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.
  • June 29, 2016

    Eviction letters handed out… again

    A grassroots group who demanded that non-Natives living in Kahnawake leave the territory organized a number of marches and rallies throughout the spring of 2015.

  • June 28, 2016

    Vigil marks 10 years since Morrison’s disappearance

    Ten years after Tiffany Morrison went missing, around 100 community members and other supporters gathered to draw attention to a crime that has never been solved.

  • June 21, 2016

    Key membership law definition reached

    Mohawk Council of Kahnawake membership portfolio chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer was among the resource team on hand for Tuesday evening’s hearing on the Kahnawake Membership Law.

  • June 17, 2016

    March for tomorrow to mark Tiffany Morrison’s disappearance

    It’s been 10 years since Tiffany Morrison’s life came to a tragic end. The 24-year-old mother was last seen leaving the Hiraki Bar in LaSalle to take a taxi back to Kahnawake on June 18, 2006.

  • June 13, 2016

    Plan launched for more Champlain Bridge ironworkers

    Mohawk Council of Kahnawake chief Carl Horn said he hopes the new initiative will increase the amount of Kanien’kehá:ka workers on the new Champlain Bridge Corridor Project.

  • June 10, 2016

    Membership scraps blood quantum, but not really

    Director of Justice Services Kevin Fleischer, membership registrar Rose-Ann Morris and portfolio chief Arlene Jacobs were among the resource staff on hand at Tuesday’s Community Decision-Making Process hearing for the Kahnawake Membership Law.

  • June 3, 2016

    Proposed tobacco law inches forward

    Dale Dione and Joe Delaronde facilitated Tuesday’s Community Decision-Making Process hearing on the proposed Kahnawake Tobacco Law. (Jessica Deer, The Eastern Door)

  • May 23, 2016

    Blood quantum questions dominate meeting

    Director of Justice Services Kevin Fleischer, membership registrar Rose-Ann Morris and portfolio chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer were among the resource staff on hand at Tuesday’s Community Decision-Making Process hearing for the Kahnawake Membership Law.

  • May 20, 2016

    Onake motor needed now!

    Onake Paddling Club has been a second home for many young athletes during the summer months. (Courtesy Charleen Schurman) A disco dance fundraising initiative organized by Onake may have been unexpectedly cancelled last week, but new safety equipment is still needed for the upcoming season on the water.

  • May 13, 2016

    Canada says yes to Indigenous rights

    Tania Larivière, right, was one of the Indigenous youth from Quebec who attended the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues this week in New York City.