Eat Fish, Choose WiselyAkwesasne Kids Activity Book

Tewa’ shé:kon i:hsere aiesató kense tsi nikentsióten ioiánere áieke kahiatónhsera rotihiá:ton “Akwesasne Family Guide to Eating Locally Caught Fish” ia’sa’tkens tsi tewa’á:raton www.srmtenv.org tewáni:

Environment DivisionSaint Regis Mohawk Tribe449 Frogtown RoadAkwesasne, NY 13655

Teietharáhkwa: 518-358-5937

Publication was made possible with funding from US Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes Restoration Initiative GL972296010 and Health Research Inc. subcontract 4159-01 Enhancing Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Fish Advisory Communications Project, and with contributions from New York State Department of Health and the Akwesasne community.

Ka’nhó:ron: Carleen Gibson, sha’té:kon na’teiakohseriiákon, Kaná:kon kionteweiénhsta iakótkwé:nion ne 7 - 9 nithotí:ions tehona’tkén:nion ne ionhsókwa tsi náhe nithotí:ions Tsi

Snaihne Akohseráke Ronaton’wenhséhston 2014.Éneken: Zianna Cook (sehsenonkwá:ti) iako’tkwé:nion ne 4 - 6 nithotí:ions tánon Kahéntase

Terrance (seweientehtákwen) ne 10 - 12 nithotí:ions.

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Akwesasne can be a fun place to go fishing with friends and family.

Can you draw a line from your boat to Akwesasne?

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Sewennísa’k

Tahseiatén:rohst

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The rivers in our area have chemicals from industry such as PCBs and Mercury.

So whether you should eat the fish you catch depends

What you catch&

Where you fishThis is called a fish advisory.

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Skahkwéntaren athéhsa onòn:ken

Tekarihwa’serákwas

Tshié:na ne kéntsion

Iokíe:ren tsi nón:we enhsahrió:kawine

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Certain types of fish have more chemicals in their bodies. People should be careful eating fish like carp and eel

because they are fatty and live a long time. Chemicals like PCBs stay in their fat and build up over time.

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Nene kéntsion enhseié:na ne Akwesásne kaniatara’kéhson, kentsiá:kon ne áhseke nó:nen enhse’nikón:rarake tánon

tenhsiehstáhsi ohnikentsióten enhséke.12

A catfish and a bullhead look a lot alike. A catfish has a forked tail and a bullhead does not.

Brown bullhead are a better choice for everyone to eat. Can you circle all the brown bullhead?

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Tahseiatén:rohstÍ:senahn tsi nikáien tkaié:ri

Ka’nón:we ién:we ne PCB ne kentsion kaiátakon?

Kéntsion’shón:’a iah thákeke’

Kén:tho ion’wé:sen ne’ aionhióhrkawine

tsiióre’sen

ohtsiá:na

wahiahéta

Akwesásne

Tetsiakiaké:ren ne onón:ken

Rábahbot

Kí:ken kentsion otsínekwar tánon óhonte tekaia’taierón:ni

onekwénhtara ne otàra

To ní:wa ne kéntsion tkaié:ri ákeke ne

tsiahia’khsera

skentstén:ritánon

kiawerón:ko

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Which line would you pull in to catch a fish?

Catch a Fish

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1. skakahrá’ksen2. rabáhbot3. oneniokón:ha

4. atená:tara5. wahiahé:ta6. kiokiákton

Sewenní:sa’k

K I O K I Á K T O N W S H ‘ A A ‘ K Á T N H É O A K H SH S E T R S T W T E W A S A: E S H E O T S ‘ N T K R KN R A B Á H B O T E N A W :Ó A : K H E Í N N A T H H IK K W E T N O Á T N S R T SO I T W E A : E Ó R S Á S TI Á A ‘ H T W S N S O ‘ É EN : H E A É O Á ‘ K Í K N AE O S R K E I E A R O S T HN W A H I A H È : T A E ‘ IO R O : K W R K N S W N Í T

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Fish are Good For YouYou should try to eat 2 portions of fish per

week. A portion is about the size of the palm of your hand.

Trace your palm here.

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Kákhwa Oronkwáhsa

Né:ne wahe’tken’s iehonakié:ton ne kaniatara’kéhson, nákon

wa’kontenòn:waien. Ken’nikentsiá:sa tsi níioht ne zebra mussel kónne’ks, thóne sén:ha kentsionwá:nen enráke

ne ken’nikentsiá:’a thó ki’ní:ioht tsi enwatehiá:ron kontiíá:takon ne

wahe’tken.

Nikentsiá:sa tsítsia’k ne tánon ken’nikiotiión:sa.9

The farther away from pollution the better the fish are to eat.

Can you help the fishermen find their way away from the industry to their

fishing spot?

Where You Fish Matters

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Teiotonhwentsióhon ka’khwiio ahón:neke’ ne rati’khsa’okón:’a ronatehiahrónkie. Sáhso ne kahi’shón:a onekwénhtara,

ase’shón:’a ohonte, orónia ne kanen’shón:’a tánon arihwawa’konnéha

ne o’waronshón:’a.

