{"id":2003,"date":"2024-10-15T09:45:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T13:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/planforgood\/?post_type=cu_story&p=2003"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:36:30","slug":"creating-a-sustainable-future-for-mohawk-nation-students-education","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/planforgood\/story\/creating-a-sustainable-future-for-mohawk-nation-students-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Sustainable Future for Mohawk Nation Students\u2019 Education"},"content":{"rendered":" \n
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\n Creating a Sustainable Future for Mohawk Nation Students\u2019 Education\n <\/h1>\n \n \n\n

\u201cWhen you hear from a student who says a scholarship made it possible to stay in school, you realize this isn\u2019t just paperwork, it\u2019s people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Samantha Maracle BS\/74<\/p>\n\n\n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Giving Insight Fall 2024 Edition<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samantha Maracle (BSc\/74) grew up on her family\u2019s farm in the Tyendinaga Mohawk Nation. Her father, Garnett Maracle, was a farmer who acquired several plots of land in Tyendinaga throughout her childhood, including a lakefront cabin that quickly became Samantha\u2019s favourite spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She eventually inherited her father\u2019s land and gradually transferred most of it to other Tyendinaga community members. The exception was the lakefront property, which she kept all of her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat property was special to me,\u201d Samantha explains. \u201cBut as I don\u2019t have children who could inherit it, I had to decide what to do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On one of many recent visits to Tyendinaga, Samantha discovered the community was facing a challenge. \u201cI was the only Tyendinaga student in my grade to go university, so I had no problem securing financial support,\u201d she recalls. \u201cWhen I visited the Tyendinaga Band Office last year, I learned of a new roadblock for students: with hundreds of Tyendinaga youth applying to postsecondary, there are not enough funds to go around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lifelong proponent of education, Samantha decided to transfer ownership of her lakefront property to her cousins, Lisa and Tom Maracle, and use the proceeds to help her community. She worked closely with Carleton to establish the Mohawk Nation Education Bursary, an endowed award that will provide financial support to youth living on the Tyendinaga territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI knew that I wanted my estate to go back to the Mohawk people of the Bay of Quinte. This is my way of respecting the elders and the land\u2014land that is a part of my father\u2019s legacy. Now that legacy can live on through this endowment,\u201d Samantha shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the endowment now in place, Samantha is directing a share of her estate to the bursary and is committed to working with Carleton and family members to ensure the sustainability of the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is my way of respecting the elders and the land\u2014land that is a part of my father\u2019s legacy. Now that legacy can live on through this endowment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She explains: \u201cIt was important to involve my younger relatives\u2014including my cousins Patti and Lisa and their families\u2014who want to ensure the integrity of the endowment after my death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also hopes the student recipients will feel compelled to continue to support Tyendinaga youth by contributing to the bursary in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis endowment is a unique place where we can make legacy gifts honoring the Maracle family and other Mohawk families. Involvement from many people will result in the biggest impact for Tyendinaga youth. If everyone considered future generations and saw the benefits of philanthropy, there would be a more sustainable future for Indigenous students\u2019 education.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Giving Insight Fall 2024 Edition Samantha Maracle (BSc\/74) grew up on her family\u2019s farm in the Tyendinaga Mohawk Nation. Her father, Garnett Maracle, was a farmer who acquired several plots of land in Tyendinaga throughout her childhood, including a lakefront cabin that quickly became Samantha\u2019s favourite spot. She eventually inherited her father\u2019s land and gradually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_story_type":[],"cu_story_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2003","cu_story","type-cu_story","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/planforgood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/2003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/planforgood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/planforgood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/planforgood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/planforgood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/2003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2047,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/planforgood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story\/2003\/revisions\/2047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/planforgood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_story_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/planforgood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story_type?post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"cu_story_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/planforgood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_story_tag?post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}