offered on the reservation through Iohahi:io Akwesasne Education & Training Institute and State University of New York (SUNY) extension programs with the SRMT. Media Radio 97.3 CKON-FM is the community radio station. It first went on air on September 29, 1984. CKON is owned and operated by the Akwesasne Communication Society, a community-based non-profit group. It has a country music format, and also has adult contemporary music during evenings, a free format on Fridays, and oldies on Sundays. CKON also broadcasts coverage of home and away games of the Cornwall Colts and Akwesasne Wolves hockey teams, and of the Akwesasne Lightning lacrosse team. WICY, a radio station in Malone, New York, has an FM transmitter in Akwesasne, 103.5 W278CS. 87.9 FM Karennaon:we transmits at 87.9 MHz on the FM dial. Karennaon:we went on the air on December 21, 2017. It is owned and operated by Equal Skies Media and broadcasts the music and language of the Haudenosaunee confederacy and other first nations. Karennaon:we Radio is a positive resource for the children of the Mohawk community making available the language and culture 24 hours a day. Karennaon:we Radio is not for profit and receives no funding from federal, provincial or tribal governments. Online and print media Akwesasne Notes Indian Time Newspaper Akwesasne TV Attractions Akwesasne Annual International Pow-wow Akwesasne Cultural Center Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Annual Akwesasne Winter Carnival Iohahi:io Akwesasne Education & Training Institute Mohawk International Raceway - formerly known as Frogtown International Speedway; a dirt track racing oval and host of outdoor concerts Ronathahon:ni Cultural Centre - formerly known as the Native North American Traveling College Strawberry Music Festival Political activism 1969 border crossing dispute In the winter of 1969, Cornwall City Police were confronted by a demonstration by Akwesasro꞉non at the North Channel Bridge of what is now called the Three Nations Crossing. By blocking traffic on the bridge, Akwesasro꞉non sought to call attention to their grievance that they were prohibited by Canadian authorities from duty-free passage of personal purchases across the border. They claimed this right by the 1795 Jay Treaty, which allowed indigenous free passage across the border that separated their established territory. 2001 "anti-globalization" direct action The NYC Ya Basta Collective was a group of anti-globalization activists, based primarily in New York City, active from roughly October 2000 through October 2001. Initiated in October 2000 by L. Fantoni and Casper on the heels of the anti-International