Kanien’kehá:ka konnón:kwe Kontirihsta’kehró:non ó:nen wahonwanatia’tahrahse ne ronnón:kwe. Ronnón:kwe ronnonhtónion tánon konwatirihwáhrohs “tsi iah thakontikwé:ni só:tsi ioio’tenhserákste.” Tiffany Johnson iontátiats, wà:’enhre tó: khena’tónhas tsi iah teketshá:nis tsi nón:we ne aontaiottéhake tánon iakokwénion aiehará:tate ne thé:nen aiokstéhake. Tho ki’ na’è:iere wa’onterí:waienste ne Akwesásne thonwatirihonnièn:ni. Ó:nen iakotoríhsen ne Janice Albany tsi ierihsta’kehró:non, ohén:ton ié:tahkwe ne konnón:kwe kontikontsheráhrhos Ne Mercier Bridge. Tánon ó:ni Lu Ann Styres, Six Nations nitiakohténtion, iakote’nikonhrí:son tsi ieniekòn:tahkwe tsi iakoió:’te. Teiakotonhontsó:ni taiontén:tsha ne “kahsén:na” tsi akaónha aonhá:’a ontaiakoién:take ne iakón:kwe ierista’kehró:non.

Female Mohawk ironworkers are shattering stereotypes that the trade is solely a “man’s job.” Tiffany Johnson is ready to prove she isn’t afraid of heights or some heavy lifting on her first day of the Akwesasne apprenticeship-training program. Retired ironworker Janice Albany reflects on her days of overseeing an all-women painting gang on the Mercier Bridge. And Lu Ann Styres from Six Nations is determined to hold the title of being the oldest female ironworker.