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On the Life and Death of my wife Joanne Shenandoah
Monday, December 6, 2021
• OBITUARY: Joanne Shenandoah-Tekaliwakwa, 1957-2021
In 1976 I was staying on St. Regis Island at the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory.
In June of that year I was laying outside during a warm late spring night when a circular band of northern lights appeared above me. I was able to see beyond the darkness into my future. I saw many events which have taken place but there was one which has had the most influence on my life.
I saw a beautiful Native woman dressed in blue denim come out of a room in a house and place I did not recognize. I was stunned by her presence and realized this would be my wife. I did not know how, where or when but it was certain to happen as was the vision of my death which was equally as specific.
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Doug George-Kanentiio, Akwesasne Mohawk, is a residential school survivor. He was given the number 4-8-2-738. He serves as the
vice-president of the Hiawatha Institute for Indigenous Knowledge. He previously served
as a Trustee for the National Museum of the American Indian, is a former land
claims negotiator for the Mohawk Nation and is the author of numerous books and
articles about the Mohawk people. He may be reached via e-mail at:
Kanentiio@aol.com or by calling 315-415-7288.
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