Aké:khsa

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A balanced meal is important for growing kids. Color the fruits red, the vegetables green, the grains blue and the proteins

purple.

My Plate

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Sénha í:non tsi nón:we rotihneka’khsáton sénha kentsiákon.

Sheié:nawa’s ne ronnitsiató:rats sénha í:non ahón:nehte’.

Iokíe:ren tsi nón:we enhsahrió:kawine

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Food Chain

Contaminants settle in the river sediments and build up in bottom-

dwelling organisms like zebra mussels. As each fish gets eaten by a bigger

one, the contaminants add up.

Eat fish that are smaller and younger.9

Ioiá:nere ne kéntsion áhseke’Tékeni ia’takà:ienhte áhseke ne kéntsion tsi

niwahía:khseres.

Í:serahst ne sahtsiá:na.

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1. Walleye2. Brown Bullhead3. Rock Bass4. Pumpkinseed

Word Search

D N D G B H H B W R H R E G A E B Z D L H C Y A O H S S E T R U Z Z T K W C B N E S H E O P S E N R K U T O N G L B W J W E A B W S L I K H L X N P A T A M C L K L P Q U W T N U S F L I P G E J O B C R S S C A B M Z T L W J N S O V E F B U J L Z O Y D W M U X R X P E Y E L L A W O Q T L O Y F B G A J G A W R O B R O O K T R O U T W W B

5. Brook Trout6. Yellow Perch7. Brown Trout8. Bluegill

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Ka’niká:ien ne ahserí:ie aontahsatihéntho ne ahtshié:na ne kéntsion?

Tshié:na ne Kéntsion

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Matching GameDraw a line from the clue to the correct answer

Where in the body do PCBs stay?

Fish I should not eat

This is a fun place to go fishing

Fat

Palm

Yellow Perch

Akwesasne

Carp

I look like a channel catfish

Bullhead

This fish is yellow with green stripes and red fins

I should eat a portion of fish this size twice a week

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Tehskiakié:ren ne onòn:ken tánon rabáhbot onòn:ken iotáhso’thí:ie iah ne’ ne rabáhbot.

Athéhsa rabáhbot ne sénha kentsí:io ne á:ieke, skahkwéntaren akwé:kon ne athéhsa rabáhbot.

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The fish you catch from Akwesasne waters is a healthy food source when you make the best choices in where you fish

and what type of fish you eat.

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Okia’ke ne kentsioshón:’a é:so kontiiátakon í:wa ne iáhte ioiánere.

Ahati’nikón:rarake ne onkwe’shón:à nó:nen skentstén:ri tanon kiawerón:ko nikentsió:ten enhsakotiié:na. Né:tsi

konónhnhes tánon ionáre’sen thonón:we iewatkóntas ne PCBs.

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Circle the Brown Bullhead

Answer Key

Catch a Fish

Where You Fish Matters

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Kentho tsitewanákere, awénke iehonákion ne iahteioiá:nere PCBs tánon Mercury ratina’tón:kwa.

Né:e ki’ aoríwa sátto’k ohnikentsióten tánon tsi nón:we wahsié:na.

ohnikentsiótentánon

tsi nón:we wahsié:naKahiatónhsera kahiá:ton ne Fish Advisory

sewennhnó:ten.

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D N D G B H H B W R H R E G A E B Z D L H C Y A O H S S E T R U Z Z T K W C B N E S H E O P S E N R K U T O N G L B W J W E A B W S L I K H L X N P A T A M C L K L P Q U W T N U S F L I P G E J O B C R S S C A B M Z T L W J N S O V E F B U J L Z O Y D W M U X R X P E Y E L L A W O Q T L O Y F B G A J G A W R O B R O O K T R O U T W W B

Word Search

Matching Game

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Ion’wé:sen ne Akwesásne. Enwáton enhonhriókawine ne kahwátsire tánon ateró:sera.

Enskwé:ni kenh ahsierón:nitste kahonwé:ia tsiniiore ne Akwesásne tkahiá:ton?

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For more information about the best choices to fish and what type of fish to eat in the “Akwesasne Family Guide to Eating Locally Caught Fish” visit www.srmtenv.org or contact:

Environment DivisionSaint Regis Mohawk Tribe449 Frogtown RoadAkwesasne, NY 13655

518-358-5937

Publication was made possible with funding from US Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes Restoration Initiative GL972296010 and Health Research Inc. subcontract 4159-01 Enhancing Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Fish Advisory Communications Project, and with contributions from New York State Department of Health and the Akwesasne community.

On the Cover: Carleen Gibson, an 8 year old who attends Kanatakon School was the winner of the ages 7 to 9 coloring contest at the 2014 Akwesasne Winter Carnival.

Above: Zianna Cook (left) won the 4 to 6 age category and Kahentase Terrance (right) was chosen for the 10 to 12 age category.

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Sewentsia’k, TesewaiehstáhsiAkwesásne Ratìkhsàokón:’aRaotiio’ténhsta