) and a recreational vehicle area will be built. We plan to maintain and improve scenery and protect the environment. We do riot plan to operate any illegal gambling establishments on the property and do not appreciate any reservation members pr putsiders suggesting that we do. We are trying to develop and improve the economic base on our reserve thereby increasing employment and educational opportunities and improving the standard of living for all our people.. . . ~~ _ Respectfully, ...... signed — • Guilford D. White Bid Submission Offer to Purchase The undersigned tribal members of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe hereby formally submit an offer to purchase from the St. Regis Mohawk Triberthrough the Tribal Council, the land, buildings and all other accessories, items and property belonging to the Tribe and referred to and identified as the Akwesasne Fishing and Resort complex located at Racquette Point, for the price set forth below in Paragraph II. The following statement in Paragraph I is included for the information and consideration of the Council and Tribal itiembership in responding to this Offer to purchase. PARAGRAPH I As part of our purchase offer to the Tribe for the.land at the Racquette Point, we feel the following matters should be considered. This property is contiguous with a substantial tract of land presently owned by us. It should be a major concern to the Tribe as to how future development will benefit tribal members Our overall plan is for a phased development of the total property in manageable stages. This is, probably, a five to seven year time-span whereby a resort complex with all the amenities, including a con- ference center, will be built. Also a marina (or two marinas) will be developed, a recreational vehicle area and/or com- plex will be installed and winter/summer year-round recrea- tion and sporting uses of the area will be promoted. All this will be done with the utmost care in maintaining and even improving scenery and protecting the environment. Benefits to the Tribe will be many including major employment opportunities to tribal members in both the construction and development phases and permanent posi- tions in the full operational stages. Employment oppor- tunities will be available in each of the aforementioned fields from unskilled day work to top managerial positions. Our re- cent and future college graduates need these upper level management opportunities In order for them to remain here arid be gainfully employed and thus be able to contribute to the overall improvement of our reservation quality of life. Part-time as well as full time jobs will be there for students and others in each of the areas of operation. Many skilled positions will require training of qualified people and we will provide that training. A center for first rate conference ac- comodations for the Tribe and other area businesses will be available. ' As part of our commitment to help maintain the level of services our Tribe provides to the sick, the young, the elder- ly, etc., we pledge to donate a portion of the income derived from the development. The amounts and types of support wUI be worked out as development proceeds. PARAGRAPH II Price: One hundred forty-five thousand dollars (II45,000) Terms: To be negotiated. signed DATED: February 27, 1985 Basil J. 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