Stories by Eve Cable

During the day, Kwahará:ni Jacobs and her four-year-old daughter, Atshennonnià:’a, head down to the Akwesasne Freedom School, and walk into Otsi’náhkwakon, the community’s language nest.

Kanonhkwí:ne Goodleaf spent more than 20 hours working on her latest painting, which she was determined to give to her favourite Bruins player, Jeremy Swayman.

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) has ordered the federal government to immediately address a backlog of claims within the Jordan’s Principle program, in a 14-page decision released at the end of last week.

The community is getting to know Ionkwatahónhsate Victim Services, with two information sessions held over meals last Thursday familiarizing Kahnawa’kehró:non with the resources they can offer.

It was a big day for Kahnawa’kehró:non at the First Nations Executive Education (FNEE) graduation this month, with six community members celebrating the completion of courses that will further their leadership skills.

When Kahnawa’kehró:non Zye Mayo found out he was a recipient of this year’s David Olivier Award from his CEGEP, Dawson College, he initially told his family not to come to the ceremony - it might be long, and it’s a bit of a journey from Kahnawake.

It’s been nearly two years since Taietsarón:sere Tai Leclaire’s short film Headdress hit screens, but it’s still reaching new audiences - this time thanks to image+nation, a Montreal-based queer film festival.

In a ceremony held on the lower field of McGill University last Sunday morning, around 200 people gathered as a great white pine sapling, brought by Kanehsata’kehró:non Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel from the Pines in Kanehsatake, was planted into the ground.

In-person consultations have begun for those living within 300-metre radiuses of proposed dispensary sites, with members of the Kahnawake Cannabis Control Board (KCCB)

School buses transporting students who live on Route 207 will now be picking up and dropping off students on the same side of the road as the exit door, the latest move to combat dangerous driving on the road.