Tag: Traditional

The Initiative: Kanyenkehá:ka (Mohawk) youth participants in the Rites of Passage program planted white cedar trees around Kenhté:ke (Tyendinaga) over the course of three weekends. The Story: The Oheró:kon (Mohawk for “Under the Husk”) Rites of Passage program consists of youth who are learning traditional ways, roles, responsibilities and ceremonies to assist them in the transition to adulthood. Roberta Green is in her fourth year participating with the group and was in charge of the PR committee for the ...