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June 20, 2023A leap of language-learning faith
For the first two months of the Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Immersion Program, Konwaia’tisákhe Barnes-Jacobs had a headache.
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June 15, 2023Hearse destroyed by impaired driver
Many community members are used to seeing James Day – renowned for his Haunted Woods – driving around town in his beloved hearse, a vision of quirky neon lights and blaring music that he’s spent time and effort installing in his vehicle.
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June 15, 2023Learning to communicate as a community
Kanontienénhtha Brass has always been focused on science. When she was a child, she loved everything technical, and after graduating CEGEP, she ended up studying cognitive neuroscience at McGill University.
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June 15, 2023Kahnawake Brewing Company wins gold
The Canadian Brewing Awards are the Oscars of the beer world. Every year, brewers from across the country submit their beers to be judged by a panel of aficionados, who blind taste-test each can and bottle to select the champion.
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June 8, 2023Kahnawake says no to Quebec
A no man’s land stood between two rooms of the Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Montreal last Friday: on one side, Quebec held a public dialogue session surrounding the province’s French language laws in the context of Indigenous rights, and on the other, the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL)
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June 7, 2023Celebrating Indigenous grads
Though many graduates from McGill University hang their diplomas on their walls with pride, recent graduate Josh Swain, who is Red River Metis from Kinosota, is excited to display something other than a special piece of paper to mark his achievements: a beautiful, handcrafted graduation stole designed by Kahnawa’kehró:non Tammy Beauvais.
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June 5, 2023Mohawk Mothers defend Black Rock gravesite
After a triumph in court against some of Quebec and Canada’s biggest institutional bodies, the Kanien’kehá:ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers)
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May 30, 2023Survival wins lacrosse championship
When Kahnawake Survival School’s (KSS) field lacrosse head coach Kirby Joe Diabo sat down to the final game of the season on May 23 against Westwood High School, he knew the fate of the game was no longer in his hands.
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May 30, 2023Kanesatake on display at Montreal art show
A palm-sized piece of bark is embedded in the canvas of Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel’s The Siege of Kanehsatà:ke, set as if it’s a peep of a tree trunk growing out of the painting.
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May 24, 2023Hunters mandated to provide security
Following altercations at a game last month, the Kahnawake Hunters will now be mandated to provide a minimum of three security officers for all remaining games in the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL).

