Publishing since 1992 from Kahnawake Kanien'kehá:ka Territory

Stories by Marcus Bankuti

Marcus is an award-winning journalist and the managing editor of The Eastern Door, where he has been reporting since 2021 on issues that matter to Kahnawake and Kanesatake. His work has been acknowledged at the national and regional level, receiving honours such as the Canadian Association of Journalists Community Written Feature Award and the Quebec Community Newspapers Association's Paul Dumont-Frenette Outstanding Journalism Award for journalist of the year. He was previously editor-in-chief of The Link and a contributing editor at Our Canada magazine. 

  • October 17, 2023

    Kanesatake grand chief refuses call to step down

    Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille will not resign following a demand from a majority of MCK chiefs that he step down or face a referendum and non-confidence vote.

  • October 12, 2023

    Community comes together for survivors

    Josie McGregor gets emotional discussing the years she spent as number 38 at the Spanish, Ontario, residential school she attended – the hellhole, she calls it.

  • October 11, 2023

    Prejudice blamed for pre-season chaos

    A resolution has been found after multiple teams in the Lac St. Louis (LSL) 30 Ouest (LHTO) hockey league refused to play against the U18 Kahnawake Mohawks this year, a stance that struck many community members as racist.

  • October 5, 2023

    Community comes together after tragedy

    Just over a week after a heart-wrenching car crash took the life of 18-year-old Tsótewe Stacey, hundreds of Kahnawa’kehró:non came together to show love and support for her family, raising $16,785.78 with a blanket dance, penny fair, and medicine lacrosse game.

  • October 4, 2023

    Environment director under fire

    The director of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) environment department has been accused of cutting trees in the Onen’tó:kon preservation area established by a group of women committed to protecting the Pines.

  • September 28, 2023

    Birks ad raises questions

    Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer and her wife Tami Jo Rice were paid to promote Birks, a jewellery company whose diamonds partly originate from mines said to have harmful effects on Indigenous communities in Canada.

  • September 27, 2023

    Warhawks robbed in must-win

    The Junior A Warhawks have been bounced from the playoffs after a do-or-die defeat that turned on a controversial ruling that a dropped ball had actually been caught.

  • September 26, 2023

    Walking to Ottawa to demand justice

    “Search the landfill.” It’s a refrain that has been repeated for months at encampments where people’s lives revolve around the call for justice, yet it is still being met with inaction by the governments of Canada and Manitoba.

  • September 20, 2023

    Karihwanó:ron settles into new home

    After a decade of searching, Karihwanó:ron School has moved into its new location – a home on Zachary Road owned by Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)

  • September 18, 2023

    McGill drills over objections of Mothers

    The Kanien’kehá:ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) dragged McGill University and the Societe quebecoise des infrastructures (SQI) back to court Thursday after work resumed on the Royal Victoria Hospital site this week.