Stories by Eve Cable

Ahkhwesahsró:non have been left questioning whether the Akwesasne Mohawk Police (AMP) could have done more to prevent the tragedy that claimed the lives of eight individuals in the St. Lawrence River last Thursday and Friday.

“I broke a cycle,” said Kanehsata’kehró:non Stacey Pepin, standing in front of the over 125-year old New Chancellor Day Hall, part of McGill University’s Faculty of Law.

You’d be forgiven if you at first didn’t notice the unassuming, six-foot-three figure in a black fedora interacting with the nearly 30 Kahnawa’kehró:non from Kahnawake Minor Hockey Association (KMHA)

At a certain point in the journey to get to Ōtaki, New Zealand, for the Māoriland Film Festival, the 22-strong group travelling to participate began to wonder if they would ever get there.

You might think it’s hard to stay humble after winning a $100,000 scholarship, but for Kahnawa’kehró:non Gracie Diabo, her achievements are one piece of a bigger picture of Kanien’kehá:ka excellence.

Tammy Whitebean vows that she will be keeping true to the promise she made to Kenny Kane at the Sports Complex six years ago: she will not stop rallying for the Kraft Hockeyville contest until Kahnawake wins.

Nearly a year ago, a warming tent constructed in honour of Raphaël “Napa” André, an Innu man who died in Milton Park in January 2021, was shut down due to a lack of federal funding.

The field of archaeology has been weaponized against Indigenous people for years, with universities and profit-focused corporations embroiled in discourse surrounding best practices for excavations and construction on sites that could contain unmarked graves or precious artifacts.