Stories by Eve Cable

From Thunderstruck to the Hoedown Throwdown, last weekend’s Kahnawake Figure Skating Club show was one to remember, as skaters of all levels took on a Country vs. Rock theme at the Kahnawake Sports Complex.

Community members will now have access to almost six million records related to the Federal Indian Day Schools system, after Library and Archives Canada (LAC) officially wrapped work on their Day Schools Project (DSP).

One hundred and fifty years ago, the Indian Act was introduced. Today, many are wondering how many more anniversaries will be marked before it’s gone.

Organizers say collaboration is at the heart of an upcoming language symposium at McGill University, where Onkwehón:we from around the world will come together to share their experiences and goals in the field of language revitalization.

Last week’s Indigenous Nurses Day celebration in Kahnawake was truly generational – from 96-year-old Helen Skye, who became a nurse in 1951, to 29-year-old Rebecca Boyer, who graduated from her nurse practitioner program last summer, it was a day to recognize the efforts of Kahnawake’s nurses past and present.

Thoniarotahrhòn:ne tánon raià:tarahkwe ne tsi ionterihwaweienstáhkhwa ne Jeremy Thompson skátne Tkà:nios, tsi nón:we ohén:ton í:iente tehshakorihwasniè:se, tsi ó:nen waháttoke’ nahò:tenk ne rontia’táhrha tsi nihatiia’tò:ten.

Twelve-year-old Ella Mae McComber was over the moon last week when she made contact with the Artemis II space mission, asking a question of astronaut Jeremy Hansen as he and his team soared hundreds of thousands of kilometres into outer space.

For former Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller, sports is about much more than just playing a game.

Discussions about traditional harvesting and navigating a path forward will be centre stage at the 2026 Kahnawake Harvest Summit, set to take place at the Legion next week.

As Rainbow Distribution prepares to continue a legal fight against Quebec following a series of tobacco seizures and searches, other nations have taken to social media to voice their support.