The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne would like to inform the community that the Akwesasne Heating Assistance Program (AHAP) will now be taking applications starting Monday, October 16, 2023. The final application deadline will be Friday, December 15, 2023 at 4 p.m. There will be no exceptions after the deadline date, as the fuel distribution will commence.     The application […]

An Election was held on Saturday, October 7, 2023 for the Akwesasne Membership Board in the Districts of Kawehnoke and Tsi Snaihne.     No appeals were received by the deadline of October 12, 2023 at 2 p.m.     OFFICIAL RESULTS    Tsi Snaihne (2-Year Term)  Shannon L. Lazore  11  Theresa Thompson  5    Kawehno:ke (4-Year Term)  Joanne Jocko  […]

On Wednesday, October 4, the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne hosted an art unveiling at the Tri-District Elders Lodge on Kawehno:ke. The MCA welcomed Kyle Thompson, a Cornwall resident, to Akwesasne as Kyle recently reached out to the organization wanting to donate a piece of his artwork to the Mohawks of Akwesasne. The Tri-District graciously accepted the artwork.   Kyle Thompson […]

A sea of orange shirts filled the park Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, for a joint event planned by Akwesasne and Cornwall organizations to honour residential school survivors. Orange Shirt Day now coincides with Canada’s National Day for Truth & Reconciliation on September 30th every year.   The event at Cornwall’s Lamoureux Park featured Akwesasne speakers, residential school survivor presentations, Indigenous […]

The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne presented a check for $500,000 to the Akwesasne Freedom School on September 25, 2023.  Friends of the Akwesasne Freedom School (FOAFS) had made a request to the MCA for assistance for the construction of a new school.      The Akwesasne Freedom School is the Akwesasne community’s only private full-Mohawk immersion school.  It began as a grassroots effort in 1979 and continues […]