Stories by Daniel J. Rowe

Tiakotierenhton Diabo was part of the girls’ team from KSS that competed at the indoor track and field meet Monday and sent three girls to the provincial championships. (Courtesy Kanerahtens Bush)

(Daniel J. Rowe, The Eastern Door) Not so for the Kahnawake Marina Super Series drivers, who hit the ice Saturday and Sunday, and saw some new faces on the podium.

Courtesy Courtney Montour An impressive new documentary by rookie filmmaker Courtney Montour screened at the McCord Museum in Montreal Wednesday, heralding another energetic voice in Onkwehón:we cinema.

Kawera’shátste McComber led KSS with a take-no-prisoners offensive performance, as the Bantam hockey team heads into its last game of the regular season before the playoffs.

They were the years where hockey players had few teeth and epic moustaches; hair flew freely sans helmet as nature intended, and a team from Philadelphia in orange and black won back-to-back cups and were one of the dominant teams in the NHL.

Kelsey Deer and her faithful German Shepherd Rick have spent the last year together developing her four-legged partner’s tracking skills, in hopes that he can be a certified to search and rescue like his owner. Lua the pug, while skilled at finding food in the house, is not training for search and rescue.

Brittany LeBorgne’s name was read alongside comedy legend Catherine O’Hara Tuesday, as the 31-year-old Kahnawake actress becomes the first in the community to be nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for a comedy role in a TV series.

It is a question that is being answered in Onkwehón:we countries across Turtle Island: how does a community take hold of its education system and ensure its children retain traditional knowledge while being able to succeed in higher education?

Kahnawake artist and teacher Owisò:kon Lahache drew on her family, passion for teaching, and artistic gift to paint a commemoration of the genocidal practice of residential schools.

Anishinaabemowin advocate and journalist Wab Kinew’s engaging new autobiography The Reason You Walk (Viking Press, $32) is a finely crafted journey of reconciliation, cultural revival and a touching story about a father and his son.