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.
  • September 3, 2016

    The docks were rocked by skids and kids

    Several Kahnawa’kehró:non musicians, including the dudes from Dumptruk, hit the stages outside of the Kahnawake Marina on Saturday for the second annual Rock the Docks.

  • August 28, 2016

    Blast from the Past: Swinging and putting during a heated summer

    During the summer of 1990, the Kanawaki Golf Club was closed to its members, but several community members had the opportunity to use the course free of charge.

  • August 15, 2016

    More eviction letters to be sent out soon

    Several Mohawk Council of Kahnawake chiefs were absent for Tuesday’s summer community meeting, including MCK grand chief Joe Norton.

  • August 12, 2016

    Heavy Montreal was beeeeeeeaaast! Sort of

    This year’s festival brought a variety of sub-genres to Park Jean-Drapeau. From symphonic metal like Nightwish (pictured) to rockabilly and whatever Napalm Death was, there was something for every metal head.

  • August 8, 2016

    K103 board of directors under fire, again

    K103 Radio board of director Tonia Williams resigned last week. (Courtesy Tonia Williams) K103 Radio’s board of directors received its second resignation of the year last week.

  • August 1, 2016

    Blast from the Past: Onkwehón:we at the Olympics in Montreal 40 years ago

    The 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics included hundreds of Indigenous dancers as part of the game’s closing ceremony. (Courtesy COJO Montreal 1976)

  • July 26, 2016

    Gotta catch 'em all

    The Quebec Bridge Memorial on the recreation path is one of four Pokéstops in Kahnawake. (Courtesy @kawisaronkwas) Pokémon Go has caught the attention of tens of millions of mobile gamers, including dozens of Kahnawa’kehró:non feeling the need to catch 'em all.

  • July 25, 2016

    Purple Ribbon Walk set up to battle cancer

    Helen Jarvis Montour and Gale Laborgne are two of the women behind Tetewatatia'takéhnhahs, a new fundraising group aimed at helping cancer patients and their families.

  • July 20, 2016

    Mikinak community continues to ruffle feathers

    The Mikinak de Monteregie is not the only self-identified Aboriginal community that has caused concern for the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake.

  • July 15, 2016

    Indigenous movie monsters take over Old Montreal

    The art exhibition Indigenous Movies Monsters opened last night at the Ashukan Cultural Space. (Courtesy Jay Soule) FrankenSioux, chief werewolves, haunted powwows and cursed Cayugas aren’t your typical horror movie characters, but they are front and centre of Jay Soule’s latest series of artwork now on display in Montreal’s Old Port.