Kahwatsi:re
Genealogy and historical society
2024 Heritage Fair
March 2, 2024
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
St. Regis Mohawk School
Remembering Col. Louis Cook & Honoring All American Veterans
Speakers
Morning
9:00 Welcome - Ohenton Karihwatehkwen
10:00 President Tom Cook & American Legion
11:30 Keeping up with your records at home – Lillian Benedict-Barton
Afternoon
1:00 It’s All about the Land - Gerald Taiaiake Alfred
2:00 Cornwall Museum & Genealogy
2:30 Saint-Laurent Inc. Genealogy & Archives
3:00 Shonatatén:ron - Rick Oakes
4:00 Open Discussion
Door Prize drawings
Closing Words – Tom Cook
Informational Tables
Kahwatsi:re Research – Resources for conducting genealogy research
Kahwatsi:re Projects – Charles Cook Papers & Kansas Applications
Cornwall Museum & Genealogy – Research resources
Saint-Laurent Inc. Genealogy & Archives – Research resources
Ironworkers Display – photo collage
Col. Louis Cook – History of a notable veteran
It’s All about the Land - Gerald Taiaiake Alfred
Family Photo Scanning – Bring in your family photos for digitizing
What we do
EXPLORE YOUR ROOTS
The Kahwatsi:re Akwesasne & Genealogy & Historical Society holds a family tree database with over 10,000 names with some families dating back to the 1500s. We have access to search the St. Regis Catholic Church records, Kansas Applications from the early 1900s, published obituaries many other resources.
Our FAMILY FIRE
Akwesasne is a Mohawk word that means “place of partridges.” Located on the St. Lawrence River at the 45th parallel, it is where the countries of Canada and the United States; the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and the state of New York come together.
Native voices
The Native Voices series was aired in 1978 and 1979 with host Louie Cook and stories told by Ray Fadden on WSLU (St. Lawrence University) radio. Funding to digitize, edit and air segments was provided by Onaway Trust and Plenty International.
Tune in to CKON 97.3 FM and Karennaon:we 87.9 FM Monday evenings at 6:30 p.m. and repeated on Tuesday evenings at 8:30 p.m.
Conservation as the Indian Saw It - 12/20/2021
Contemporary Iroquois Stories - 12/27/2021
Iroquois Hats and Bear Story - 01/03/2022
Migration of the Iroquois - 01/10/2022
Haudenosaunee History - 01/17/2022
Iroquois Lesson Stories - 01/24/2022
Native American Contributions to Society - 01/31/2022
You are on Indian Land - Part 1 (Contributions) - 02/07/2022
You are on Indian Land - Part 2 (Stereotypes) - 02/14/2022
You are on Indian Land - Part 3 (Songs and Dance) - 02/21/2022
Little People and Great Bear - (02/28/2022)
Insight into the history
Video series featuring Society Board Members discussing some of the history and projects being undertaken.