Stories by Marcus Bankuti

Minutes after police confirmed to The Eastern Door that there will be no investigation into a blaze that ravaged a new cannabis dispensary Wednesday morning, authorities were called to another fire on Mohawk Territory in Oka village.

Shantak Vollant has been curling for around five years, but when she first stepped into “the shed,” as members of the Lachine Curling Club call their arena, she was surrounded by something she’d never seen before - something shocking and discomforting to her.

Kahnawake is getting ready to build a covered outdoor rink, envisioned as a world-class facility that will significantly boost the community’s sporting capacity, the community learned this week.

Roadside inspections of dump trucks entering Kanesatake on Monday were once again routine mechanical checks, but some believe the enforcement has been a step in the right direction.  “For one thing, I’m glad they’re taking any action at all,” said Mohawk Council of Kanesatake chief Serge Otsi Simon.

What does a real Kahnawake ironworker think of Empire the Musical? “Personally, I think it’s fantastic,” said Chester Deer.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) has a new grand chief after a decisive win for Cody Diabo, who garnered nearly twice as many votes as incumbent Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer, who came last in the three-way race.

Spurred by a recent wave of external media coverage of dumping in the community, a group of Oka residents and affiliated groups have vowed to support Kanehsata’kehró:non with a blockade to stop dump trucks if necessary.

Warmups at the driving range were going well for Josh Mayo at the second annual Golf Quebec Indigenous Championship on Tuesday. But then he went to the putting green.

The Knights of Columbus was packed to the brim Tuesday night as Kahnawa’kehró:non gathered to hear the 21 candidates vying to fill out the next Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

Wahsontiio Stacey’s bid to be reinstated as a candidate for chief in the upcoming Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)