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& fc 1 i I •:••••• , •'.'•' • ••.«\• '-afc >••'•• • '-' .\•I--- - ; . , ; --' : i '•'. - '•••\'''• • • i '•• ..'(. .»:;!•,«..;-.iit. ^;.-,^'*^w.isBifoii^V^^ .- -\' v- ,••'-» :;\;\•, ^:VV.f : ^ ^T'flWKWl^»trr;' »?••>• '\tTV Five retire from the St. Regis Senior Citizens' Center. From L-R: Cecelia Bero, Annie Rourke, Louis Jacobs, Catherine White and Vi Flagg. Photo: Cindy Terrjuice 5 Retire After More Thaii Ten Years Service With the Senior Citizens Center AKWKSASNE — Five Senior Citizens were honored at a din- ner at the Senior Citizens Center on Thursday, August 15th,- hour of the retirees, Louis Jacobs, Cecelia Bero, Catherine. White and Vi Flagg have worked part timu for the Senior Citizens Center for the past ten years. They have worked under the Green Thumb Program. Requirements for work-; ing under the program are, you must be from a low incojYie family and over the age of 55. . v- Annie Rourke also retired on Thursday. Annie has spent more than ten years working under various programs as the nutrition director for the Senior Citizens ('enter. Annie has, retired because of health reasons. : \ Louis Jacobs was the maintenance engineer for the. Senior Citizens Center for more than 10 years. Vi Flagg, Catherine; White and Cecelia Bero cooked meals, made, salads arid waitressed during their ten years of service to the Senior Citizens Center since \9~\i. . Each of the five retirees were given a plaque at the dinner, Beatrice Jacobs and Margaret Lazore both thankedthe retirees for the services they provided to the Senior Citizens Center Tor more than ten years of service. Margaret Lazore. recited a poem. \I Ain't Dead Yet\ and told a 1 couple of jokes. Margaret also welcomed the retiress to their Golden Age. wishing them long and happy golden days. , '/ bv -Cindy Terrancc Health Services Collect 59 Pints of Blood for American Red Cross AKWESASNE — The St. Regis Mohawk Health Servicts col lected 59 pints of blood during their blood drive which was held on Monday, August 12th. This was the second \ear that the Health Services sponsored a blood drive in conjunction with the^American Red Cross. •.-.' Mark Narsisian, a blood donor since high school, donated a pint of blood making his donation total 12 gallons since high school. The nurses and employees of the Health Ser- vices worked throughout the day taking personal data, temperatures and helping in the canteen. The staff of the' American Red Cross is a Chapter from Albany. Cindv Terrance Sewage construction on Hill Top Drive in St. Regis. Construction and the sewer main should be com- pleted within two weeks. Photoi Cindy Tertance Sewage Construction on Hill Top Drive ST. REGIS — Levi Oakes and his crew are presently putting the finishing touches on the sewer main on Hill fop Driv£, The crew is sorry for any inconveniences caused to local residents, but they should have the work done and a mew sewer main in within a couple weeks. : * ; : Cindy Terrance • ••••••••; Margaret 'Ye.tj'/•••' . Lazore reciting the poem \I Ain't Dead Photo: Cindy Terrance St. Regis Mohawk Health Services collected 59 pints of blood for the American Red Cross on August 12th. : ' ; Photo: Cindy Tcrrtince ••r-^ 1 From The Eastern Door 3^.T.M^':n!i.l Volume 3, Number 22 Price; $ .50 Ayuda Toy Drive Sends Over 16,000 Toys t^ St. Regis Reserve • ST. REGIS—^-0n Thursday, August 15th Keith Olson and '.-'.'•'.Morris Adams arrived in St. Regis with a.tractor trailer filled With toys donated to the St. Regis Mohawk Indian Reserva- tion., In the tractor trailer were 455 boxes of toys with ap- proximately 3 dozen toys to a carton, for a total of 16,380 :• ; toys. :.^V. •.;••'. ;- .. ', . .-';.-.' • The Aytida Toy Drive sponsored by over 200 inmates ',] fr(>m Rahway State Prison included St. Regis in their yearly distribution of to'y.s- this year. Last year, Ayuda's Director, ; Ri<?k-JRowfe gave away over 450,000 toys. Indians from piiclah<)ma have been to Rahway three times to pick up loads of wtysvr w^hy^onate toys to St. Regis? That was. a simple People unload over 16,000 toys, a gift front Rick Rowe and the inmates from Rahway State Prison. Last year the Ayuda Toy Drive distributed over 450,000 toys. : Fhotoj Cindy Terrance ^p enp.yj^i icji^jj^cw to answer. Rick said, \I know that unemployment is high on Indian reservations and r just wanted to make...surfc that St. Regis got some toys. I read somewhere that some Mohawk Indians moved to Canada. So I got some information about the St. Regis Indian Reserva- tion and made contact with Chief Mitchell and Councillor Robert Skidders; ' Different groups and various programs from both portions of th.e''reservation were included in the distribution on Thursday. Social Services, welfare, all school committees, Johnson, O'Malley, American Legion, Christmas basket groups, the Cornwall Island Day Care, Cradleboard Nursery, Akwesasne Mohawk School, the Akwesasne Freedom School, Cornwall Island Homemakers, Head Start, St. Regis Village School and Chenail School were among the programs who picked up the toys. , • — • Rick Rowe has also invited a group of singers and dancers to Rahway forji week from Aug. 23rd until Aug. 31st. The group will be honored guests of Elk Lodge members who are responsible for helping with distribution of the Ayuda Toys. The wee'k wt|l be a week long celebration which will com- memorate the seven years that the Ayuda Toy Drive has been in operation. Rick hits asked that the toys be distributed at once, Most groups who picked up their toys won't be distributing theni right away. They will be handing them out at their annual Christmas parties they have in December. Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Councillor Robert Skid- ders will be making th.e trip to Rahway New,Jersey from August 23rd until August 31st. Cindy Terrance and Elizabeth Perkins will also be making the trip and will represent Indian '•\.-••...-•'..: (Continued on Page j) Kateri Cemetary Unkept and Not Mowed ST. REGIS — the Kateri graveyard located across from the oldPolice Station is in very poor condition. Apparently there is no caretaker for the graveyard. Last week a resident ap- proached Indian Time and asked that a picture be taken of the graveyard. This person said that he goes to the graveyard and takes care of three graves where he mows the grass.and picks upother refuse. This person said that he would-ve cut all the grass^but its gotten too long for-his mower. Councillor Dave Benedict said, \xlue to cutbacks with the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, the summer students usual- ly care for the graveyard. We haven't been able to get . anyone thjs year t<) care for the graveyard.\ , Akwesasne residents must ha,ve some relatives that are laid to rest there, so everyone should make some effort to keep the graveyard clean and cared for. * ; Cindv Terrance Kateri graveyard, no caretaker? Clay Samples Taken From Predgings Analyzed Swngtes of day taken from the mound of Akwesasne Notes and Indian Time office Road at Racquette Point has been analyz- York The-clay samples clearly showed Ihtum, chromium, mercury, lead, zinc ^e dredgings are the result of the con- iwrence Seaway back in 1954-1958. earth behind located on ^d In Syracuse th From L-R: Morris Adams, Keith Olson and Councillor Robert Skidders; Morris and Keith picked up a tractor trailer filled with toys and the toys were distributed to various programs for children throughout the St. Regis Indian Reservation. Photo: Cindy Terrance When the Seaway was being constructed, the land was ex- cavated and then piled up and then the land was flooded to create the reservoirs for the Saunder* and Moses Dam, and a waterway for ships to travel on. Janet Rith Nijarian, a graduate student from Syracuse's College of Environmental Science and Forestry called Indian Time last week and gave us her results. Before coming to SUNY—ESF for graduate school training, Janet received her Bachelor's degree with a major in Environmental Science and a minor in Native American Studies. These combined areas led her to a sensitivity to present day environmental problems faced by Native American peoples. Janet has developed a research plan to assist in the assessment of en- vironmental contamination at Akwesasne which specifically regards soil contamination and its ramifications. Janet has also received enthusiastic support for her study, as well as offered the use of equipment, laboratory facilities and staff assistance. The study Janet is involved in has had her busy taking samples from various parts of the reserve, including the area where dredging sludge was deposited from the St. Lawrence Seaway Project. The study also includes determin- ing levels and types of pollutants in the soil, and analyzing the impact of contamination on the soil biota. The techni- ques used by Janet has been proven to help determine soil contamination and the potential for movement of con- tamination through the food chain. More importantly it may elucidate the potential human health risks in years to come. Janet is also doing analyses of the uptake of soil con- . taminants by seeds and plants which are grown in Akwesasne vegetable gardens. This would require most lab work to accomplish but it would also entail collecting plant and seed specimens from Akwesasne gardens also. The results of Janet's study will be presented in an educational way to the community as soon as her results are conclusive. Analysis for the study should be completed by December 1985. Janet, has made soil and vegetarian collections from 48 dif- ferent areas of Racquette Point, the samples were taken from behind Ida Ransom's home, Tony Cole's residence and near Erin Oakes home, Janet had noticed that there was quite a lot of fluoride necrosis. Fiouride necrosis is damage to the vegetation by fluoride emissions. •• • , '••..' -•' ••••;•' • .;•'• -,•>.•,.;^.'-•'•',.•'' •. byCfaidyTerrance
