By Victoria Gray Writer R. Donald Maracle found his focus split between a number of issues that arose during the pandemic but still managed to make progress in many areas. The Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory Elected Chief has lead the community for 28 years and when the COVID-19 pandemic hit he called a team together to help community members financially, mentally, and physically while continuing to advance infrastructure projects and land claims. \u201cAll the chiefs were faced with many, many challenges. There wasn\u2019t really a lot known about the virus in the beginning. It was a huge learning cure for everybody, including scientists and there was a lot of fear. There no vaccine and it was spreading quickly,\u201d he said. Unlike a lot of First Nation communities they did not close… <\/p>\n
By Victoria Gray Writer R. Donald Maracle found his focus split between a number of issues that arose during the pandemic but still managed to make progress in many areas. The Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory Elected Chief has lead the community for 28 years and when the COVID-19 pandemic hit he called a team together to help community members financially, mentally, and physically while continuing to advance infrastructure projects and land claims. \u201cAll the chiefs were faced with many, many challenges. There wasn\u2019t really a lot known about the virus in the beginning. It was a huge learning cure for everybody, including scientists and there was a lot of fear. There no vaccine and it was spreading quickly,\u201d he said. Unlike a lot of First Nation communities they did not close... <\/p>\n