Art Market Inspires & Grows in its Third Year
Promising a celebration of spectacular Mohawk art and a rich Indigenous cultural experience, the Akwesasne Art Market and Juried Show did not disappoint.
Akwesasne featured in The Globe and Mail’s ‘Hidden Canada 2024’
For the seventh edition of Hidden Canada, Canadian travel writers reveal 10 corners of the country you may not have been to before. Akwesasne is one of them.
Marvel’s Kahhori thrills Akwesasró:non and inspires artists
The Marvel Cinematic Universe and Akwesasne were shook last week when a Mohawk character emerged from its animated series, “What If …?” The groundbreaking sixth episode of season 2 introduces Kahhori, the MCUs’ first original superhero, to the multiverse. She is a young Mohawk woman on a quest to discover her power after the Tesseract falls to Earth and lands within the sovereign Haudenosaunee Confederacy before the colonization of America.
Tourism an opportunity to educate visitors about Mohawk culture
On a warm day back in September, a small group of people step onto a pontoon boat on the St. Lawrence River, hair blowing in the wind. The sky is blue and the sun sparkles off the water. A travel writer from Massena, a tour guide from New York City, and some St. Lawrence University officials all sit on the boat taking in Akwesasne from the water. It’s part of a familiarization tour Akwesasne Travel planned to practice new tours they’ve been working on.
Akwesasne Travel Receives New York State Tourism Excellence Award
Akwesasne Travel received a New York State Tourism Excellence Award for Excellence in Sustainable Stewardship, a new category in 2023 acknowledging the critical work done in advancing the areas of sustainability, DEAI (diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion), international marketing, travel itineraries, and promoting the great outdoors of New York State.
Akwesasne Selected As A T-Mobile Hometown Grant Recipient
Akwesasne was selected as one of 25 T-Mobile Hometown Grant winners: the grant funding will be applied to a special Smoke Dance Sculpture art installation and landscaping for Sken:nen Park West. Sken:nen park is located in the heart of downtown Akwesasne, along Route 37. Sken:nen Park is part of a downtown revitalization initiative that began pre-covid, led by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s cultural tourism division.
Akwesasne Tourism Business Support Project Awarded $857,119
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Office of Economic Development (OED) announced today that it was awarded a two-year grant in the amount of $857,119 in federal funding for the Akwesasne Tourism Business Support Project. The funding was made available under the FY 2021 American Rescue Plan Act through the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Indigenous Communities Program.
Akwesasne Selected for EPA Recreation Economy for Rural Communities Award
The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and partners are bringing the Tribal community together to build on the Tribe’s cultural tourism, economic development, and infrastructure strategies. Some of those developments include a new heritage center, an art gallery, and the creation of green park spaces along the St. Regis River located in downtown Akwesasne. The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe is one of twenty-five communities selected as partners for Recreation Economy for Rural Communities planning assistance in 2022.
On the Canadian border, artistry connects travelers to Mohawk culture
I booked my visit to Hill’s studio through Akwesasne Travel, the marketing organization for the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory, which straddles the U.S.-Canada border, and New York, Ontario and Quebec. Despite the territory’s geographical complexity, residents (Akwesasronon) consider themselves to be one community. Last fall, Akwesasne Travel launched three tours to offer visitors a chance to learn about Akwesasne culture.
Akwesasne launches cultural tours due to rising interest in Mohawk history
The Mohawk community in Akwesasne near Cornwall, Ont., has launched a series of cultural experiences for visitors wishing to understand more about the people and their traditions, spurred by the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential schools. Akwesasne Travel launched two months ago following a surge in interest about its cultural history.
