Publishing since 1992 from Kahnawake Kanien'kehá:ka Territory

Stories by Daniel J. Rowe

Daniel J. Rowe is an award-winning reporter and photographer originally from BC. In addition to journalism, he produces and edits a Shakespeare-inspired blog and podcast called the Bard Brawl. His writing has also appeared in the Montreal Gazette, Canadian Press, U.S. Lacrosse magazine and elsewhere. His facial hair rotates with the season, and he’s recently discovered the genius of wearing a cowboy hat. He wrote for The Eastern Door from 2011 to 2019.
  • November 20, 2015

    Future-grands get glimpse of future from McGill mentors

    Students from KSS and McGill University paired up as part of a mentorship program between the two schools to help high schoolers gain confidence for the post-secondary world.

  • November 20, 2015

    Art in Action exhibit honours Indigenous women

    Marissa Diabo's reinterpretation of the Creation Story was a standout piece at the Youth Forum's second Art in Action show.

  • November 20, 2015

    Fighters have room to improve, blanked at casino

    Karley Diabo battled hard, but suffered first loss in Tae Kwon Do Monday night at the Montreal Casino. (Joseph Czikk, The Eastern Door)

  • November 6, 2015

    Survival School girls win first-ever female banner

    Iaonhátie Deom (setting) led a focused and balanced KSS volleyball team with a blend of hard smacking and quality digging to its first-ever GMAA banner at Trafalgar School.

  • October 26, 2015

    Petition puts pressure to teach residential schools

    The Foundation for the Compulsory Study of Genocide in Schools is hoping to pressure the government of Quebec to make mandatory the study of genocide including Residential Schools in the province’s textbooks.

  • October 23, 2015

    Young boxer halfway to perfect four-bout tournament

    Shatekaienthokwen Van Dommelen is following his father Art’s passion and has developed into a hard-hitting quality boxer at the ripe age of nine, at 75 pounds.

  • October 16, 2015

    Book Review: A look at the other side of the debate is never a bad idea

    An hour into reading Globe and Mail columnist John Ibbitson’s new biography Stephen Harper, I posted a picture of the book on Instagram with the tongue-in-cheek caption “Who would’ve thought I’d spend an hour reading this?” Two friends from Kahnawake posted comments within minutes: “a good hour that you’ll never get back” and “burn the damn thing.” The Eastern Door requested a review copy of Ibbitson’s book, as Harper is continually cast as villain number one in Kahnawake, and understanding something of his life, politics and personality is important.

  • October 16, 2015

    Kickboxing crew making waves in Montreal circuit

    Bradley Bomberry made sure to seal a solid coin in his first competitive kickboxing fight Monday at the Montreal Casino as part of the Fraser Core-Fit fighting crew.

  • October 9, 2015

    Kahnawake joins fight against city's sewage plan

    The plan to dump eight billion litres of untreated sewage into the St. Lawrence River continues to draw criticism from both sides of the river, and it just got political.

  • September 25, 2015

    Survival students introduced to new Eagle Spirit Academy

    Kahnawake Survival School students heading into their final year of high school were at McGill University Friday being introduced to something unique.