Publishing since 1992 from Kahnawake Kanien'kehá:ka Territory

Stories by Jessica Deer

Jessica Deer was a staff reporter from 2015-2018 who started out in 2008 as a summer student.
  • February 7, 2017

    Who knew Plattsburgh had an art gallery?

    One of the four serigraphs artist Martin Loft will have on exhibition this month at The Strand Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh, New York.

  • January 30, 2017

    Workshop aims to catch dreams across the country

    Artist Nick Huard will be taking his skills across the country to teach youth in Canada how to make dreamcatchers.

  • January 27, 2017

    New art work explores identity and technology

    “Becoming Skywoman” is one of the handful of machinimagraphs, or production stills, that will be on display as a part of Tomorrow People.

  • January 27, 2017

    Kinesthetic desks kick-start new approach to learning

    Student Jace Norton spent Wednesday afternoon using the bicycle desk that is available in his grade five French immersion classroom.

  • January 26, 2017

    Mysterious truck fire destroys garage

    The fire completely destroyed the community member's truck, as well as caused significant damage to their garage. (Steve Bonspiel, The Eastern Door)

  • January 24, 2017

    Memories of past protests on Parliament Hill

    A young Dale Dione, Margaret Horn and Cindy Horn were among the Kahnawa’kehró:non who protested on Parliament Hill in November 1964.

  • January 23, 2017

    Fire Brigade trains eager Mi’kmaq recruits

    Instructors Raymond Lepine and Bryan Deer following a controlled burn with new firefighters Cody Guitard, Roger Barnaby, Dave Condo, Luke Martin, Carlene Isaac, Jacob Arsenault, Dakota Barnaby, Tyrone Metallic, Colleen Methot, Jaygen Bernard, Donna Metallic and Mindy Moffat.

  • January 16, 2017

    Norton opposed to tribunal mediation

    Mohawk Council of Kahnawake grand chief Joe Norton said council's position on membership is not going to change. (File photo)

  • January 16, 2017

    Putting names to Indigenous faces in archives

    Photos like these of families, women and children in Kahnawake that were taken in the 1930s remain unidentified in Library and Archives Canada’s online database.

  • January 11, 2017

    Supreme Court dismisses gas tax case

    Wallace “Bully” Stacey proprietor of Bully’s Truck Stop stands on the Quebec Court of Appeal steps after hearing his lawyer, Timothy Huot, argue on behalf of himself and 10 other gas retailers.